2. External Research And Programs Sailesh Chutani Director, External Research and Programs Microsoft Research Sailesh Chutani Director, External Research and Programs Microsoft Research

4. Looking Back – Last 12 Months

5. More Transparent RFPProposalsAwards TWC Curriculum6015 Phoenix4713 Gaming Curriculum416 Tablet PC6713 Software Engineering Curric. 489 ConferenceXP245 eScience5210 ICT (India)217 Total36078

6. New Faculty Fellowship 110 Nominations, 20 Semi-finalists, 11 Finalists 5 Fellowships, $100K x 2 years 110 Nominations, 20 Semi-finalists, 11 Finalists 5 Fellowships, $100K x 2 years Subash Khot Georgia Tech Dan Klein Berkeley Radhika Nagpal Harvard Wei Wang UNC Frédo Durand MIT

7. India Ph.D. Fellowship 25 Applicants, 5 Fellowships $25K over 5 years + conference travel 2005-2006 Recipients Dipankar Das: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Peeta Basa Pati: Indian Institure of Science, Bangalore Bhargav Gulavani: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Biju K R: Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani S. Priya: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 25 Applicants, 5 Fellowships $25K over 5 years + conference travel 2005-2006 Recipients Dipankar Das: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Peeta Basa Pati: Indian Institure of Science, Bangalore Bhargav Gulavani: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Biju K R: Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani S. Priya: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

8. Events 3 Academic Summits 2+ Days Attendance > 100 Multiple Tracks 11 Workshops 1 Day Attendance < 100 12 Invited talks 3 Academic Summits 2+ Days Attendance > 100 Multiple Tracks 11 Workshops 1 Day Attendance < 100 12 Invited talks

9. LATAM Regional Academic Summit May 10-12, Sao Paulo, Brazil 148 Faculty 7 Countries 60 Universities VIP’s Sec. IT Policy Pres. Brazilian Computer Society

10. India Academic Summit April 4-5, New Delhi, India 85 Attendees 35 Institutions Keynote by President of India

11. Workshops 3 Academic Summits Multi-day Attendance > 100 Multiple Tracks 11 Workshops 1 Day Attendance < 100 12 Invited talks 3 Academic Summits Multi-day Attendance > 100 Multiple Tracks 11 Workshops 1 Day Attendance < 100 12 Invited talks Phoenix Kickoff Tablet PC Workshop Social Computing Symposium TWC Curriculum Kickoff CXP Developers India Curriculum LATAM Rotor/Curriculum Embedded Systems Wrap-up

12. Looking Forward – Next 12 Months

13. Continuing Programs RFP Announcing today Trustworthy Computing Curriculum Smart Clients for eScience Digital Memories Later in the year Phoenix Digital Inclusion New Faculty Fellowships MSR PhD Fellowships RFP Announcing today Trustworthy Computing Curriculum Smart Clients for eScience Digital Memories Later in the year Phoenix Digital Inclusion New Faculty Fellowships MSR PhD Fellowships

14. New Initiatives Digital Inclusion How to make computing affordable, accessible, and relevant for people untouched by the IT revolution Explore technologies such as cell phones and mesh networking, and applications such as telemedicine Collaborate with NGOs and industry partners Institutes Deep MSR collaboration 3 year commitment IP agreement Areas being considered: bioinformatics, cell phone, robotics Digital Inclusion How to make computing affordable, accessible, and relevant for people untouched by the IT revolution Explore technologies such as cell phones and mesh networking, and applications such as telemedicine Collaborate with NGOs and industry partners Institutes Deep MSR collaboration 3 year commitment IP agreement Areas being considered: bioinformatics, cell phone, robotics

15. Events Academic Summits Faculty Summit - July 2006, Redmond Academic Summit - February 2006, Mexico Academic Summit – February 2006, India Workshops SciData - October 2005, Redmond Gaming Technologies in Education - TBD Tablet PC in Education - TBD Academic Summits Faculty Summit - July 2006, Redmond Academic Summit - February 2006, Mexico Academic Summit – February 2006, India Workshops SciData - October 2005, Redmond Gaming Technologies in Education - TBD Tablet PC in Education - TBD

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