1. SIGHCI at ICIS 2006 Kent Foster - Higher Education Faculty Programs US Subsidiary - Microsoft Corporation jkfoster@microsoft.com

2. Microsoft Research - History Founded in 1991 Internationally recognized research teams Staff of 750+ in over 55 disciplines Investing over $6B in R&D in Research and product development Strengthening the Ecosystem –Curriculum Repository more than 1,000 curriculum resources averages 14,000 downloads per month –Since 1997, awarded more than 100 fellowships $1.2 million to 24 Ph.D. fellows $1 million to five new faculty fellows last year alone

3. Names And Notables Jim Gray, 1998 ACM Turing Award Butler Lampson, 1992 ACM Turing Award C.A.R. Hoare, 1980 ACM Turing Award Gary Starkweather, Inventor of the laser printer Jim Blinn, Graphics pioneer Michael Freedman, Fields Medal winner Gordon Bell, Father of the VAX Rick Rashid, creator of the MACH kernel

4. Microsoft Research Microsoft Research Lab Locations External Research Groups Technology Learning Labs Institute Future Redmond (1991) San Francisco (1995) Cambridge (1997) Beijing (1998) Mountain View (2001) Bangalore (2005)

5. Why Think Global? Sources: IDC, UN

6. Incubate Ideas & Products A “Safe House” for Incubating products and Ideas –Windows streaming media, Windows CE, TabletPC, eBook, Smart Personal Objects Technology –Ecommerce, Datamining, IIT (natural language and speech technologies, etc. Critical role in MSFT growth –Driving software engineering technologies and practices –Developing future systems, high speed networking, wireless and data mining –Pioneering research in software that allows computers to see, hear, speak and understand

7. Research Initiatives Pervasive Computing Digital Inclusion Technology Solutions Championing CS Computational Sciences

8. What value could be delivered to emerging markets? Information as a utility Communication and transaction infrastructure Education platforms, apps, tools Grants and investments in development projects Business skills and training

9. IT for Under-Served Communities Akhtar Badshah –Senior Director, Microsoft Community Affairs Among his responsibilities, Dr. Badshah manages Microsoft Unlimited Potential (UP), a global program to promote digital inclusion and increased access to technology skills training in underserved communities. Microsoft’s UP program is designed to help narrow the technology skills gap; aid global work-force development; and create social and economic opportunity by providing technology skills through community technology centers (CTCs). UP offers a comprehensive approach to broadening digital inclusion by bringing together critical components, including training grants, software donations, community learning curricula and a global support network called telecentre.org.

10. External Research & Programs –Collaborate with leading research universities, government agencies, professional organizations and industry partners –Enhance the teaching and learning experience –Create joint research institutes and host academic summits, workshops and symposiums –Award annual fellowships and internships

11. New Faculty Fellowship 2005 110 Nominations, 20 Semi-finalists, 11 Finalists, 5 winners 5 Fellowships, $100K x 2 years (cash) Winners have gained more prominence since being nominated Microsoft will award five (5) fellowships in Spring 2007. Subbash Khot Georgia Tech Dan Klein Berkeley Radhika Nagpal Harvard Wei Wang UNC Frédo Durand Frédo Durand MIT

12. Request For Proposal RFPProposalsAwards Software Engineering11415 Phoenix/SSCLI8917 New Faculty Fellowship985 Tablet PC16511 Search--12 Digital Memories (Memex)8016 Smart Clients for eScience548 Digital Inclusion16317 Total763+101 Largest RFP program in the IT Industry 7 RFPs in FY06 alone – provided academics > $4 million

13. Collaboration Model Institutes Projects Workshops RFPs Explore Ideas Validate Directions Accelerate Reach Supporting programs – Faculty Summit, Ph.D. fellowships, New Faculty Awards, Ecosystem engagements

14. February 22-25, 2007 Disney Wonder Cruise Ship www.msadgd07.net Workshops and Conferences

15. Trustworthy Computing & Security

16. How to Find MSR Microsoft Research http://research.microsoft.com/default.aspx http://research.microsoft.com/default.aspx External Research & Programs http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/default.aspx http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/default.aspx Research Funding Opportunities http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/fundingopps/default.aspx http://research.microsoft.com/ur/us/fundingopps/default.aspx Fellowships http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/jobs/fellowships/default.aspx http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/jobs/fellowships/default.aspx Internships http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/jobs/internships/default.aspx http://research.microsoft.com/aboutmsr/jobs/internships/default.aspx Human-Computer Interaction at MSR http://research.microsoft.com/research/detail.aspx?id=2 http://research.microsoft.com/research/detail.aspx?id=2

17. http://www.microsoft.com/facultyconnection

18. MS IT Intern Program Since 2001, main entry path into Microsoft IT for college hires Students typically in senior year (sometimes juniors), doing real work (entry level duties) Intern support system (manager, mentor, coach) and networking opportunities Ex-interns in MACH (Microsoft Academy of College Hires) upon return as full time employee Possible participation in rotation program upon return as full time employee

19. Typical IT Intern Positions Program Manager Application Developer System Analyst Business Analyst Software Test Engineer Product Manager Support Analyst Ops Analyst Build Engineer Messaging Service Manager Support Engineer Technologist Business Manager Project Coordinator Network Analyst Service Manager System Engineer

20. Intern Program – Typical Majors & Timeframes Majors: Computer Science Business Administrations Computer Engineering Information Technology Informatics Managed Information Systems Industrial Engineering Computer Information Systems Information Systems Most common Microsoft IT internship timeframes: January – June July – November/December Less common internship timeframes: May-August (returning interns and international interns) April – September (Drexel) September – March (Drexel)

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