By John Roach If you really want to learn to speak a foreign language, everyone knows that practice is essential. The challenge is to find someone with the time, patience and skill to help you practice pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. For people learning Chinese, Microsoft is aiming to fill that void with a new smartphone…
Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) Collaborative Research Program is a vital platform for faculty members in Asia working together with MSRA researchers on mutually interested topics. We aspire to foster talents and establish Microsoft as a valuable research and technology partner for higher education in Asia. Since the announcement of Call for Proposals in mid-July, there has been a large number of submissions. MSRA Collaborative Research Program Committee carefully reviewed them based on the state-of-the-art and…
First established in the 1950s, China’s Friendship Awards honor the achievements of foreign experts in the country’s economic and social progress. Beijing’s municipal government established the Great Wall Friendship Award in 1999, and it remains the highest award that foreign experts working in Beijing can receive. On September 26th, the Beijing Municipal Government presented a 2014-2016 Great Wall Friendship Award to Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft, Chairman of Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group,…
On October 19,2017, in Harbin, China, Microsoft Research Asia and Harbin Institute of Technology jointly held the 19th annual Computing in the 21st Century conference to share advanced AI research results and opinions with more than 1,600 students and faculty members from local universities. The conference’s theme, “AI. The Road Ahead,” was amplified in keynote speeches by Peter Lee, corporate vice president of Microsoft Research NExT, and Hsiao-Wuen Hon, corporate vice president of the…
