MSRAsiaLabUpdate.pptVIP

MSR Asia Lab Update Kurt Akeley Assistant Managing Director Microsoft Research (MSR) MSR Mission Advance the state-of-the-art in computer science. Open and inclusive environment Peer reviewed publication Rapidly transfer research technologies into Microsoft products. MSR Asia strength More on this later … Ensure Microsoft products have a future. MSR Asia Talent 48 full-time employees from overseas 122 full-time employees hired locally ~290 students (post-doc, visiting, MS fellowship) MSR Asia Research Areas MSR Asia Research Groups MSR Asia Organization Other MSR Asia Groups Research Impact Over 1100 publications to date CVPR 2005 17 MSR Asia papers SIGIR 2005 13 MSR Asia papers SIGGRAPH 2005 9 MSR Asia papers SIGCHI 2005 5 MSR Asia papers 130 patents filed in FY05 Active technology licensing program Research Demos Academic Impact(University Relations) Over 2000 students have worked at MSR Asia 120 MSR Asia fellowships have been awarded to students from 39 universities in 8 countries/regions. UR managers are based in Beijing, Tokyo, Seoul, Sydney, and Taipei to cover the Asia-Pacific region. Launched IJARC (Institute for Japanese Academic Research Collaboration) by BillG in June 05 with representation from seven top universities Established seven joint labs with the top research universities in China (two of them in HK). Received Special Award for Contribution to China Education by Ministry of Education in 2005. Press Impact(Public Relations) MSR Asia Technology Transfer Advance the state of the art Communicate with the product groups Travel as needed, attend events (e.g., TechFest) Use video conferencing Do liaison work (Jonathan TIEN) Maintain relationships at all levels Do what it takes Coding, debugging, documentation, … Fewer senior researchers More students Conformance (e.g., extend product code base) Technology Transfer Group (TTG) Advanced Technology Center (ATC) Search Technology Center (STC) Acknowledge and reward our team Technology Tr