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Awards | UnB Notícias
Rico Malvar Receives Doctor Honoris Causa honorary degree
Rico Malvar received the honorary degree "Doctor Honoris Causa" from his alma mater University of Brasília, Brazil.
In the news | Microsoft Unlocked
Anthem for All
The Microsoft Research Enable group collaborated with the Invictus Games and injured veterans to create a moving new musical anthem of hope using adaptive technologies.
In the news | Valor Econômico
Brasileiro lidera pesquisa na Microsoft
Pergunte ao brasileiro Henrique Malvar qual seu trabalho atual e ele lhe contará um episódio passado recentemente em Cingapura...
In the news | Provoca
Rico Malvar | Provoca | 22/03/2022
Nesta terça-feira (22/3), Marcelo Tas conversa no Provoca com o engenheiro e pesquisador Rico Malvar. Antigo cientista-chefe no maior laboratório da Microsoft Research em Redmond, Washington, o convidado fala sobre sua história na empresa, o combate às fake news e…
Awards | NCBI
Soundscape wins Vision Award 2021
The NCBI (National Council for the blind of Ireland) awarded the Microsoft Soundscape app the Visible Difference Industry award which recognizes exemplary contribution by a company or organization in creating an inclusive approach for people who are blind or vision…
In the news | Microsoft Innovation Stories
Building trust at the origin
Despite all the positives of synthetic media–create expression, educational applications, assistive technologies, entertainment–there’s a downside. It’s increasingly hard to detect, which leaves the door open for media to be altered after publication and spread as disinformation. Project Origin aims to…
In the news | Microsoft On the Issues
A promising step forward on disinformation
“What can we do?” Those words continued to echo as I returned home from the World Economic Forum in Davos in early 2019. The director of a major news organization asked me that question point blank after we reviewed several deepfake…
Awards | IEEE Signal Processing Society
Rico Malvar receives Amar G. Bose Industrial Leader Award
The IEEE SPS awarded Rico Malvar the Society’s prestigious Amar G. Bose Industrial Leader Award, for his contributions to multimedia signal processing and industrial research leadership. The award recognizes an industry business or technical leader whose leadership has resulted in…
In the news | Microsoft Accessibility Blog
Soundscape app empowers people who are blind or have low vision to explore the world
Advancements in technology can play a deep and meaningful role in the independent mobility of people who are blind or have low vision. That is why we created Microsoft Soundscape, a research project available today for free on iOS and…