{"id":199849,"date":"2013-03-29T11:22:01","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T11:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/events\/phd-summer-school-2013\/"},"modified":"2018-07-26T15:51:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T22:51:46","slug":"phd-summer-school-2013","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/phd-summer-school-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD Summer School 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-cambridge\/\">Microsoft Research Cambridge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/phd-summer-school-2012\/\" target=\"_self\">PhD Summer School 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Links Microsoft Research Cambridge PhD Summer School 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"msr_startdate":"2013-07-01","msr_enddate":"2013-07-05","msr_location":"Cambridge, UK","msr_expirationdate":"","msr_event_recording_link":"","msr_event_link":"","msr_event_link_redirect":false,"msr_event_time":"","msr_hide_region":false,"msr_private_event":true,"footnotes":""},"research-area":[],"msr-region":[239178],"msr-event-type":[],"msr-video-type":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-program-audience":[],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-199849","msr-event","type-msr-event","status-publish","hentry","msr-region-europe","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_about":"<h3>Links<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-cambridge\/\">Microsoft Research Cambridge<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/phd-summer-school-2012\/\" target=\"_self\">PhD Summer School 2012<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","tab-content":[{"id":0,"name":"About","content":"<img class=\"size-full wp-image-269592 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/mrc-summerschool-2013-group270x180.jpg\" alt=\"mrc-summerschool-2013-group270x180\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/>The PhD Summer School is an annual event that is organized at Microsoft Research Cambridge in relation to the Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Programme.\r\n\r\nThe eighth Microsoft Research Summer School\u00a0took place at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK, from 1 July to 5 July 2013. It included a series of talks of academic interest, transferable skills talks, and poster sessions that provided invited students the opportunity to present their work to Microsoft researchers.\r\n\r\nInvited students included PhD students in their first or second year from universities and research institutions with which\u00a0Microsoft Research partners, as well as all Microsoft Research PhD Scholars.\r\n\r\nLectures and posters sessions were be public and open to all research staff and students from the University of Cambridge.\r\n<h3><img class=\"size-full wp-image-269604 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/scarlet.jpg\" alt=\"scarlet\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/>Summer School Chair<\/h3>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/scarlets\/\"><b>Scarlet Schwiderski-Grosche<\/b><\/a>\r\nSenior Research Program Manager\r\nMicrosoft Research Connections\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h2>About the Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Programme<\/h2>\r\nThe Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Programme was developed in 2004 to support research collaborations between academics in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and\u00a0Africa) region with Microsoft Research researchers in the Cambridge Lab. Currently, there are approximately 100 students working at universities and research organizations across the whole region on peer-reviewed projects and in collaboration with their Microsoft Research Cambridge co-supervisors."},{"id":1,"name":"Agenda","content":"<h2>Monday,\u00a01 July<\/h2>\r\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\r\n<thead class=\"thead\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\"><\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\"><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">15:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Arrival at Selwyn College<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">16:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Welcome and Registration Selwyn College<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">18:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Free Time<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h2>Tuesday,\u00a02 July<\/h2>\r\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\r\n<thead class=\"thead\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\">Speaker<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\"><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">08:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coach Transfer: Selwyn to Microsoft Research<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">09:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong>Welcome to Microsoft Research Cambridge<\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Andrew Blake, Microsoft Research<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">09:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong><b>Welcome to PhD Summer School<\/b><\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/scarlets\/\" target=\"_self\">Scarlet Schwiderski-Grosche<\/a>, Microsoft Research<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">11:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong><b>Strategic Thinking for Researchers<\/b><\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/adg\/\" target=\"_self\">Andy Gordon<\/a>, Microsoft Research<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Lunch\/Poster Session<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">14:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong>Research Parallel Sessions<\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\"><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong><b>Proving That Programs Eventually Do Something Good<\/b><\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Byron Cook, Microsoft Research<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\"><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong><b>Human Computing and Crowdsourcing in Search Evaluation<\/b><\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Gabriella Kazai, Microsoft Research<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">15:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">15:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong>Research Parallel Sessions<\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\"><\/td>\r\n<td><b>Transformations in HCI: from Human Factors to Human Values<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/asellen\/\" target=\"_self\">Abigail Sellen<\/a>, Microsoft Research<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\"><\/td>\r\n<td><b>Programming Proofs and Proving Programs<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td>Nick Benton, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">16:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coach Transfer: Microsoft Research to Red Lodge Karting<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">17:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Go-Karting at Red Lodge Karting and BBQ<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">21:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coach Transfer: Red Lodge Karting to Selwyn College<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h2>Wednesday,\u00a03 July<\/h2>\r\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\r\n<thead class=\"thead\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\">Speaker<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\"><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">08:15<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coach Transfer: Selwyn to Microsoft Research<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">09:30<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong>\u00a0Research Parallel Session<\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\"><\/td>\r\n<td><b>The Data Center Hardware is Changing, but do the Applications Care?<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/antr\/\" target=\"_self\">Ant Rowstron<\/a>, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\"><\/td>\r\n<td><b>\u00a0Modelling All Life on Earth. Yes, Really!<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Drew Purves, Microsoft Research<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">\u00a011:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">\u00a0<strong>Research Parallel Session<\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\"><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">\u00a0<b>Predictable Data Centers<\/b><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/hiballan\/\" target=\"_self\">Hitesh Ballani<\/a>, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\"><\/td>\r\n<td><b>Software for Programming Cells<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/aphillip\/\" target=\"_self\">Andrew Phillips<\/a>, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Lunch\/Poster Session<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">14:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><b>3D Vision in a Changing World<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/awf\/\" target=\"_self\">Andrew Fitzgibbon<\/a>, Microsoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">15:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">15:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><b>Cloud Computing-Big Data and Beyond<\/b><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/kenjitak\/\" target=\"_self\">Kenji Takeda<\/a>, Microsoft Research<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">16:15<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong>\u00a0Research Parallel Session<\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\"><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong>\u00a0Windows Azure Tutorial<\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\"><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong>.NET Gadgeteer<\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">17:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coach transfer: Microsoft Research to Selwyn College<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">18:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong>.NET Gadgeteer Hackathon<\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h2>Thursday,\u00a04 July<\/h2>\r\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\r\n<thead class=\"thead\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\">Speaker<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\"><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">09:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coach Transfer: Selwyn to Microsoft Research<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">09:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong>Rough Guide to Being an Entrepreneur<\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\u00a0Jack Lang<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">10:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">11:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><b>How to Write a Great Research Paper<\/b><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/simonpj\/\" target=\"_self\">Simon Peyton Jones<\/a>,\r\nMicrosoft Research<\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">12:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Lunch\/Poster Session<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">14:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong><b>How to Give a Great Research Talk<\/b><\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/simonpj\/\" target=\"_self\">Simon Peyton Jones<\/a>,\r\nMicrosoft Research\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">15:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong><b>Machine Learning: the Future of Computing?<\/b><\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/cmbishop\/\" target=\"_self\">Chris Bishop<\/a>, Microsoft Research<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">16:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong>DemoFest<\/strong> (including tea and coffee)<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">17:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coach Transfer: Microsoft Research to Jesus College<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">18:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Drinks and Group Photo<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">19:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Formal Dinner at Jesus College<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">22:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coach Transfer: Jesus College to Selwyn College<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n<h2>Friday,\u00a05 July<\/h2>\r\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\">\r\n<thead class=\"thead\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<th class=\"th\">Time<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\">Session<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\">Speaker<\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\"><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">09:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coach Transfer: Selwyn to Microsoft Research<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">09:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong><b>Intellectual Property at Microsoft<\/b> <\/strong><\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">\r\n\r\nPablo Tapia,\r\nMicrosoft Research\r\n\r\n<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">10:30<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Break<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">11:00<\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\"><strong>How to Present a Poster at an International Conference<\/strong><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Sue Duraikan, Duraikan Training<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">\u00a012:00<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">\u00a0Coach Transfer: Microsoft Research to Lunch Venue<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">\u00a012:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">\u00a0Lunch<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\">\r\n<td class=\"td-1-4\">\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">14:30<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td>\r\n<div class=\"msr-table-schedule-cell\">Coach Transfer: Lunch Venue to Selwyn College<\/div><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<td><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>"},{"id":2,"name":"Abstracts and Speakers","content":"[accordion]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Hitesh Ballani | Researcher, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-203159 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/en-us-events-2013summerschool-ballani.jpg\" alt=\"ballani.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/>Predictable Data Centers<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/predictable-data-centers-3\/\">Watch the Session<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nThe Predictable Data Centers (PDC) project tackles the issue of unpredictable application performance in the cloud. A key contributor to such unpredictability is shared resources like network and storage. The bandwidth for a VM, when communicating with other VMs or with shared services (like Azure storage), can vary significantly; recent studies have observed bandwidth variability up to a factor of five. To address this, we have designed a predictable data center architecture whereby users get aggregate performance guarantees across shared resources. This talk provides a project overview with a focus on how predictable network and storage performance can be enabled. Through key scenarios of interest, I will illustrate how PDC can- (i) enable end-to-end performance guarantees in shared settings, (ii) provide performance benefits to both tenants and providers, and (iii) enable new pricing models that lead to a symbiotic tenant-provider relationship.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nAfter finishing his PhD at Cornell University in 2009, Hitesh Ballani joined Microsoft Research (Cambridge, UK) as a researcher. His research focusses on networked systems with his work striking a balance between clean-slate and dirty-slate proposals. Currently he is working on problems concerning data center networks and protocols. Past work includes research in network management, routing, security and network architecture.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Nick Benton | Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-203155 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/en-us-events-2013summerschool-benton.jpg\" alt=\"benton.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/en-us-events-2013summerschool-nick-benton.pdf\">Programming Proofs and Proving Programs<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Watch the Session<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nDevelopers turn coffee into programs, whilst mathematicians turn it into proofs. Amazingly, proofs and programs are not just made from the same stuff, but there's a strong sense in which they actually *are* the same stuff. The modern understanding of proofs, programs, and the correspondence between them, is one of the most significant intellectual developments of the 20th century. That understanding is now embodied in a radically new kind of language and software tool that could revolutionize both mathematics and software development in the twenty-first century.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nNick Benton is a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, working in the Programming Principles and Tools Group.\r\n\r\nHis research ranges from proof theory and categorical logic, through semantics of programming languages and static analyses, to programming language design and compiler implementation. Nick\u2019s thesis was on strictness analysis and he has since worked on topics that include term calculi and categorical models for linear logic, MLj and SML.NET (optimizing compilers from SML to the JVM and .NET with extensions for interlanguage working), Polyphonic C#\/C\u03c9 (C# with join-calculus concurrency and XML\/relational data constructs), monads and effect systems, models for dynamic allocation, and, most recently, compositional compiler correctness, mechanically formalized logics for reasoning about machine code programs, and reactive programming.\r\n\r\nNick has a degree in Mathematics and a PhD in Computer Science, both from the University of Cambridge, and is a Fellow Commoner of Queens' College, where he was previously a Bye-Fellow. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Computer Languages, Systems and Structures. Before joining Microsoft, Nick was an SERC Research Fellow, an RA on an EU ESPRIT project and Senior Research Scientist at Persimmon IT, Inc.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Christopher Bishop | Distinguished Scientist, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-203157 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/en-us-events-2013summerschool-bishop.jpg\" alt=\"bishop.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/en-us-events-2013summerschool-chris-bishop.pdf\">Machine Learning: the Future of Computing?<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nThe exponential increase in the volume of data being gathered and stored in the world, with a doubling time of around two years, represents a new kind of \u201cMoore\u2019s Law\u201d that looks set to continue. It has the potential to drive a new wave of technological innovation in the way that the Moore\u2019s Law of transistors has underpinned the last four decades of the digital revolution. In domains ranging from user interfaces to personalised medicine, and from commerce to online education, solutions to computational problems are increasingly being learned from data rather than hand-crafted. So does machine learning represent the future of computing?\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nChris Bishop is a Distinguished Scientist at Microsoft Research Cambridge where he leads the Machine Learning and Perception group. He has a PhD in quantum field theory, and worked on controlled nuclear fusion before moving into the field of machine learning. Chris is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and is author of the leading textbooks Neural Networks for Pattern Recognition, and Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Andrew Blake | Laboratory Director, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h3><img class=\"size-full wp-image-203153 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/en-us-events-2013summerschool-blake.jpg\" alt=\"blake.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/>Biography<\/h3>\r\nAndrew Blake is a Microsoft Distinguished Scientist and the Laboratory Director of Microsoft Research Cambridge, England. He joined Microsoft in 1999 as a Senior Researcher to found the Computer Vision group. In 2008 he became a Deputy Managing Director at the lab, before assuming his current position in 2010. Prior to joining Microsoft Andrew trained in mathematics and electrical engineering in Cambridge England, and studied for a doctorate in Artificial Intelligence in Edinburgh. He was an academic for 18 years, latterly on the faculty at Oxford University, where he was a pioneer in the development of the theory and algorithms that can make it possible for computers to behave as seeing machines.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Byron Cook | Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-269577 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/cook.jpg\" alt=\"cook\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/>Proving That Programs Eventually Do Something Good<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Watch the Session<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nSoftware failures can be sorted into two groups: those that cause the software to do something wrong (e.g., crashing), and those that result in the software not doing something useful (e.g., hanging). In recent years automatic tools have been developed which use mathematical proof techniques to certify that software cannot crash. But, based on Alan Turing's proof of the halting problem's undecidability, many have considered the dream of automatically proving the absence of hangs to be impossible. While not refuting Turing's original result, recent research now makes this dream a reality. This lecture will describe this recent work and its application to industrial software.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nDr. Byron Cook is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge where he manages the <a href=\"http:\/\/rmc-stage\/en-us\/groups\/ppt\/default.aspx\">Programming Principles and Tools group<\/a> as well as Professor of Computer Science at University College London (UCL). He is one of the developers of the Terminator program termination proving tool, as well as the SLAM software model checker. <a href=\"http:\/\/rmc-stage\/en-us\/people\/bycook\/\">Learn more<\/a>.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Sue Duraikan | Duraikan Training\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-269580 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/duraikan.jpg\" alt=\"duraikan\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/en-us-events-2013summerschool-sue-duraikan.pdf\">How to Present a Poster at an International Conference<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Watch the Session<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nPresenting a poster at an international conference is a terrific opportunity to promote your research and raise your professional profile in a global academic forum. However, it can be daunting to compete with other presenters to get the attention of a passing audience. As well as a clear and captivating poster, you need the ability to build rapport quickly and present your subject positively and succinctly.\r\n\r\nThis can be especially challenging when English is the shared language but not everyone\u2019s mother tongue. Whether you are a native or a non-native English speaker, you will require flexibility and sensitivity to others in order to get your message across clearly.\r\n\r\nDuring the three poster sessions, Sue will be hovering in the room, watching and listening to your approach. She will then prepare to highlight on the final day the key thought-processes as well as the verbal and non-verbal skills you need to give a powerful poster presentation.\r\n\r\nSue will also be available on Thursday afternoon to provide confidential one-to-one feedback for any students who are interested.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nSue Duraikan runs Duraikan Training, a consultancy which aims to help individuals and organisations develop. Duraikan Training provides support in designing and delivering learning strategies. We also run training sessions and one-to-one coaching on a wide range of professional skills. As a former teacher of Modern Languages and with wide experience of working globally, Sue Duraikan has a particular interest in cross-cultural communication, and deep respect for those who operate daily in a second or third language.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Andrew Fitzgibbon | Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-269583 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/fitzgibbon.jpg\" alt=\"fitzgibbon\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/en-us-events-2013summerschool-andrew-fitzgibbon.pdf\">3D Vision in a Changing World<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Watch the Session<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\n3D reconstruction from images has been a tremendous success-story of computer vision, with city-scale reconstruction now a reality. However, these successes apply almost exclusively in a static world, where the only motion is that of the camera. Even with the advent of real-time depth cameras, full 3D modelling of dynamic scenes lags behind the rigid-scene case, and for many objects of interest (e.g., animals moving in natural environments), depth sensing remains challenging. In this talk, I will discuss a range of recent work in the modelling of nonrigid real-world 3D shape from 2D images, for example building generic animal models from internet photo collections. While the state of the art depends heavily on dense point tracks from textured surfaces, I will talk about recovering shape from largely textureless objects such as dolphins, by incorporating the strong constraints given by the object\u2019s silhouette.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nAndrew Fitzgibbon is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK. His research interests are in the intersection of computer vision and computer graphics, with rare excursions into neuroscience. Recent papers have been on models of nonrigid motion, human 3D perception, new image-processing models, large-scale image search, and nonlinear optimization.\r\n\r\nHe has co-authored ``best papers'' at ICCV (2x), CVPR (2x), ISMAR (2x), and BMVC, and software he wrote won an Engineering Emmy Award in 2002 for significant contributions to the creation of complex visual effects. He studied at University College Cork, at Heriot-Watt University, and received his PhD from Edinburgh University in 1997. Until June 2005 he held a Royal Society University Research Fellowship at Oxford University's Department of Engineering Science.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Andy Gordon | Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-269586 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/gordon.jpg\" alt=\"gordon\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/en-us-events-2013summerschool-andy-gordon.pdf\">Strategic Thinking for Researchers<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/strategic-thinking-for-researchers-3\/\">Watch the Session<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nFrom time to time at Microsoft Research we set aside time to talk about strategic aspects of research, that is, the big picture of why we do research and how to have different sorts of impact, beyond the more immediate tasks of writing papers, giving talks, and transferring ideas. This talk will cover some of these strategies for having a happy and productive career as a researcher.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nAndy Gordon is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge, and is a Professor at the University of Edinburgh. Andy wrote his PhD on input\/output in lazy functional programming, and is the proud inventor of Haskell's \"&gt;&gt;=\" notation for monads. He's worked on a range of topics in concurrency, verification, and security, never straying too far from his roots in functional programming. His current passion is deriving machine learning algorithms from F# programs.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Gabriella Kazai | Consultant, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-269589 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kazai.jpg\" alt=\"kazai\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/>Human Computing and Crowdsourcing in Search Evaluation<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nHuman Computation (HC) is a new paradigm fuelled, for a large part, by the increasing use of machine learning, that relies on large amounts of labelled training data, in a wide range of applications. HC systems organise human effort to carry out tasks that computers cannot do well, like detecting objects in videos or judging the usefulness of search results. In this paradigm, humans become a type of processing unit. Crowdsourcing is a tool for distributing the computation tasks to the human processors. Through commercial crowdsourcing platforms, like Amazon\u2019s Mechanical Turk, crowdsourcing has reached an industrial scale, involving millions of Internet users. However, unlike computer processors that are manufactured to a given standard, humans are, well, human. They have different backgrounds and skills, and are influenced by a great many things, including their own selfish motives and aspects of the task itself. In this lecture we use the evaluation of search engines as a context for studying various aspects of crowdsourcing. For example, we study how the amount of pay or the amount of effort required to complete a task relates to the quality of the crowdsourced data and the behaviours of crowd workers.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nGabriella Kazai is a research consultant, working for the Relevance Measurement team at Microsoft Bing, Bellevue, US and the Integrated Systems group at Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK. Her research interests include crowdsourcing, IR evaluation measures and test collection building, social information retrieval, information seeking behaviour and browsing, personal information management, book search and personal digital libraries. She is co-founder and organiser of the TREC Crowdsourcing Track since 2011 and the INEX Book Track since 2007. Gabriella holds a PhD in Computer Science from Queen Mary University of London. She published over 90 papers and organised several IR conferences and workshops.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Jack Lang | Lecturer and Entrepreneur, University of Cambridge\"]\r\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/en-us-events-2013summerschool-jack-lang.pdf\">Rough Guide to Being an Entrepreneuer<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nAt some stage, you might want to exploit your ideas by starting a company, just as Bill Gates and Paul Allen did in 1975. It might even be the next Microsoft, or bought by them. I\u2019ll give an overview of the process, explain some of the success factors investors look for, and how to go about writing a business plan and getting off the ground.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nJack Lang is a serial entrepreneur and business angel with high-tech and Internet companies based in Cambridge, where he is Entrepreneur in Residence, Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning, at the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, an affiliated lecturer and member of the Faculty Board at the Computer Lab and a by-fellow of Emmanuel College. His latest venture is Raspberry Pi, a $25 computer for education. Previously, he was founder of Netchannel Ltd, an early interactive TV company that was acquired by ntl\u2014where he became chief technologist. Before that, he founded Electronic Share Information Ltd, one of the first online brokerages, acquired by E*Trade Inc. Prior to that, he started a consultancy (now SAIC UK Ltd) that was involved in the early days of the \"Cambridge Phenomenon\", and was a proper academic at the Computer Lab. He is author of <em>The High-Tech Entrepreneur's Handbook<\/em> (FT.Com\/Prentice Hall 2001). He has other interests in molecular gastronomy and fireworks.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Simon Peyton Jones | Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-269610 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/simonpj.jpg\" alt=\"simonpj\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/en-us-events-2013summerschool-simon-pj.pdf\">How to Write a Great Research Peper<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/video\/how-to-write-a-great-research-paper-3\/\">Watch the Session<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>How to Give a Great Research Talk<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nWriting papers and giving talks are key skills for any researcher, but they aren\u2019t easy. In this pair of presentations, I\u2019ll describe simple guidelines that I follow for writing papers and giving talks, which I think may be useful to you too. I don\u2019t have all the answers\u2014far from it\u2014and I hope that the presentation will evolve into a discussion in which you share your own insights, rather than a lecture.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nSimon Peyton Jones, MA, MBCS, CEng, graduated from Trinity College Cambridge in 1980. After two years in industry, he spent seven years as a lecturer at University College London, and nine years as a professor at Glasgow University, before moving to Microsoft Research in 1998. His main research interest is in functional programming languages, their implementation, and their application. He has led a succession of research projects focused around the design and implementation of production-quality functional-language systems for both uniprocessors and parallel machines. He was a key contributor to the design of the now-standard functional language Haskell, and is the lead designer of the widely used Glasgow Haskell Compiler (GHC). He has written two textbooks about the implementation of functional languages. More generally, he is interested in language design, rich type systems, software component architectures, compiler technology, code generation, runtime systems, virtual machines, garbage collection, and more. He is particularly motivated by direct use of principled theory to practical language design and implementation\u2014that\u2019s one reason he loves functional programming so much. He is also keen to apply ideas from advanced programming languages to mainstream settings.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Andrew Phillips | Head of Biological Computation, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-269595 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/phillips.jpg\" alt=\"phillips\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/>Software for Programming Cells<\/h2>\r\nCells are the building blocks of life. If we could program living cells as effectively as we program digital computers we could make breakthroughs in medical treatment, sustainable agriculture and clean energy, while also better understanding of how living systems compute. In spite of this potential there are still many challenges to overcome. Programming cells is highly complex and error-prone, and we are at a point where powerful computer software is needed to accelerate further progress. This talk presents ongoing work to develop computer software for programming cells at three levels: molecular circuits, genetic devices and cell colonies. We present software for programming molecular circuits made of DNA, and for characterising genetic parts that can be combined into devices for programming cell function. Finally, we present software for simulating cell biofilms using 3D biophysical methods, which can be used to predict the effect of cell shape on colony morphology. Just as software for programming digital computers heralded a new era of technology, software for programming cells could enable new industries in biotechnology.\r\n\r\nAndrew Phillips is head of the Biological Computation Group in the Computational Science Lab at Microsoft Research Cambridge, where he is conducting research into programming languages and methods for simulating and analysing biological systems. Andrew received a postgraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Cambridge, under a scholarship from the Barbados government. He pursued a PhD in the Department of Computing at Imperial College London, where he worked on theory and implementation of concurrent, distributed programming languages. He joined Microsoft Research Cambridge in 2005, to conduct research at the intersection of programming language theory and biological modelling. In 2011 he received a Technology Review TR35 award for work on software for computer-assisted genetic engineering. The award recognises technology innovators under the age of 35. His hobbies include snowboarding and kite-surfing.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Drew Purves | Senior Scientist, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-269598 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/purves.jpg\" alt=\"purves\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/>Modelling All Life on Earth. Yes, Really!<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nThe Computational Ecology and Environmental Science group at Microsoft Research Cambridge, along with the United Nations Environment Program World Conservation Monitoring Centre, have built a model that simulates the fate of, and interactions among, every animal on Earth. That means every aphid, cow, shark, copepod, rabbit, squid, giraffe, crow, centipede\u2026 well, you get the idea! Why would we attempt such a thing? How did we build it? Does it work? And what are we going to do with it?\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nI am head of the Computational Ecology and Environmental Science Group (CEES), a part of the Computational Science Lab at Microsoft Research Cambridge. The goal of CEES is to develop predictive models of ecological systems, by inventing and applying new models and new scientific software tools. I studied ecology at Cambridge University, did a PhD in ecological modelling at the University of York (UK, working under Prof. Richard Law), and spent nearly 6 years as a postdoc in the EEB Department at Princeton University (working under Prof. Stephen Pacala), before joining MSR Cambridge in 2007. My research has led to over 40 publications in peer-reviewed journals including <em>Science<\/em>, <em>PNAS<\/em>, <em>Proc Roy Soc B, Global Change Biology, Ecology, Ecological Monographs <\/em>and <em>Ecology Letters<\/em>. I co-supervise several PhD students at European universities (see below), and since 2008 have been an affiliate lecturer at Cambridge University. I am currently the treasurer of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britishecologicalsociety.org\/\">British Ecological Society<\/a>.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Ant Rowstron | Principal Researcher, Systems &amp; Networking\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-269601 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/rowstron.jpg\" alt=\"rowstron\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/>The Data Center Hardware is Changing, but do the Applications Care?<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nVery different system architectures for commodity data centers clusters are beginning to emerge, motivated by the need to increase server density and reduce costs. In particular, we are seeing the emergence of rack-scale distributed interconnect fabrics, for example in the AMD SeaMicro and Calexda-based clusters. Many companies are beginning to explore these new approaches and they could prove to be highly disruptive. From a software perspective, what does this mean for the applications and operating systems that run in the data center? Is it a case of new hardware new opportunities, or are these change even going to be visible to the software running on these data centers?\r\n\r\nIn this talk, I will describe some of the innovations we are seeing in cluster design, try to give a feel for why they are happening and highlight how they could impact commodity data center software in the future. I\u2019ll the talk about some of the work we have been doing in trying to exploit some of these hardware changes in the software stack.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nAnt Rowstron is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK. His research interests are broad, covering the spectrum of systems, distributed systems and networking. nHe received an MEng degree in Computer Systems and Software Engineering in 1993 from the University of York, UK, and a DPhil degree in Computer Science in 1996 also from the University of York, UK. He has worked in the Computer Laboratory at Cambridge University, UK as a Research Associate and as a Senior Research Associate in Laboratory for Communications Engineering in the Engineering Department, Cambridge University. Since 1999 he has worked for Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Scarlet Schwiderski-Grosche | Senior Research Program Manager, Microsoft Research Connections\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-269604 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/scarlet.jpg\" alt=\"scarlet\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/en-us-events-2013summerschool-scarlet-sg.pdf\">PhD Summer School 2013<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nScarlet Schwiderski-Grosche is a Research Program Manager at Microsoft Research Cambridge, working for Microsoft Research Connections in the EMEA region. As such, she is in charge of the Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Programme and coordinates a number of research projects.\r\n\r\nScarlet has a PhD in Computer Science from University of Cambridge. She was in academia for almost 10 years before joining Microsoft in March 2009. In academia, she worked as Lecturer in Information Security at Royal Holloway, University of London.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Abigail Sellen | Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-269607 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/sellen.jpg\" alt=\"sellen\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/en-us-events-2013summerschool-abigail-sellen.pdf\">Transformations in HCI: from Human Factors to Human Values<\/a><\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nHuman-Computer Interaction or HCI is now more than three decades old, and started as a clarion call to take the user into account when we design new technologies. Indeed, most of us will be familiar with the idea of \u201cuser testing\u201d and even \u201cuser experience design\u201d as two of the main concepts which have emerged from the field. But in this talk I want to talk about how HCI has evolved not just as a multidisciplinary field of researchers and designers that strive to optimise the user interface, but as a community of people who are seeking to understand how computers are radically transforming our lives, and how we in turn transform technologies. Five years ago, we published a kind of manifesto in which we tried to chart these transformations. This document, called \u201cBeing Human: Human-Computer Interaction in the year 2020\u201d, attempted to look forward to the ways in which our fundamental notions of such basic things as what a computer is, what the nature of interaction is, and what a user is, are changing forever. We argued at the time that these changes also signalled a need to think not just about designing for human factors, but human values. In this session I will explore this argument, using recent developments in \u201cnatural user interaction\u201d as an example. By doing so, I hope to convince you of the importance of HCI in not just pushing the boundaries of technology and design, but in thinking about how we define our own humanity in the Digital Age.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nAbigail Sellen is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research Cambridge UK and co-manager of Socio-Digital Systems, an interdisciplinary group with a focus on the human perspective in computing. Originally graduating with a PhD in Cognitive Science, and a Master\u2019s in Industrial Engineering, her career has spanned industrial research labs such as Apple Computer, Xerox\u2019s Cambridge Research Centre and Hewlett Packard, Bristol. She has filed more than 50 patents, and published widely in Human-Computer Interaction. This includes \u201cThe Myth of the Paperless Office\u201d with co-author Richard Harper, which won an IEEE award. She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the British Computer Society, a Professor of Interaction at the University of Nottingham, and a member of the ACM SIGCHI Academy.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Kenji Takeda | Solutions Architect, Microsoft Research Connections\"]\r\n<h2><img class=\"size-full wp-image-269613 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/takeda.jpg\" alt=\"takeda\" width=\"100\" height=\"132\" \/>Cloud Computing\u2014Big Data and Beyond<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>Watch the Session<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nWe live in an information society, with cloud computing is changing the way we live, work and play in a world of devices and services. In this talk we\u2019ll explore what, why and how this new era of computing is changing the way we think about conceiving, developing and delivering software and services. We\u2019ll then look at how the concept of Big Data is transforming science, and the opportunities it presents for the future.\r\n\r\nThis talk will be followed by a hands-on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsazure.com\/\">Windows Azure<\/a> workshop.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nDr Kenji Takeda is Solutions Architect and Technical Manager for the Microsoft Research Connections EMEA team. He has extensive experience in Cloud Computing, High Performance and High Productivity Computing, Data-intensive Science, Scientific Workflows, Scholarly Communication, Engineering and Educational Outreach. He has a passion for developing novel computational approaches to tackle fundamental and applied problems in science and engineering. He was previously Co-Director of the Microsoft Institute for High Performance Computing, and Senior Lecturer in Aeronautics, at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.soton.ac.uk\/ses\">University of Southampton<\/a>, UK. There he worked with leading high value manufacturing companies such as Airbus, AgustaWestland, BAE Systems, Rolls-Royce and Formula One teams, to develop state-of-the-art capability for improving science and engineering processes. He also worked in the areas of aerodynamics, aeroacoustics and flight simulation.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Pablo Tapia | Attorney, Microsoft Research\"]\r\n<h2>Intellectual Property at Microsoft<\/h2>\r\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\r\nIntellectual Property represents a sea change in how businesses use ideas to innovate, differentiate, and win in the marketplace. Much of the innovations today change the way people work, interact, and play and IP is changing the very landscape of doing business for industry, governments, educators, and consumers. But what, exactly, does someone mean when they refer to \u201cintellectual property?\u201d In this presentation, we will look at the different types of IP what makes IP strong or weak, and how entities can use them to remain relevant and competitive in the marketplace.\r\n<h3>Biography<\/h3>\r\nPablo Tapia is the subsidiary attorney for the Microsoft Research Lab in Cambridge, UK, and the Advanced Technology Centers in Aachen (Germany), Herzliya (Israel), and Cairo (Egypt). In addition to patent issues, Pablo counsels clients on general IP issues, open source, EU funding engagements, university engagements, data protection, and licensing. Pablo has also managed patent portfolios for other Microsoft\u2019s R&amp;D efforts including Microsoft Research labs in China, India and Redmond.\r\n\r\nBefore joining Microsoft, Pablo was a patent attorney at Greenberg Traurig in Los Angeles and a software engineer at Motorola. Pablo received both his JD and B.S. Computer Science from Arizona State University, and is admitted to practice in California, Arizona, and the US Patent and Trademark Office.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[\/accordion]"},{"id":3,"name":"Posters","content":"<h2>Poster Guidelines<\/h2>\r\nPosters should be designed for A1 portrait (594 mm width x 841 mm height) colour printing (either PowerPoint or PDF) and articulate clearly and concisely either visually or textually:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>The challenge being addressed or question being answered by the research in such a way that a non-expert can understand the importance of the research<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The focus of the research<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The intended outcome of the research<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The current stage of the research<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Any research results, preliminary conclusions, or potentially interesting next steps<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nPosters should be aimed at other students and researchers who do not necessarily have expertise in that specific area of research.\r\n\r\nPosters should clearly display your name and the name of your university.\r\n\r\n<strong>Submission deadline:<\/strong> Monday, 17 June 2013"},{"id":4,"name":"Leisure","content":"<h2>Food and Drink<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridgerestaurants.com\/\">Cambridge Restaurants Guide<\/a><\/li>\r\n \t<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridgepubs.com\/\" target=\"_self\">Cambridge Pubs Guide<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h2>Theatres<\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridgeartstheatre.com\/\">Cambridge Arts Theatre<\/a>\r\n6 St Edwards Passage, Cambridge, CB2 3PL\r\nTel: 01223 578933\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adctheatre.com\/\">ADC Theatre<\/a>\r\nPark Street, Cambridge, CB5 8AS\r\nTel: 01223 359547\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.anglia.ac.uk\/ruskin\/en\/home\/microsites\/mumford_theatre.html\">Mumford Theatre<\/a>\r\nAnglia Polytechnic University, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT\r\nTel: 0845 196 2320\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cornex.co.uk\/\">Cambridge Corn Exchange<\/a>\r\n3, Parson Court, Wheeler Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QE\r\nTel: 01223 357851\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.junction.co.uk\/\">The Junction<\/a>\r\nCambridge Leisure Park, Clifton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7GX\r\nTel: 01223 511511\r\n<h2>Cinema<\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.picturehouses.co.uk\/cinema_home_date.aspx?venueId=camb\">The Arts Picture House<\/a>\r\n38-39 St Andrews Street, Cambridge, CB2 3AR\r\nTel: 01223 572929\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cineworld.co.uk\/cinemas\/7\">Cineworld<\/a>\r\nCambridge Leisure Park, Clifton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7DY\r\nTel: 0871 200 2000\r\n\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.myvue.com\/cinemas\/facilities\/cinema\/cambridge\" target=\"_self\">Vue Cinema\r\n<\/a>The Grafton Centre, East Rd, Cambridge, CB1 1PS\r\nTel: 0871 2240240"}],"msr_startdate":"2013-07-01","msr_enddate":"2013-07-05","msr_event_time":"","msr_location":"Cambridge, UK","msr_event_link":"","msr_event_recording_link":"","msr_startdate_formatted":"July 1, 2013","msr_register_text":"Watch now","msr_cta_link":"","msr_cta_text":"","msr_cta_bi_name":"","featured_image_thumbnail":null,"event_excerpt":"The PhD Summer School is an annual event that is organized at Microsoft Research Cambridge in relation to the Microsoft Research PhD Scholarship Programme. 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