{"id":442431,"date":"2017-11-24T17:47:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T01:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-blog-post&p=442431"},"modified":"2017-12-12T03:29:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T11:29:20","slug":"msra-collaborative-research-2018-award-announcement","status":"publish","type":"msr-blog-post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/articles\/msra-collaborative-research-2018-award-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"MSRA Collaborative Research 2018 Grant Awards Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) Collaborative Research Program is a vital platform for faculty members in Asia working together with MSRA researchers on mutually interested topics. We aspire to foster talents and establish Microsoft as a valuable research and technology partner for higher education in Asia.<\/p>\n

Since the announcement of Call for Proposals<\/a> in mid-July, there has been a large number of submissions. MSRA Collaborative Research Program Committee carefully reviewed them based on the state-of-the-art and common research interests. Now we are pleased to announce 62 awards. The awardees are from 35 universities and institutes in China mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and Singapore.<\/p>\n

\u201cMSRA is committed to open collaborative research with academia,\u201d said Dr. Tim Pan, Senior Director of Microsoft Research Asia Outreach. “By the joint force of MSRA and academia, we believe that each of the grants will advance research and inspire innovations to be shared broadly. MSRA will celebrate its 20th<\/sup> anniversary in 2018. We look forward to presenting our collaborative projects in celebration events.”<\/p>\n

If you have questions, please contact us by email at msrarfp@microsoft.com<\/a>. Thank you.<\/p>\n

2018 Awarded Projects and Awardees (In alphabetical order by awardee’s last name)<\/h3>\n

CUBLOCK, A Community-united Blockchain Platform<\/strong>
\nLei Chen, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/p>\n

Knowledge Powered Deep Visual Understanding<\/strong>
\nXilin Chen\/Ruiping Wang, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences<\/p>\n

StyleMe: An AI Fashion Consultant for Personal Shopping and Style Advice<\/strong>
\nWen-Huang Cheng, Academia Sinica<\/p>\n

Automatic Debugging via Leveraging Bug-Inducing Changes<\/strong>
\nShing-Chi Cheung, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/p>\n

Combining fMRI and Cortical Electrodes with Real-Time ZCA-Based Hybrid Neural Network Deep Learning Hardware Accelerator to Decode Human Sensorimotor Cortex for Temporal-Spatial Speech Articulation<\/strong>
\nHerming Chiueh, National Chiao Tung University<\/p>\n

Unsupervised Object Discovery and Embedding via Deep Reinforcement Learning<\/strong>
\nMinsu Cho, POSTECH<\/p>\n

Interactive Steering of Outputs of Deep Neural Networks via Dual Learning<\/strong>
\nJaegul Choo, Korea University<\/p>\n

The End-to-End Framework for Online\/Offline Handwritten Math Equation Recognition<\/strong>
\nJun Du, University of Science and Technology of China<\/p>\n

Anamorphosis-based Naked-eye Stereoscopic Display with Application to Immersive Analytics for Individuals<\/strong>
\nIssei Fujishiro, Keio University<\/p>\n

Development of 3D Capsule Endoscopic System<\/strong>
\nRyo Furukawa, Hirhoshima City University<\/p>\n

3D Medical Image Segmentation by Multimodal Deep Neural Networks<\/strong>
\nWinston Hsu, National Taiwan University<\/p>\n

Graph Neural Networks for 3D Face Anti-Spoofing<\/strong>
\nWei Hu, Peking University<\/p>\n

Securing Key-Value Stores with Hardware Trusted Execution Environments<\/strong>
\nJaehyuk Huh, KAIST<\/p>\n

Question Answering over Long-term Document Archives<\/strong>
\nAdam Jatowt, Kyoto University<\/p>\n

Phase-aware end-to-end text-to-speech system<\/strong>
\nHong-Goo Kang, Yonsei University<\/p>\n

Hierarchical Prototypical Networks for Learning Discriminative Features and Unsupervised Clustering<\/strong>
\nGunhee Kim, Seoul National University<\/p>\n

Learning-based, Context-aware Data Management Framework<\/strong>
\nJong Kim, POSTECH<\/p>\n

Capturing Intrinsic Material Appearance via Spectro-Polarimetric 3D Imaging<\/strong>
\nMin H. Kim, KAIST<\/p>\n

Research on Theory and Technology of Hybrid Intelligence of Human-Robot Collaboration Based on Cognitive Computing<\/strong>
\nXuguang Lan, Xi’an Jiaotong University<\/p>\n

Automated Modeling and Vulnerability Detection of IoT Protocol<\/strong>
\nHeejo Lee, Korea University<\/p>\n

Learning Theory for Statistical Mixtures and Multi-Armed Bandits<\/strong>
\nJian Li, Tsinghua University<\/p>\n

Complex Matching between Images<\/strong>
\nZhouchen Lin, Peking University<\/p>\n

The Research on Graph-based Entity Linking Approach<\/strong>
\nMing Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology<\/p>\n

Explainable Machine Learning with Interactive Visualization<\/strong>
\nShixia Liu, Tsinghua University<\/p>\n

Locality Sensitive Hashing for Nearest Neighbor Search on Heterogeneous Data<\/strong>
\nXianglong Liu, Beihang University<\/p>\n

Information Exploration on Large Graphs via Random-walk Based Online Learning Algorithms<\/strong>
\nJohn C.S. Lui, The Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n

Intelligent User Review Mining for App Development<\/strong>
\nMichael R. Lyu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n

Cryptography-based Security Solutions for Internet of Things<\/strong>
\nAtsuko Miyaji, Osaka University<\/p>\n

Marker-less Body Motion Analysis Using Distributed High-speed Cameras<\/strong>
\nTakashi Miyaki, The University of Tokyo<\/p>\n

Creative Reconstruction of Natural Language Text via Degenerate Semantics: with a Particular Focus on Sentence Compression and Summarization<\/strong>
\nTadashi Nomoto, National Institute of Japanese Literature<\/p>\n

Data-Driven Concolic Testing<\/strong>
\nHakjoo Oh, Korea University<\/p>\n

Learning to Explore for Deep Reinforcement Learning through Hashing<\/strong>
\nSinno Jialin Pan, Nanyang Technological University<\/p>\n

Crowd-flow: Discovering and Inferring Crowd Transportation Modes via Cellular Data<\/strong>
\nWen-Chih Peng, National Chiao Tung University<\/p>\n

Reconstructing the World with Consumer Cameras!<\/strong>
\nLong Quan, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology<\/p>\n

Hololens Based Active Deep Learning for 3D Biomedical Imaging Analysis<\/strong>
\nImari Sato\/Lin Gu, National Institute of Informatics<\/p>\n

Tactoglasses: Eyeglass-type Tactile Information Display Using Higher-level Psychological Perception<\/strong>
\nHideyuki Sawada, Waseda University<\/p>\n

TouchSurface: Supporting Touch User Interface with Sound on Any Surface<\/strong>
\nInsik Shin, KAIST<\/p>\n

Explainable Machine Learning<\/strong>
\nHang Su\/Jun Zhu\/Bo Zhang, Tsinghua University<\/p>\n

Research on Quantum Computing in Theory and Experiments<\/strong>
\nGuangzhong Sun, University of Science and Technology of China<\/p>\n

Automatic Storytelling of 360-degrees Videos<\/strong>
\nMin Sun, National Tsing Hua University<\/p>\n

New Models and Algorithms for Sequence to Sequence Learning<\/strong>
\nLiwei Wang, Peking University<\/p>\n

Establishment and Application of High Accuracy Facial Model and Corresponding Skull Database<\/strong>
\nYongtian Wang\/Yue Liu\/Dongdong Weng, Beijing Institute of Technology<\/p>\n

A Method for Controlling Human Hearing by Editing the Frequency of the Sound in Real Time<\/strong>
\nHiroki Watanabe, Hokkaido University<\/p>\n

Optimizing Quality of Experience (QoE) for Adaptive Bitrate Streaming via Deep Video Analytics<\/strong>
\nYonggang Wen, Nanyang Technological University<\/p>\n

A Framework for Implementing GPU-based Virtualized Network Functions<\/strong>
\nChuan Wu, The University of Hong Kong<\/p>\n

Artificial Intelligence Open Source Eco-System Construction<\/strong>
\nFeng Wu\/Xinwei Zheng\/Haifeng Liu, University of Science and Technology of China<\/p>\n

Enhancing NF Compatibility by State-Manageable NF Development<\/strong>
\nWenfei Wu, Tsinghua University<\/p>\n

Optimal Location Selection with Visual Analytics<\/strong>
\nYingcai Wu, Zhejiang University<\/p>\n

AI-inspired Brain Big Data Processing and Analysis<\/strong>
\nZhiwei Xiong\/Feng Wu, University of Science and Technology of China<\/p>\n

A Mobile Edge Platform Offering Deep Learning Services to Nearby Mobile Clients<\/strong>
\nFengyuan Xu, Nanjing University<\/p>\n

Cross-modality Medical Image Generation with Image-to-image Translation Network<\/strong>
\nYan Xu, Beihang University<\/p>\n

Towards Multi-Turn Conversational System between Human and Computer in Open-Domain: Context Modeling, Diversity Enhancement and Personalization<\/strong>
\nRui Yan, Peking University<\/p>\n

Deep Learning-based Anti-spoofing and Adversarial Spoofing Attacks<\/strong>
\nSungroh Yoon, Seoul National University<\/p>\n

Finding the Hidden DNA of Geographical Regions Using Deep Learning<\/strong>
\nYong Yu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University<\/p>\n

Efficient Deep Neural Networks for Realistic Noise Removal and Beyond<\/strong>
\nHuanjing Yue, Tianjin University<\/p>\n

Enrich Deep Modeling of User Information for Heterogeneous Explainable Recommendation<\/strong>
\nMin Zhang, Tsinghua University<\/p>\n

Deep Representation Learning for Person Re-Identification<\/strong>
\nShiliang Zhang, Peking University<\/p>\n

Adversarial Training for Discrete Sequence Data Generation<\/strong>
\nWeinan Zhang, Shanghai Jiao tong University<\/p>\n

Multi-sensor Based Screen-Centric Human Computer Interaction<\/strong>
\nXin Zhang\/Lianwen Jin, South China University of Technology<\/p>\n

Stochastic Second Order Methods and Application in Machine Learning<\/strong>
\nZhihua Zhang, Peking University<\/p>\n

Machine Reading Comprehension via Hierarchical Reasoning Network Learning<\/strong>
\nZhou Zhao, Zhejiang University<\/p>\n

English Grammar Consistency Detector for MT Output Based on Deep Neural Networks with Grammar Rules<\/strong>
\nConghui Zhu, Harbin Institute of Technology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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