{"id":559161,"date":"2019-03-12T11:59:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&p=559161"},"modified":"2022-05-31T07:39:59","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T14:39:59","slug":"faculty-summit-2019","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/faculty-summit-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Summit 2019 | The future of work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit to be held in Redmond at the Microsoft Conference Center, July 17-18, 2019. The Faculty Summit brings together the intellectual power of researchers from across Microsoft and academia for two days to meet, discuss and share ideas about the future of work. New advances in computing are transforming existing work and productivity paradigms. Tomorrow, we will work in more places, faster, more collaboratively, and our output will be ever more thoughtful, creative, and impactful. We are excited that this year\u2019s Faculty Summit investigates how researchers are augmenting, improving, and even changing the future of work, for individuals and organizations alike.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Contact us: <\/strong>If you have questions about this event, please send us an email at facsumm@microsoft.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Past events:<\/strong>
Faculty Summit 2018<\/a>
Faculty Summit 2017<\/a>
Faculty Summit 2016<\/a>
Faculty Summit 2015<\/a>
Faculty Summit 2014<\/a>
Faculty Summit 2013<\/a>
Faculty Summit 2012<\/a>
Faculty Summit 2011<\/a>
Faculty Summit 2010<\/a>
Faculty Summit 2009<\/a>
Faculty Summit 2008<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tuesday, July 16<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
Time (PDT)<\/strong><\/td>\nSession<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/td>\nLocation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:00 PM\u20137:00 PM<\/td>\nWelcome reception and registration desk open<\/td>\n<\/td>\nHyatt Regency Bellevue<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Wednesday, July 17<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time (PDT)<\/strong><\/td>\nSession<\/strong><\/td>\nSpeaker<\/strong><\/td>\nLocation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:30 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\nWelcome & Intro
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Sandy Blyth, Global Managing Director, Microsoft Research<\/td>\nKodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00 AM\u201310:00 AM<\/td>\nKeynote: An Expansive View of Productivity
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Jaime Teevan, Microsoft<\/td>\nKodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nKeynote: Understanding Workplace Well-Being and Productivity through Sensor Tracking
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Gloria Mark, University of California, Irvine<\/td>\nKodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 AM\u201310:15 AM<\/td>\nTransition Break<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:15 AM\u201311:45 AM<\/td>\nBreakout Sessions<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nMicroproductivity: Getting Big Things Done Using Smaller Moments
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Chair: Shamsi Iqbal, Microsoft

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Steven Dow, University of California, San Diego<\/li>\n
  • Lydia Chilton, Columbia University<\/li>\n
  • Walter Lasecki, University of Michigan<\/li>\n
  • Victor Poznanski, Microsoft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Rainier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTechniques for ML Model Transparency and Debugging
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Co-Chairs: Steven Drucker and Gonzalo Ramos, Microsoft

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Daniel Weld, University of Washington<\/li>\n
  • Rich Caruana, Microsoft<\/li>\n
  • Matthew Kay, University of Michigan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
St Helens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEnvisioning Fluid Cross-Device Experiences
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Chair: Nathalie Riche, Microsoft

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Caroline Appert, Universit\u00e9 Paris-Sud \/ Paris Saclay<\/li>\n
  • Nicolai Marquardt, University College London<\/li>\n
  • Ken Hinckley, Microsoft<\/li>\n
  • Saul Greenberg, University of Calgary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Kodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11:45 AM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\nNetworking Lunch \u2013 One Table | One Topic (limited space per table)

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  • Classroom => Market with Brent Hecht<\/li>\n
  • Non-CS Affinity Group with Mary Gray<\/li>\n
  • Mixed Reality @ Work with Lorraine Bardeen<\/li>\n
  • Assistance vs Annoyance with Vanessa Feliberti<\/li>\n
  • Personal Learner Graph with Maria Langworthy<\/li>\n
  • Workplace Analytics with Ryan Fuller<\/li>\n
  • Cyber Security with John Lambert<\/li>\n
  • Digital Life\/Digital Work with Kelsey Vaughn<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
McKinley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:00 PM\u20132:30 PM<\/td>\nBreakout Sessions<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAI-Driven Image Captioning For Inclusive Productivity
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Chair: Ed Cutrell, Microsoft

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Danna Gurari, University of Texas, Austin<\/li>\n
  • Kathleen McCoy, University of Delaware<\/li>\n
  • Walter Lasecki, University of Michigan<\/li>\n
  • Ece Kamar, Microsoft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Rainier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRecommendation and Learning to Improve Personal Productivity
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Chair: Paul Bennett, Microsoft

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Jennifer Neville, Purdue University<\/li>\n
  • Yejin Choi, University of Washington<\/li>\n
  • Chris Re, Stanford University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
St Helens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nThe Future of Communication
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Chair: Sean Rintel, Microsoft

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Elizabeth Stokoe, Loughborough University<\/li>\n
  • Constantine Sandis, University of Hertsfordshire<\/li>\n
  • Yvonne Rogers, University College London<\/li>\n
  • Bill Buxton, Microsoft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Kodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:30 PM\u20133:00 PM<\/td>\nNetworking Break<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:00 PM\u20134:30 PM<\/td>\nBreakout Sessions<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWorkforce of the Future
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Chair: Ehsan Hoque, University of Rochester

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Jon Kleinberg, Cornell University<\/li>\n
  • Skip Rizzo, University of Southern California<\/li>\n
  • Shamsi Iqbal, Microsoft<\/li>\n
  • Phil Pizzo, Stanford University<\/li>\n
  • Ehsan Hoque, University of Rochester<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Kodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTask Intelligence: Doing More with Less
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Chair: Ryen White, Microsoft

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Flora Salim, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology<\/li>\n
  • Keith Ballinger, Microsoft<\/li>\n
  • Caitlin Hart, Microsoft<\/li>\n
  • Shree Sahasrabudhe, Microsoft<\/li>\n
  • Howard Crow, Microsoft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
St Helens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAugmented and Virtual Productivity Experiences
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Chair: Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Microsoft

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Bobby Bodenheimer, Vanderbilt University<\/li>\n
  • Sarah Creem-Regehr, University of Utah<\/li>\n
  • Henry Fuchs, University of North Carolina<\/li>\n
  • Eyal Ofek, Microsoft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Rainier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:30 PM\u20134:45 PM<\/td>\nTransition Break<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:45 PM\u20135:45 PM<\/td>\nA Conversation with Bill Gates Hosted by Eric Horvitz
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		<\/td>\nKodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:45 PM\u20136:30 PM<\/td>\nTravel to Seattle<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:30 PM\u20139:00 PM<\/td>\nDinner at Chihuly Garden and Glass<\/a><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00 PM\u201310:30 PM<\/td>\nSurprise Experience (optional)<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Thursday, July 18<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time (PDT)<\/strong><\/td>\nSession<\/strong><\/td>\nSpeaker<\/strong><\/td>\nLocation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8:30 AM\u20139:00 AM<\/td>\nWelcome & Tech Showcase Lightning Round<\/td>\n<\/td>\nKodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00 AM\u201310:00 AM<\/td>\nKeynote: Intentional Approaches to Human-Computer Collaboration
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Mira Lane, Microsoft<\/td>\nKodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 AM\u201312:00 PM<\/td>\nTechnology Showcase | The Future of Work Demos<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\nNetworking Lunch<\/td>\n<\/td>\nMcKinley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:00 PM\u20132:30 PM<\/td>\nBreakout Sessions<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nHuman-AI Collaboration for Decision-Making
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Co-Chairs: Besmira Nushi and Ece Kamar, Microsoft

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Ayanna Howard, Georgia Institute of Technology<\/li>\n
  • Jon Kleinberg, Cornell University<\/li>\n
  • Besmira Nushi, Microsoft<\/li>\n
  • Ece Kamar, Microsoft<\/li>\n
  • Rich Caruana, Microsoft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Kodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nIncreasing AI Programmer Productivity
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Co-Chairs: Sarah Bird and Markus Weimer, Microsoft

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Gustavo Alonso, ETH Zurich<\/li>\n
  • Ce Zhang, ETH Zurich<\/li>\n
  • Tianqi Chen, University of Washington<\/li>\n
  • Matei Zaharia, Stanford University<\/li>\n
  • Sarah Bird, Microsoft<\/li>\n
  • Markus Weimer, Microsoft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
St Helens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nFuture of Spreadsheeting
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Co-Chairs: Andy Gordon, Shi Han, and Ben Zorn, Microsoft

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Felienne Hermans, Universiteit Leiden<\/li>\n
  • Shi Han, Microsoft<\/li>\n
  • Daniel Barowy, Williams College<\/li>\n
  • Andy Gordon, Microsoft<\/li>\n
  • Ben Zorn, Microsoft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Rainier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:30 PM\u20133:00 PM<\/td>\nNetworking Break<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:00 PM\u20134:30 PM<\/td>\nBreakout Sessions<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nUsing Productivity in Software Development
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Chair: Neel Sundaresan, Microsoft

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Margaret-Anne Storey, University of Victoria<\/li>\n
  • Ahmed E. Hassan, Queens University<\/li>\n
  • Premkumar Devanbu, University of California, Davis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
St Helens<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nWorkers of the World, Connect! Tech Innovations and Organizational Change for the Future of Work(ers)
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Co-Chairs: Mary Gray and Jacki O\u2019Neill, Microsoft

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Louise Hickman, University of California, San Diego<\/li>\n
  • Melissa Valentine, Stanford University<\/li>\n
  • Jamie Woodcock, Oxford Internet Institute<\/li>\n
  • Jacki O\u2019Neill, Microsoft<\/li>\n
  • Mary Gray, Microsoft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Rainier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nArtificial Emotional Intelligence, Social Systems, and the Future of Collaboration
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Chair: Mary Czerwinski, Microsoft

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Speakers:<\/p>\n

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  • Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan<\/li>\n
  • Sidney D\u2019Mello, University of Colorado<\/li>\n
  • Gloria Mark, University of California, Irvine<\/li>\n
  • Eoin Whelan, National University of Ireland, Galway<\/li>\n
  • Steve Whittaker, University of California, Santa Cruz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n
Kodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:30 PM\u20134:45 PM<\/td>\nBreak<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4:45 PM\u20135:45 PM<\/td>\nKeynote: The Future of Work And the Power of Data
\n[Video<\/a>]<\/td>\n		Johannes Gehrke, Microsoft<\/td>\nKodiak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5:45 PM\u20136:45 PM<\/td>\nClosing Reception<\/td>\n<\/td>\nRainier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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*Agenda subject to change<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Keynotes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Jaime Teevan, Microsoft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Productivity is the cornerstone of the experiences and devices that Microsoft builds. And yet the nature of productivity is fundamentally changing with the emergence of the intelligent cloud and edge, increasing use of digital media, and an explosion of devices. No longer is it enough for the tools we build to merely help people be faster, more efficient, and better organized. Our tools must now help people approach problems in new ways. The future of productivity is collaborative, intelligent, and deeply embedded in the world around us. This talk will explore the research breakthroughs necessary to bring this expansive view of productivity to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Gloria Mark, University of California, Irvine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The future of work will involve gaining a deep understanding of people\u2019s workplace experience and use that understanding to develop solutions that improve health, mood, and productivity. Using wearable sensors, computer logging, and experience sampling data, we can analyze digital media use and how attention varies over the workday. Our goal is to leverage this data to design custom interfaces and interventions that people can use to promote well-being and productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Mira Lane, Microsoft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emerging technologies like artificial intelligence and mixed reality have the potential to upend the way we create, work, and interact with one another. This disruption is an opportunity and a challenge. As we see technologies begin to closely replicate aspects of creative human output, we must consider the evolution of work and our relationship to machines. New technologies alter our connections with one other, they have the potential to rapidly turn our ideas into tangibles, and yet\u2026 we all know that we must tread intentionally in this new era. Should we aim for more ambitious relationships between computers and ourselves and what does responsible innovation mean in a future of human-machine collaboration?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Speaker:<\/strong> Johannes Gehrke, Microsoft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Automation, digital platforms, and AI are changing the fundamental nature of work. Many activities that we do today have the potential to be automated, but there is also huge potential to dramatically enhance individual productivity. The cloud plays a key role here. Beyond multi-tenancy, elasticity, and unlimited resources, the cloud allows us to learn and to make our users more successful through data. In this session, we provide several examples of how we work across research and product groups empowering our users through data and lay out several challenges that we hope to solve together with the academic community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Breakout Sessions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Chair:<\/strong> Ed Cutrell, Microsoft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Advances in hybrid intelligence, deep learning, and related artificial intelligence techniques have provided us with a remarkable opportunity to ensure the future of work will be even more inclusive to more people than ever before. Because the communication and products of work increasingly comprise images\u2014photos, charts, maps, and the like\u2014that are often not accessible, people who are blind or low vision face unique challenges. One promising technology is the automated understanding and captioning of images. Office 365 applications, for example, can use APIs from Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services to automatically add alt text to images. But there remain many hurdles to making these captions truly useful and usable. In this breakout session, we will explore the state of the art and potential for advancement in automated image captioning, including data capture and curation for training, caption presentation and interactivity, and computer vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Chair:<\/strong> Mary Czerwinski, Microsoft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re on a path to a future where artificial intelligence (AI) and humans collaborate; one could argue that time is already here. Issues of trust in teams, building rapport, and group formation will dramatically change with the infusion of AI into our social workplace. As AI begins to further augment user interactions and interfaces, there is a pressing need to think about how we want to design such AI-powered social systems and experiences. In this breakout session, we bring together experts from the social sciences, AI and machine learning, and computer science to discuss this integration, particularly how emotional intelligence can be realized to make AI-powered systems more human-like and how this may influence collaborative practices at both the practical and ethical levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Chair:<\/strong> Mar Gonzalez-Franco, Microsoft<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Important questions about how the productivity of VR\/AR applications is measured remain. This panel discusses ways of conceptualizing and measuring productivity. Ideally, objective measures of the experience can be developed that evaluate the realism of any mediated scenario being presented, and these measures could be developed with such precision that components of an AR or VR system could be identified for weaknesses and be improved upon. The panel brings together researchers from different backgrounds and perspectives in the context of this issue, using approaches of calibration, interaction, realism and presence, and the use of behavior as objective measures to compare across real world and mediated environments. The questions that the panel will discuss include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n