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Yan Xu Microsoft Research

Yan Xu Microsoft Research. Microsoft Research. Founded in 1991 Staff of 750+ in over 55 disciplines International research teams MSR Redmond, Cambridge, Asia, Silicon Valley, India, New England A “Safe house” for incubating technologies/ideas Not bound to product cycles

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Yan Xu Microsoft Research

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  1. Yan Xu Microsoft Research

  2. Microsoft Research • Founded in 1991 • Staff of 750+ in over 55 disciplines • International research teams • MSR Redmond, Cambridge, Asia, Silicon Valley, India, New England • A “Safe house” for incubating technologies/ideas • Not bound to product cycles • Support long-term research in computer-science and eScience • A environment for research collaboration • Sabbaticals, New Faculty Fellowships, Post-docs, interns • External Research - fostering collaborations worldwide

  3. External Research • Initiate collaborations with academia • Invest in emerging areas of research and education • Computational science • Socially relevant computing • Gender equality • Collaborate with universities worldwide • Cultivate next-generation academic thought leaders • Transfer established research/education innovations • User community • Productization • Institution

  4. e.g. The Phoenix Academic Program • Provide early access to Phoenix • Phoenix Research Development Kit (RDK) • Collect feedback • RDK updates • Samples by external researcher/students • Enable Phoenix based research collaborations • Compilers • Static analysis • Code generation and optimization • Software security • Enhance education

  5. e.g. The Phoenix Academic Program (cont.) • Program cycle • Collaboration projects • 2003 – 2005: 4 early adopters • 2005 and 2006: 29 RFPs • 2007: 5 direct fundings • Technology/community transfer: • RDK  SDK • http://research.microsoft.com/phoenixhttp://connect.microsoft.com/phoenix • Computer Science  multidisciplinary computational

  6. Computational Education for Scientists • Vision: Make Computational Thinking a natural skill for scientists • Goals: • Facilitate effective engagement of science education with Computer Science • Identify common computational education components • Set forth pedagogical strategies for curriculum innovation • Focus • Build the missing link • Computationally challenged scientific research vs. Traditionally developed science curricula • Change mindset • this is not about teaching scientists how to code • This is about effective engagement of scientific research with Computer Science • Distinguish computational thinking from computing • Create curriculum on the “thinking” part • Help decision makers to see the value in order to adopt • Assessment in curriculum innovation

  7. Computational Education for Scientists (cont.) A Top-Down Strategy - CEfS Curriculum Development Model: Computational Challenges scientific research Domain Specific Computational Education graduate Common Core: Computational Thinking undergraduate

  8. Computational Education for Scientists (cont.) • Pilot Projects: five courses at seven schools • Problem-Based Learning (PBL) of Image Processing • Prof. May Wang, Biomedical Engineering, GaTech • Class of ~20: half from CS • Two students projects resulted in papers accepted by IEEE BIBE • Xbox Science – Xbox platform to teaching biology system visualization • Prof. Leonard McMillan, CS, UNC • Body sensor network for healthcare • Mario Gerla and Majid Sarrafzadeh, CS, UCLA • Defense Against the Dark Arts – Phoenix for anti-virus • Jack Davidson, UVA • Mark Bailey, Hamilton College • Jeff Zadeh, Virginia State University • .NET for Physics 111 • Physics 111 lab, UC Berkeley, for all sciences and high school science teacher training

  9. Computational Education for Scientists (cont.) • The Workshop on Computational Education for Scientists http://research.microsoft.com/workshops/CEfS2007 • September 27-28, 2007, Redmond • Ground breaking event of CEfS • Position papers • 40+ attendees from 10+ disciplines • CS and non-CS pairs • Topics: • What to Teach – Computational thinking vs. Computing… • How to Teach – Pedagogical strategies… • How to Assess – Curriculum innovation & education assessment…

  10. Computational Education for Scientists (cont.) • Call for Paper: CEfS – What to Teach? • 14 reports: • Vision v.s. practice • Collaborative teaching • Problem-based learning • Socially relevant education

  11. Computational Education for Scientists (cont.) • Put it in context • Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope (WWT) • WWT Academic Program (WWT-AP)

  12. WorldWide Telescope Academic Program • Microsoft Research WorldWide Telescope (WWT) • A computational science innovation • Started 10 years ago Jim Gray and scientists at JHU • Enables a PC to function as a virtual telescope • Sets a new standard in presenting large data sets • A one-stop research/education platform • Aggregate scientific data from major telescopes, observatories, and institutions. • Make temporal and multi-spectral studies available through a single cohesive Internet–based portal • Enhance connections among profession astronomers, educators, and the amateurs. • Facilitate historical and cultural astronomy research and science outreach • A giant case study of CS collaborating with domain science • Implement computational challenges in real-world (universe) • Leverage the power of virtualization - extending science to the beyond

  13. WorldWide Telescope Academic Program • WWT Academic Program (since October 2008) • Stimulates computational practice in research and education • Enables seamless astronomy • Revolutionizes astronomical article authoring & publishing • Enhances Astronomy 101 • Brings planetarium into classroom

  14. How to Find Us • WorldWide Telescope (WWT) http://www.worldwidetelescope.org • WorldWide Telescope Academic Program http://research.microsoft.com/wwt-ap/ • External Research http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/ • Microsoft Research http://research.microsoft.com/ • Research Funding Opportunities http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/awards/ • Fellowships http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/jobs/fellowships/default.aspx • Internships http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/jobs/internships/default.aspx

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