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Heartache and hope inspire Microsoft Challenge for Change winners to make a difference
Abhishek Paudel was already working on how to bring better health care to people in remote areas of his country when disaster came. The massive April earthquake that killed and injured thousands in Nepal, leveling his parents’ home and their entire village, only deepened his resolve.
What being welcomed at work looks like
Building your career is a journey filled with challenges, excitement, and forks in the road. And journeys are easier with maps. In this column, job experts answer your questions and deliver advice to help you take the next step. Question: I’m part of the LGBTQ+ community, and it’s important to me to work at a place that accepts me for who I am. What’s the best way to figure that out, even before I apply? Answer: When you choose a job, you’re choosing more than the actual work you’ll do.
Microsoft Quantum helps Case Western Reserve University advance MRI research
Today I’m thrilled to share a new collaboration between Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and Microsoft’s Quantum team demonstrating the power of quantum computing. With the goal of improving patient care, Case Western Reserve will use Microsoft’s quantum-inspired algorithms to enhance their approach to detecting cancerous tumors. This scenario is a great example of an organization using quantum technology to solve the real-world challenges of today.
Bringing our accessibility awareness game today and every day
Retired U.S. Army Capt. Mike Luckett works for Warfighter Engaged, a nonprofit organization that provides gaming equipment to wounded vets, and helped test the new Xbox Adaptive Controller. Today we celebrate the seventh annual Global Accessibility Awareness Day and announce new technology and resources for people with disabilities. The goal of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about accessibility.
Deep learning: to become a leader in AI, Ozge Yeloglu first had to figure out how to believe in herself
I had to learn the business side of things. A data scientist with generic data science knowledge is not that useful if one doesn’t have the business context. I was working with our sales teams, getting to know our customers and their needs. It was great to be working with people so closely, like I’d done as CEO of my own company. Two years into the role, I started getting curious about doing more. I told my manager that if there was an opportunity to grow the team, I’d love to be a manager.
An engineer's dream job blooms into reality
An engineer’s dream job blooms into reality Two years after Philip Jarvis landed his dream job on the HoloLens team, he reflects on what it's like to work at Microsoft as an engineer who has Asperger's syndrome Recently, Philip Jarvis was in the Portland Art Museum checking out an exhibit on contemporary Native American fashion. As he finished in one gallery and prepared to move on to the next, he reflexively pressed his fingertips together and then opened up his hand like a flower blooming.
The story behind Microsoft’s earnings: The intelligent cloud powers customer innovation across industries - The Official Microsoft Blog
In today’s Microsoft second quarter earnings call, CEO Satya Nadella showcased how customers are using our technology to create digital business solutions. The 56 percent year-over-year growth in commercial cloud revenue — with broad-based growth across geographic markets and industry segments — is fueled by customer and partner success. Just this week, we announced news with Publicis Groupe, Columbia Sportswear and PTC.
how a former spacecraft engineer said ‘yes’ and launched great things
Editor’s note: We sat down with Cindy Healey to talk about her time at NASA and the moment she took a scary risk. She tells our writer her story in her own words. While working on the Mars Pathfinder mission at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, I came to a fork in the road. It was a moment when I had to decide whether to move out of my comfort zone and take a risk.
The workspace of the future
A community plaza where employees can gather, learn, and play. Car-free zones and a cross-campus bridge just for pedestrians and bicyclists. Energy-optimized smart buildings; spaces to spark creativity with teammates; trees, trails, and transit close at hand. A major redevelopment is coming to the Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, one that will rocket forward a modern vision of workspace that has already started, in recent years, to lift off across the campus and the globe.
Developing for the intelligent cloud and intelligent edge at Microsoft Connect(); 2017 - The Official Microsoft Blog
Today we’re kicking off Connect(); 2017, one of my favorite annual Microsoft developer events, where over three days we get to host approximately 150 livestreamed and interactive sessions for developers everywhere — no matter the tools they use or the platforms they prefer. Today at Connect(); 2017 I’m excited to share news that will help developers build for the intelligent cloud and the intelligent edge.
Meow you doing? - Microsoft Life
It’s happened to Karen Easterbrook a few times already, and it’s bound to sneak up on her again. She’s in a work meeting with folks from different teams, and people are introducing themselves. When it’s her turn, she says her name and inevitably someone blurts out, “You’re the cat woman!” “Every time, I have to live it down,” Easterbrook said. If it’s not being recognized in a meeting, it’s a cat-and-mouse game in a hallway.
Boosting tech for students and schools, breaking down language barriers and advancing mixed reality in construction — Weekend Reading, Jan. 27 - The Official Microsoft Blog
Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window) There was a lot of good stuff happening this week at Microsoft in education, communication, accessibility and industry news. Let’s dig in! To drive breakthroughs in education, Microsoft announced Intune for Education, a new, simple tool to help schools set up devices in classrooms and not have to touch them again for the rest of the year.
One of the most creative women in advertising joins Microsoft
Eliza Esquivel has never been one to take a linear path anywhere. It’s clear in the way she put off diving into a career in her 20s to focus on meditation and figure out what life meant to her, and in the way she changed her plans of becoming a literary critic to venture into advertising — and went on to run a $36 billion portfolio of well-known global brands.
Elite engineering team ready to take on any tech mission
An elite team of engineers at Microsoft is always ready to go wherever they’re needed and dive into building a brand-new technology, solving a problem or otherwise using their varied expertise to help get an important job done — and it’s no coincidence they’re called the Spartans. Technically, the name stands for the Special Projects and Resources Team.
How machine learning forecasts the future for careers at Bing
At first, it sounded like a disaster. Walter Sun, whose job was to make sure Bing gave users the most up-to-the-minute information about current events, was seeing a big spike in the number of people searching for facts about some type of plane incident on the Hudson River. People who saw the jetliner come down began tweeting details almost immediately. Others who’d been aboard a passing ferry started sharing online photos of a rescue effort.
IT pro ‘making a difference in the world’
“I’m certainly not one of the smart folks who come up with those ideas, but we help run the platforms that help make that research possible,” says Jernigan, a senior research and development systems engineer.
Grace Hopper ‘is the reason why I’m at Microsoft’
“It made me realize that rather than being a cog in the wheel, I would be an individual who would be supported and a software engineer who would be provided opportunities to improve and grow,” she says. “Microsoft was the only one who took time to get to know me beyond my abilities to code.” But after she answered questions about technical topics, the interviewer asked about her interests. He took the time to explore what roles would be ideal for her as a programmer and a person.
The Internet of Things gives the world’s cities a major lift
With city populations exploding, city planners and builders have critical problems to solve. To make room for 3 billion people to live, work and play, planners know that the best direction to go is up. Keeping elevators running smoothly is key; in buildings that soar to more than 1,000 feet, taking the stairs is simply not an option.
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