Microsoft Research Podcast

Collaborators: Silica in space with Richard Black and Dexter Greene

September 5, 2024 | Gretchen Huizinga, Richard Black, and Dexter Greene
College freshman Dexter Greene and Microsoft research manager Richard Black discuss how technology that stores data in glass is supporting students as they expand earlier efforts to communicate what it means to be human to extraterrestrials.
  1. Headshots of podcast guests Tawanna Dillahunt, Zachary Rowe, Joanna Velazquez, and host Mary Gray in a two-by-two grid and set against a dark purple background. Each headshot is contained within a hexagon shape.

    Just Tech: Centering Community-Driven Innovation at the Margins episode 2 with Dr. Tawanna Dillahunt, Zachary Rowe, and Joanna Velazquez 

    Episode 134 |

    In “Just Tech: Centering Community-Driven Innovation at the Margins,” Senior Principal Researcher Mary L. Gray explores how technology and community intertwine and the role technology can play in supporting community-driven innovation and community-based organizations. Dr. Gray and her team are working to bring computer science,…

  2. Portraits of Microsoft researchers Sid Suri and Jaime Teevan photographed in black and white. Both smile and look forward. Teevan, on the right, is holding a cell phone in the lower right of the frame.

    New Future of Work: How remote and hybrid work will shape workplaces and society with Jaime Teevan and Siddharth Suri 

    Episode 132 |

    In this episode of The New Future of Work series, Chief Scientist Jaime Teevan and Senior Principal Researcher Siddharth Suri explore the many ways people were impacted by work shifts during the COVID-19 pandemic. They talk about how race, gender, income, and other factors are indicative of how people have fared and what this means…