Yesterday I had a really good discussion with Jamie Cromack on her efforts around putting together a Learning Assessment Toolkit. This toolkit is are valuable asset for professors teaching both in CS and STEM. The Microsoft Research Assessment Toolkit...

Here's a really cool C# application for displaying graphs from MSR... Microsoft C#UNG (pronounced “chung” and short for C# Universal Network/Graph System) is a desktop application that displays graphs, which are collections of vertices connected by edges...

Saw this post by Qixing on the uses of Silverlight in different sites - I'd like to start compiling a list of eScience sites/applications using Silverlight...let me know if you are using it... MLB.com integrated Silverlight Podium ’08 - MSN’s Election...

LiveSide has a really good overview of Tafiti a site that utilizes Silverlight as a way to capture search results - it's not only cool - it's a lot of fun to play with...check it out...now if aimed at scientific researchers and had the ability to capture...

Lee did an excellent job in putting this together! It looks extremely interesting. You can download the entire issue (in PDF). Introduction Lee Dirks , Microsoft Corporation Tony Hey , Microsoft Corporation The Shape of the Scientific Article in The Developing...

For you eScience folks in the Boston area - here's a real opportunity to hear/see how Silverlight can be utilized... Code Camp 8 Registration and Call for Speakers Open! We're live and ready (thanks, Chris Pels!) Attendee registration and the Call for...

I've been waiting for it and now it's available more broadly - a way to share files in the could...take a look at SkyDrive . I can see a science project utilizing Spaces, SkyDrive, Astoria, etc to put all the pieces together to make it work... featuring...

Here's a very helpful post I ran across from Volker's blog on debugint MPI application on Windows.... VolkerW's WebLog : Debugging MPI on Windows This week our team hosts an event for Microsoft partners working on HPC migration projects. Developing requires...

Here's are some amazing collections of images of the Space Shuttle...amazing technology. Current collections include: The interior and surrounding area of the Vehicle Assembly Building, the largest one-story building in the world, used for housing external...

Ran across Jon Udell's screencast on the Robotics Studio and is' RESTful architecture...I've seen the demos in person and they are quite impressive. Also, I've run across a number of folks that have used the Robotics Studio infrastructure for modeling...

Just saw VolkerW post info on the whitepaper to help understand how to setup a cluster to dual boot between WinCCS and Linux...very helpful. Dual Boot CCS and Linux Hot off the (virtual) press: "Windows ® Compute Cluster Server 2003 and Linux." Many partners...

There was some confusion on where to post abstracts for the eScience Workshop - so the deadline was extended. The 2007 Microsoft eScience Workshop at RENCI Deadline for abstracts extended to Monday August 20, 12 noon PST Please submit abstracts online...