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A collection of the latest feature stories written for the Microsoft Research website. If you want to see everything I’ve written there, the best thing to do is get on the Microsoft Research website, do a search on “Janie Chang”, and you will get a fairly complete list.

 Research Demos During PDC10 Inspire  A sellout crowd, exciting new development tools, and a packed schedule of events offered attendees of this year’s Professional Developer’s Conference opportunities to learn, network, and play. Three demos from Microsoft Research attracted their fair share

Tuning Smartphone Performance  The first-ever study of data traffic as observed on smartphones delivers unexpected findings that help improve performance and open new avenues of research.

3 Papers Added to SIGOPS Hall of Fame  This year’s SIGOPS Hall of Fame awards recognize contributions by eminent scientists from Microsoft Research.

UIST Showcases Novel Interfaces  Paintbrushes, tabletops, the human body, and entire rooms are all fair game when it comes to enabling new input/output devices during UIST 2010.

Using Wi-Fi to Boost 3G Capacity  What kind of wireless Internet do you get when you cross 3G with Wi-Fi? Meet Wiffler, a system that takes a new approach to augmenting 3G-network capacity—by offloading traffic to Wi-Fi.

Interns Bring Fresh Perspectives  What do a high school student, a scorekeeping-software inventor, an e-health specialist, and an Internet entrepreneur have in common? At Microsoft Research, interns don’t always come straight from graduate school.

The Quest for Quality Searches  It used to be just text. Now music, images, video, and petabyte-sized databases increase the complexity of search. During SIGIR 2010, Microsoft Research will present a diversity of approaches to coping with new challenges in information retrieval.

Understanding the Rainforest Ecosystem In the Brazilian rainforest, researchers deploy sensors and software to give environmental scientists detailed data to deepen understanding of rainforest ecosystems and their impact on the atmosphere.

 Trying to Cure PC Insomnia  It’s energy-friendly to shut down PCs before leaving the office, but it’s hard to relinquish the convenience of remote access. Sleep Proxy offers a way to access idle machines while reducing power consumption.
 
Translator Fast-Tracks Haitian Creole  The aid effort in response to the Haiti earthquake needs funds, supplies, and medical help. When it became apparent that the aid effort also needed language assistance, the Microsoft Translator team quickly added a new language to the system.
 
Exploding Software-Engineering Myths  Centralized development is better than distributed. Test-driven development is better than conventional. Organizational structure can predict code quality. Hallmarks of conventional software-engineering wisdom have never been tested empirically—until now.