Higher Education Researchers Meet at Microsoft Summit

Bill Gates gave the opening keynote at Microsoft Research's 6th annual Faculty Summit, and participated in an exclusive Q&A along with Rick Rashid, senior VP of Microsoft Research and Sailesh Chutani, director of Microsoft University Relations. Nearly 400 faculty invited from 135 higher education institutions in 20 countries met on Microsoft's Redmond campus for the full event August 2-5. Read more

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