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In the news | Washington State DOT
Help researchers train computers to recognize road users, prevent collisions
What if we could use technology to predict where vehicle collisions involving people who walk or bike will occur, then take steps to prevent them? Would you want to help? Well, now you can.
In the news | KIRO 7
Volunteers needed to improve traffic safety using high-tech
The city of Bellevue is asking for the public’s help to make streets safer using new technology. Bellevue is working with Microsoft and the University of Washington on a cutting-edge effort to help prevent traffic deaths and serious injuries from…
In the news | Mobility Lab
Vision Zero video tool analyzes intersections for dangerous traffic conflicts
Volunteers will “teach” the program to better identify people walking and biking. Despite signing onto Vision Zero, a campaign that aims to eliminate traffic-related deaths and serious injuries, Washington, D.C. and other large cities have struggled to make progress in…
In the news | Microsoft Research Blog
A new understanding of the world through grassroots Data Science education at UC Berkeley
This is a bold experiment that will equip thousands of Berkeley students across campus with a fundamental education in data-driven thinking empowered by advanced statistical and computational techniques.
Awards | ACM SIGCHI
Indrani Medhi Thies receives SIGCHI 2017 Social Impact Award
Indrani Medhi Thies received the 2017 Social Impact Award from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, which recognizes individuals who apply human-computer interaction research to pressing social needs. Thies is a researcher in the Technology for Emerging Markets group…
In the news | Microsoft Research Blog
Microsoft continues to support data science research with $3M cloud credits to NSF BIGDATA program
This new collaboration builds on previous efforts between Microsoft and NSF, and the Azure platform has added significant functionality and resources in recent years, including massive investments in open source and advanced data and intelligence services offered under its Cortana…
In the news | SIGSOFT
2017 ICSE Most Influential Paper Award
For the paper, ‘Feedback-Directed Random Test Generation, ICSE-29, 2007.’
In the news | Softpedia News
Microsoft Develops Tech That Uses a Smartphone to Prevent Driver Distraction
Microsoft Research has developed a new technology that uses a smartphone to detect and warn of factors that could increase the risk of accidents, such as speeding, drunk driving, or distractions.
Stack of Microsoft researchers earn distinctions from premier computing society
By John Roach, Writer, Microsoft Research Eight computer scientists at Microsoft research labs around the world have been honored as Fellows of the Association of Computing Machinery, the world’s largest computing society. The organization also named five Microsoft researchers to…