The document discusses innovation at Microsoft Research. It provides an overview of Microsoft Research's 1,100 scientists across multiple research areas including data mining, education, gaming, health and more. It also discusses Microsoft Research's investment framework, examples of projects applying theory to disruption, and using data exploration to unify theory, experimentation and simulation.

1. ER IS GEEN
COMFORT ZONE
Hans Bos
hans.bos@microsoft.com
@hansbos
National Technology Officer

5. INNOVATIE: HET GAAT EIGENLIJK BEST GOED
NASA HD EARTH VIEWING EXPERIMENT,
LIVE STREAM FROM INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

6. INNOVATIE: DE ULTIEME VRAAG “KUNNEN WE HET ALLEMAAL NOG VOLGEN?”
MODERN TIMES IS A 1936 FILM AND A COMMENT ON THE (…) CONDITIONS
CREATED, IN CHAPLIN'S VIEW, BY THE EFFICIENCIES OF MODERN INDUSTRIALIZATION

7. INNOVATIE: UITVOERING IS LASTIG(ER)
VOORBEELD: PAPER TAB, PLASTIC LOGIC
1.908.153 VIEWS (PER 30 SEPTEMBER 2014, SINDS 6 JANUARI 2013)

8. INNOVATIE: DISRUPTIEF DENKEN IS LEUK
EINSTEIN SITTING ON THE FRONT STEPS OF HIS HOME IN PRINCETON
PHOTO BY GILLETT GRIFFIN

9. $58,437
MICROSOFT RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
$62,484
$69,943
$73,723
$77,849
$20,363
$24,098
$27,161
$21,763 *)
$26,764 **)
$90,000
$80,000
$70,000
$60,000
$50,000
$40,000
$30,000
$20,000
$10,000
$0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Revenu Operating Income
MICROSOFT ANNUAL REPORT 2013
Source: http://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar13/financial-highlights/index.html
*) Includes a goodwill impairment charge related to our Online Services Division business segment which decreased operating income by $6.2 billion
**) Includes a charge related to a fine imposed by the European Commission in March 2013 which decreased operating income by $733 million.
**) Also includes a charge for Surface RT inventory adjustments recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2013, which decreased operating income by $900 million.
INNOVATIE
DOEL OF MIDDEL

10. DATA MINING AND MANAGEMENT
Creating systems for accessing and
managing large collections of data, and
algorithms for finding patterns and
insights within the data.
ECONOMICS AND COMPUTATION
Exploring the connections between
economics and computer science, and
creating economic models of online
systems
EDUCATION
Applying computing to help people
learn. Expanding programs in
computer-science education.
GAMING
Exploring new technologies to enhance
the gaming experience, and identifying
and developing innovative technologies
and curricula to aid in educational
activities.
GRAPHICS AND MULTIMEDIA
Addressing challenges in displaying
complex computer graphics models, in
multiresolution signal representations
and enhancement, and in compression
of geometry and multimedia data.
HARDWARE AND DEVICES
Building the hardware that will support
the next generation of software.
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Leading innovation in assisted
cognition, bioinformatics, synthetic
biology, and biomedicine.
HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
Advancing the way users interact with
computing devices.
MACHINE LEARNING AND
INTELLIGENCE
Building software that automatically
learns from data to create more
advanced, intelligent computer systems.
ALGORITHMS AND THEORY
Exploring the theoretical foundations of
computing, and efficient algorithms for
a wide variety of problems.
COMMUNICATION
AND COLLABORATION
Enabling people to reach each other
easily regardless of network or device.
COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
Focusing on machine translation,
multilingual systems and natural-language
processing.
COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE
Providing computational support to
unravel the mysteries of the universe.
COMPUTER SYSTEMS
AND NETWORKING
Improving efficiency in the deployment,
operation management and security of
distributed applications.
COMPUTER VISION
Teaching computers to see and
understand the visual world
MICROSOFT RESEARCH
MORE THAN 1,100 SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS ACROSS MULTIPLE RESEARCH AREAS
http://research.microsoft.com

11. OPEN ENDED
REACTIVE
SHORT-TERM LONG-TERM
MICROSOFT RESEARCH
INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK

12. MICHAEL PORTER – FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS
FRAMEWORK FOR COMPETITIVENESS
THREAT OF
SUBSTITUTES
POWER OF
SUPPLIERS
INDUSTRY
RIVALRY
POWER OF
BUYERS
THREAT OF
NEW ENTRANTS

13. OPEN ENDED
REACTIVE
SHORT-TERM LONG-TERM
MICROSOFT RESEARCH
INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK

14. MICROSOFT THE GARAGE
GEORGANISEERDE ORGANISCHE ORGANISATIE INNOVATIE

15. MR. FUSION HELPS STUDENTS BUILD A NUCLEAR REACTOR
“THE MACHINE IS PERFECTLY LEGAL, GRENIGER EXPLAINED.”

16. QUANTUM COMPUTING
RESEARCHERS, THEORISTS, AND EXPERIMENTALISTS FROM MATHEMATICS,
PHYSICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

17. CHANGING THE WORLD, 1 BILLION SENSORS AT A TIME
“WE’RE SEEING EFFICIENCIES THAT WE NEVER EVEN CONTEMPLATED WHEN WE
STARTED THIS JOURNEY.”

18. MACHINE LEARNING: DRAG, DROP, PREDICT
START MINING DATA FOR PREDICTIONS WITHOUT DEEP DATA SCIENCE
BACKGROUNDS

19. THEORY
UNDERSTANDING THE GENETIC
CAUSES OF HUMAN DISEASE
MICROSOFT RESEARCH
PLATFORM
INFRASTRUCTURE
AVAILABILITY
CLOUD HPC INFRASTRUCTUUR
APPLICATION
MODERN DRUG DISCOVERY
INEXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVE TO
THE HUGE UP-FRONT COSTS
IMPACT
ERIC TOPOL
THE CREATIVE DESTRUCTION
OF MEDICINE
INNOVATIE, VAN THEORIE NAAR DISRUPTIE
EEN VOORBEELD

20. HET VIERDE PARADIGMA IN ONDERZOEK
MICROSOFT RESEARCH EN JIM GRAY
1: EMPIRICAL
DESCRIBING NATURAL PHENOMENA
2: THEORETICAL
USING MODELS, GENERALIZATIONS
3: COMPUTATIONAL
SIMULATING COMPLEX PHENOMENA
4: DATA EXPLORATION
UNIFY THEORY, EXPERIMENT AND SIMULATION

23. TECHNOLOGY
KEVIN KELLY
WHAT TECHNOLOGY WANTS
YOU
JARON LANIER
YOU ARE NOT A GADGET
INFORMATION
JAMES GLEICK
THE INFORMATION
INNOVATIE: AAN HET STUUR OF OP DE STOEL?
EEN CONTEXT
ZERO
JEREMY RIFKIN
THE ZERO MARGINAL COST
SOCIETY

24. CONSTRUCT OPTIMALISEER VERANDER
ANALOOG
ORGANIZATIE, PROCESSEN EN
DOCUMENTEN
DIGITAAL
DIGITALE WERKSTROMEN EN
INFORMATIE, VERBETERDE EFFICIENTIE
EN INZICHTEN
VERANDERING
GEHEEL NIEUWE ‘CONSTRUCTS’
VIRTUALISATIE EN EFFECTIVITEIT

25. MAATSCHAPPELIJK RESULTAAT
- LEVENSKWALITEIT EN
- ECOLOGISCHE DUURZAAMHEID
Macro-economisch resultaat
Determinanten van economische groei
AANJAGERS
VAN ECONOMISCHE GROEI
Randvoorwaarden
en maatschappelijke context
Bruto
Binnenlands
Product
Arbeids
productiviteit
Arbeidsinzet
Menselijk
kapitaal
en
arbeids
aanbod
INNOVATIE Kapitaal
Onder-nemer-schap
Markt-werking
Macro
economische
condities
Functioneren
van de overheid
Infrastructuur Maatschappij
CBS: CONCEPTUEEL MODEL VAN ECONOMISCHE GROEI
HTTP://WWW.CBS.NL/NL-NL/MENU/THEMAS/DOSSIERS/ONDERNEMINGSKLIMAAT/BESCHRIJVING/CONCEPTUEEL-MODEL.HTM