Microsoft Research to Show off New Research Projects at Silicon Valley TechFair Event

Microsoft Research to Show off New Research Projects at Silicon Valley TechFair Event

Researchers to demonstrate distributed computing, privacy, Web search, cloud services and natural user interface technologies.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 4 -- On Thursday, May 6, Microsoft Research will provide a glimpse inside its Silicon Valley research facility at its Mountain View campus to invited guests from government, academia and the technology industry. Rick Rashid, senior vice president of Microsoft Research, kicks off the event with a keynote speech highlighting ways in which Microsoft Research is pushing forward the state of the art in computer science. Event attendees then will have an opportunity to tour interactive demonstrations showcasing research in the areas of datacenter services for data-intensive computing, privacy, Web search, cloud services and natural user interfaces. More information about the event will be available at 1 p.m. PDT on May 6 at http://research.microsoft.com/.

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                  The Silicon Valley TechFair begins with an opening keynote
                  by Rick Rashid, senior vice president of Microsoft
  What:           Research.

                  Following the keynote, Microsoft researchers will showcase
                  their work and the complex problems they are working to
                  solve with a focus on the following areas:
                 -- Datacenter services for data-intensive computing
                 -- Privacy
                 -- Web search
                 -- Cloud services
                 -- Natural user interfaces

                  Academia, government and technology industry leaders by
  Who:            invitation

  When:          1-4:30 p.m. PDT on Thursday, May 6

  Location:      Microsoft Silicon Valley
                 Building 1
                 1065 La Avenida
                 Mountain View, CA 94043

                  A website with additional material will go live at 1 p.m.
  Resources:      PDT on May 6, 2010, at http://research.microsoft.com/.

                  News and information from TechFair can be found on Twitter
                  at @MSFTResearch and on the Web at
  Breaking News:  http://research.microsoft.com/.

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