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1,C1,Reflections On AI Research,Eric Horvitz Shares Reflections On AI Research,Microsoft Research,"It’s an exciting time for AI research. Innovations include advances in core computational fabrics such as representations of knowledge, inferential methods for drawing conclusions from that knowledge, and machine learning for acquiring new knowledge and abilities from data and perceptions. We’ve built key competencies on top of these fabrics, including machine vision, natural language understanding, speech recognition, and human-computer interaction. And we’ve been composing sets of these competencies into rich, multilayered “symphonies” that bring together multiple competencies to develop new capabilities.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/Innovation_01_MSR_AI.png,,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Videos/Articles/Innovation_01_MSR_AI.mp4,Eric Horvitz,Managing Director,"Microsoft Research, Redmond","I've long been curious about the computational foundations of intelligence. I've pursued answers via studies of machine perception, learning, reasoning, and decision making. On the way to a deeper understanding, I work to field working systems that can immediately deliver value in the world. Projects include efforts in time-critical decisions, information retrieval, healthcare, urban infrastructure, sustainability, and development--with goals of understanding how computational models perform amidst real-world complexities, and of deploying systems that deliver value to people and society. A key focus of my work has been on opportunities to leverage the complementarities of human and machine intelligence.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/Innovation_01_MSR_EricHorvitz.png,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/QR%20Codes/Innovation_01_MSR_AI_QR.png,,,,,,,,,,,,,1,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2
2,C1,Battling Tuberculosis,Battling tuberculosis using Microsoft technology,Microsoft Research,"Microsoft Research India has developed a biometric monitoring system to help patients complete tuberculosis treatment programs. Using the system, health workers can accurately monitor tuberculosis patients’ medication adherence and take quick action if a patient misses a dose. The monitoring system was developed in response to one of the most pressing problems in battling tuberculosis – the number of patients who fail to complete their treatment programs and thus develop and spread a deadlier version of the disease.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/02_Battling_SecondaryImage_504x408.jpg,,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Videos/Articles/Innovation_02_Video.wmv,Bill Thies,Researcher,"Microsoft Research, India","Bill’s research in the Technologies for Emerging Markets Group focuses on building appropriate information and communication technologies that contribute to the socio-economic development of low-income communities, as well as the description and automation of biology protocols on platforms such as microfluidic chips. He received all of his degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he completed a Ph.D. in computer science in 2009.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/02_Battling_BillTheis_112x112.jpg,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/QR%20Codes/Innovation_Article_02_QR.png,,,,,,,,,,,,,2,1,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3
3,C1,Expanded Productivity Functionality,MSR Expands Microsoft Band Productivity Functionality,Microsoft Research,"Thanks to cutting-edge technologies incubated by Microsoft researchers, a variety of new features have been introduced for Windows Phone 8.1 users in a recent update to Microsoft Band. They include an innovative virtual keyboard designed specifically for the device and new voice reply functionality powered by Cortana.

Microsoft Band now packs indispensable productivity features—which users can rely on not just while exercising but whenever they don’t have the time, attention, or ability to engage with their smartphones.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/Innovation_03_MSR_MSBand.png,,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Videos/Articles/Innovation_03_MSR_MSBand.wmv,,,,,,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/QR%20Codes/Innovation_03_MSR_MSBand_QR.png,,,,,,,,,,,,,3,2,1,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4
4,C1,Simplifying Cloud Development,Orleans Simplifies Development of Scalable Apps,Microsoft Research,"Microsoft has released Orleans, an open-source platform that provides a straightforward approach to building high-scale distributed computing applications. Orleans, available for download from GitHub, simplifies programming for developers by removing the need to learn and apply complex concurrency logic or scaling patterns. It was designed for use in the cloud and has been used extensively on Microsoft Azure. 

The main benefits of Orleans are developer productivity and transparent scalability, two of the most prominent challenges when developing services for the cloud.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/Innovation_04_MSR_Team.png,,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Videos/Articles/Innovation_04_MSR_Orleans.mp4,Project Orleans,Research Team,"Microsoft Research, Redmond","The Project Orleans team at Microsoft Research is filled with talented systems engineers who combine principled, academic rigor with a pragmatic understanding of the value in developer productivity. This is evident not only in the features of Orleans, but also in  interaction with the team. ""They really understood what it meant to work on tight timelines.""",,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/QR%20Codes/Innovation_04_MSR_Orleans_QR.png,,,,,,,,,,,,,4,3,2,1,11,10,9,8,7,6,5
5,C2,Executable Biology,Computer models could help develop new treatments,Microsoft Research,"The first comprehensive computer model to simulate the development of blood cells could help in the development of new treatments for leukemia and lymphoma, say researchers at the University of Cambridge and Microsoft.

Biomedical scientists from the Wellcome Trust-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research collaborated for the past two years with computational biologists at Microsoft Research and Cambridge University’s Department of Biochemistry. This interdisciplinary team of researchers have developed a computer model to help gain a better understanding of the control mechanisms that keep blood production normal.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/Innovation_05_MSR_JasminFisher.png,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/Innovation_05_MSR_Leukemia.png,,Jasmin Fisher,Senior Researcher,"Microsoft Research, Cambridge","I’m a Senior Researcher at our Cambridge, UK Lab, in the Programming, Principles & Tools group. Within that group (which I regard more of as a ‘department’ in the academic sense) I supervise several PhD and MSc students (6 at the moment) and we study the intersection between computability and living systems. It’s a fascinating area! As a biologist, working at Microsoft can be quite challenging at times. I manage to bridge the gap between theory and lab experiments through very tight collaborations with colleagues in academia and take advantage of the huge talent and world leading computer scientists we have in Microsoft.",,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/QR%20Codes/Innovation_05_MSR_Leukemia_QR.png,,,,,,,,,,,,,5,4,3,2,1,11,10,9,8,7,6
6,C1,Using Data to Fight Disease,Uncovering new ways the human immune system fights HIV,Microsoft Research,Microsoft Research is working with the Ragon Institute to quantify how the immune system attacks various fragments of HIV by analyzing data sent from the Ragon team in Africa. Microsoft Research analyzes the data and identifies interesting relationships within the data that will hopefully lead one day to a cure. ,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/04_UsingData_Menu_504x408.jpg,,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Videos/Articles/Innovation_04_Video.wmv,David Heckerman,Senior Director,Microsoft Research,"David is interested in learning from data. The models and methods he uses are inspired by work in the fields of statistics and data analysis, machine learning, probability theory, decision theory, decision analysis, and artificial intelligence. His recent work has concentrated on using graphical models for data analysis and visualization in biology and medicine with a special focus on the design of HIV vaccines and genome-wide association studies.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/04_UsingData_DavidHeckerman_112x112.jpg,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/QR%20Codes/Innovation_Article_04_QR.png,,,,,,,,,,,,,6,5,4,3,2,1,11,10,9,8,7
7,C1,Playing Offense,Playing Offense: We’re Not Just Crime Stoppers,Digital Crimes Unit,"The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) targets global criminal organizations that are looking to profit from IP crimes, malicious software code, botnets and Internet crimes committed against children and the elderly. We do this in partnership with law enforcement, academia, global government agencies, and businesses, and by using Microsoft technology— including Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft SQL Server, and Microsoft Azure. ",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/06_PlayingOffense_SecondaryImage_504x408.jpg,,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Videos/Articles/Innovation_06_Video.mp4,David Finn,Executive Director and Associate General Counsel,Microsoft Cybercrime Center – Redmond,"Since joining Microsoft in 1999, David Finn has collaborated extensively with prosecutors and law enforcement officials worldwide. Prior to Microsoft, David was an Assistant United States Attorney in New York City, where he worked closely with various U.S. federal and state law enforcement agencies and prosecuted an array of violent and economic crimes before juries and district court judges, arguing a dozen cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. He also worked as a research assistant for a Member of Parliament in London, a journalist for a New York Times Company-owned newspaper in Florida, a law clerk for a federal judge in New York, and an attorney for an international law firm in Washington, D.C. David is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and lives in Seattle with his wife and two children.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/06_PlayingOffense_DavidFinn_112x112.jpg,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/QR%20Codes/Innovation_Article_06_QR.png,,,,,,,,,,,,,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,11,10,9,8
8,C1,Disrupting Malware,Disrupting and Dismantling Malware Operations,Digital Crimes Unit,"According to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, cybercrime costs people, governments, and companies a minimum of US $375 billion every year. Many of these offenses are perpetrated by organized crime through malware and botnets that infect millions of devices every day. These criminal organizations are creating malware with illegal financial gain, data theft, espionage, or other mayhem in mind. Through our malware operations, and our partnership with global Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs), the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) has successfully cleaned millions of infected devices. We then protect customers by embedding this intelligence back into Microsoft’s platform and services.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/07_DisruptingMalware_Menu_504x408.jpg,,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Videos/Articles/Innovation_07_Video.mp4,Richard Boscovich,Assistant General Counsel,Microsoft Cybercrime Center – Redmond,"Richard Boscovich began his career as a corporate tax attorney at a major international law firm in New York City. He then served for 17 years at the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) as an assistant U.S. attorney in Florida’s Southern District (Miami). He directed the district’s Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property unit, where he prosecuted numerous high-profile computer intrusion cases, including the first federal juvenile prosecution of a 17-year-old computer hacker. During the last two and one-half years of his tenure at the DOJ, he served as chief of the Major Crimes unit, where he managed the activities of 25 assistant U.S. attorneys. Boscovich joined Microsoft in 2008. He holds both a BA degree in Political Science/History and a law degree from the University Of Miami.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/07_DisruptingMalware_RichardBoscovich_112x112.jpg,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/QR%20Codes/Innovation_Article_07_QR.png,,,,,,,,,,,,,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,11,10,9
9,C1,Targeting Intellectual Property Crimes,Targeting Intellectual Property Crimes,Digital Crimes Unit,"Software piracy costs customers and companies billions of dollars every year. A recent IDC study shows that at least 30 percent of counterfeit software has embedded malware. But the challenge is so widespread, and the burden of proof so large, that it can be hard for software companies to take control.

The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) partners with Microsoft engineering and business teams to tackle this challenge.  DCU mines vast amounts of Microsoft product key data, and then applies predictive models to uncover behavior that signifies illegal product usage. The end result is a system that helps uncover the many different ways Microsoft software is pirated—and gives Microsoft and global law enforcement agencies the ability to take action.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/08_TargetingIntellectual_SecondaryImage_504x408.jpg,,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Videos/Articles/Innovation_08_Video.mp4,Andres Rengifo,Intellectual Property Crimes Lead,"Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA","Andrés came to Microsoft in 2005, initially based in Bogota as the Anti-Piracy attorney lead for the Andean Region, and then in Mexico City as the LCA Anti-Piracy Lead for Microsoft Mexico during 4 years. Before joining Microsoft, Andres served as the Legal Chief at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Colombia, and was among the Colombian Government’s Intellectual Property negotiators for the Andean-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. Andres also maintained a private law practice where he counseled domestic and multinational companies on IP and commercial matters. Andres received his JD degree and post-graduate degrees in E-Commerce, Law and Economics from Externado University in Colombia, and a Masters in Law from the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/08_TargetingIntellectual_AndresRengifo_112x112.jpg,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/QR%20Codes/Innovation_Article_08_QR.png,,,,,,,,,,,,,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,11,10
10,C1,Protecting Vulnerable Populations,Protecting Vulnerable Populations,Digital Crimes Unit,"The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) focuses on protecting the most vulnerable among us, including children and the elderly, from technology-facilitated crime. Through innovation and collaboration, the DCU is advancing the fight against child exploitation, human trafficking and consumer fraud. The scale of the online child exploitation problem and the amount of data associated with these types of investigations is massive. That is why Microsoft collaborated with Dartmouth College in 2009 to develop PhotoDNA, a technology that helps detect and disrupt online exploitation of children by creating unique fingerprint-like signatures of images. Microsoft donated PhotoDNA to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and today, it is used by organizations around the world – from companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter and Google, to national and international law enforcement.

The DCU also works with law enforcement to address digital crimes that impact senior citizens – from fake online pharmaceuticals to technical support scams.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/09_Protecting_Menu_504x408.jpg,,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Videos/Articles/Innovation_09_Video.mp4,Courtney Gregoire,Senior Attorney,Microsoft Cybercrime Center – Redmond,"Prior to joining Microsoft, Courtney Gregoire spent nearly 10 years working in Washington D.C. in senior-level positions for both the legislative and executive branches of government including Deputy Chief of Staff for the U.S. Department of Commerce, Legislative Director and Chief Counsel for U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, and policy assistant with the White House Domestic Policy Council. Courtney began her career at K&L Gates, counseling companies on legislative and regulatory matters. She is a graduate of Willamette University and Harvard Law School. A proud resident of Seattle, she was elected Commissioner for the Port of Seattle in November 2013 and also serves on the Seattle Colleges Board of Trustees.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/09_Protecting_CourtneyGregoire_112x112.jpg,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/QR%20Codes/Innovation_Article_09_QR.png,,,,,,,,,,,,,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,11
11,C1,Using Big Data To Fight Cybercrime,Using Big Data To Fight Cybercrime,Digital Crimes Unit,"The Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit brings global law enforcement, industry, and technology partners together to fight cybercrime. At the heart of the solution is a sophisticated architecture that intercepts, logs, and manages more than 500 million transactions every day. With Microsoft BI, this data is transformed into a single format that provides rich visualizations and insight into criminal activity.

From our hybrid cloud solutions via Windows Azure, Windows Server, and SQL Server– to the new Power BI for Office 365—and all the way through the front end of Office, Microsoft delivers a complete, consistent and interconnected data platform that accelerates time to insight at every stage of the data lifecycle.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/10_UsingBigData_SecondaryImage_504x408.jpg,,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Videos/Articles/Innovation_10_Video.wmv,Bryan Hurd,Director of Advanced Analytics,Microsoft Cybercrime Center – Redmond,"Bryan Hurd heads a team of the world’s leading experts in Cyberforensics, Cyber Threat Intelligence, Online Piracy and other efforts to fight global scale cybercrime. He has built and led teams focused on large data problems related to counter-terrorism and cybercrime in both the government and the private sectors, including the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, National Counterterrorism Center, US European Command, EDS (now HP) and other government and law enforcement agencies. Bryan has supported local, national and international computer crime investigations working with law enforcement, governments and private industry.",https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/Articles/10_UsingBigData_BryanHurd_112x112.jpg,https://ctexp-public.sharepoint.com/Documents/Innovation_v2/Images/QR%20Codes/Innovation_Article_10_QR.png,,,,,,,,,,,,,11,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1