What are the core areas of research at MSR Asia?
Ya-Qin Zhang: MSR Asia has set an ambitious research agenda highlighting four areas that are central to Microsoft’s long-term vision and strategy. First, we’re working on a next-generation user interface, which will allow users to interact with a computer using speech, gestures, and expressions. We’re also working on next-generation multimedia technologies, which will enable people to search for and be immersed in interactive and realistic online shopping, educational, meeting, and entertainment activities. This is related to the third area of focus, Digital Entertainment, which will allow users to have a more networked, interactive and realistic entertainment experience in future. And finally, wireless and networking technologies, which will empower people to access information any place, anytime, on any device. More specifically, MSR Asia consists of the following nine research groups and a development group: Natural Language Computing, Speech, Visual Computing,Internet Graphics, Int
