During a live webcast of the opening session at Microsoft Corp.’s eighth annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, which begins Monday, July 16, Microsoft Research will announce its external research agenda and academic funding for the year. The two-day event, which is expected to draw more than 400 thought leaders from academia and research labs around the world, will include a panel discussion on the morning of July 16 with leaders from Microsoft, government and industry about the future of computing.
Sailesh Chutani, director of Microsoft Research’s External Research & Programs group, discusses the themes and the optimism that will hallmark the eighth annual Faculty Summit.
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