{"id":171257,"date":"2013-12-27T16:08:46","date_gmt":"2013-12-27T16:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/virtual-algorithms-center-viral\/"},"modified":"2020-04-15T15:31:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T22:31:59","slug":"virtual-algorithms-center-viral","status":"publish","type":"msr-project","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/virtual-algorithms-center-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Algorithms Center (VIRAL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-176245 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2016\/02\/virtual-algorithms-center-viral.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"130\" \/>MSR has a strong group of scientists working on algorithm design, analysis, and experimental evaluation, as well as researchers in related areas (e.g., coding theory), but no formal algorithms group. The Virtual Algorithms Center (VIRAL) brings these individuals together. The goals of the center is to enhance collaboration between algorithms researchers and the rest of MSR, provide internal consulting, and give an external view of the algorithms research at MSR.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"moray-accordion\" data-show=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\trole=\"group\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-mount=\"collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"#accordion-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-link m-0\" aria-disabled=\"false\" aria-pressed=\"false\" data-action=\"expand\" type=\"button\" data-bi-cN=\"Expand all\">Expand all<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"btn btn-link m-0\" aria-disabled=\"false\" aria-pressed=\"false\" data-action=\"collapse\" type=\"button\" data-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\">Collapse all<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"accordion\" id=\"accordion-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\">\n\t\t\t<h4 class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-mount=\"collapse\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-target=\"#collapse-2\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded=\"false\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"collapse-2\">\n\t\tSuccess Stories\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"collapse\" id=\"collapse-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/better-way-store-data\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span id=\"535c4ffb-fd40-46c7-8342-07f83e7d6833\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"Image535c4ffb-fd40-46c7-8342-07f83e7d6833\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2016\/02\/viral-data.jpg\" \/><span id=\"ImageCaption535c4ffb-fd40-46c7-8342-07f83e7d6833\"><\/span><\/span>A Better Way to Store Data<\/a>These days, nearly everyone stores things in the \u201ccloud\u201d\u2014business-critical documents, personal photos, e-mail accounts&#8230;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MSR has a strong group of scientists working on algorithm design, analysis, and experimental evaluation, as well as researchers in related areas (e.g., coding theory), but no formal algorithms group. 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