Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA)Founded on Nov. 5, 1998About 380+ people and 350 interns at the present20 research groups1500+ papers published 200+ technologies transferred to MS products 16+ technologies licensed to other companies

MSRA Focus Areas

Natural User Interface

CS FundamentalsSearch and OnlineAds

Data-Intensive Computing

Multimedia

Organization StructureUR members

Beijing: China & the regionTokyo: JapanSeoul: KoreaTaipei: Taiwan & Hong KongSydney: Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore

Pillars of the Programs

Academic Exchanges

Curriculum Innovation

Research Collaborations

Talent Development

Focus on Computer Science

eHeritage

eScience

health

education

Computer Science as core

Highlights from Asia on eScienceProf. Jane Hunter, University of Queensland

The Health-e-Waterways Project – An Exemplar Model for Environmental Monitoring and Resource Management

Prof. Yasushi Kiyoki, Keio UniversityA Semantic and "Kansei" Computing System for Analyzing Global Environments

Prof. Jun Zhu, Zhejiang UniversityComputational Challenge in Analyzing Complex Traits

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