Beijing<\/a> also played key roles.<\/p>\nAndrew Herbert, managing director of Microsoft Research Cambridge, is delighted with the results.<\/p>\n
\u201cAutoCollage is a great example of some very innovative computer-science research from our Cambridge facility and partner labs in the United States and China,\u201d Herbert says. \u201cWe are furthering our commitment to transfer scientific innovations by providing consumers with access to technologies that are on the cutting edge of computer science.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Sol, the novel results provided by AutoCollage are validation enough.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the first application that I can explain to my Grandma,\u201d he smiles. \u201cShe can really use it and quickly produce an AutoCollage, click e-mail, and send it to us.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is what I\u2019m really proud of: It is a small application. It doesn\u2019t fulfill a business need. It doesn\u2019t enhance your productivity. It enhances how happy you are with using computers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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