Interested in getting up and running quickly with data science computing using Python and IPython notebook – Wenming has created a series of blog posting to step you through getting up and running with a IPython notebook on Azure very quickly.  ...

Narwhal is a geoscience-focused Developer Toolkit that simplifies getting data into WWT . I wrote the prototype and Nels Oscar created the first release last summer (2012). Narwhal is available for download here . While the next Narwhal release will probably...

This past weekend at SXSW, Microsoft and the WorldWide Telescope team worked with NASA, Northrop Grumman and the Space Telescope Science Institute to deliver a one of a kind exhibit around the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).  The two main anchors...

Today starts South by Southwest Interactive and the Worldwide Telescope team is working with NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute to delivery a exhibit around the James Webb Space Telescope that is close to out of this world.   There...

During this years annual Microsoft Research TechFest , where Microsoft Research exposes compelling research projects to employees and guests, there are a couple Science related projects being highlighted.  The Computational Ecology and Environmental...

After posting about Data Explorer yesterday – I thought about other add-ins for Excel that make hard problems easier…and that lead me back to the SQLServerDataMining.com site….it’s great to see that the SQL Server 2012 Data Mining Add-ins for Office ...

Functionality and features for Excel 2013 just keeps getting better, especially when you realize that Self-Service BI can enable Self-Service SI (Science Intelligence) – the latest is the release of the Microsoft "Data Explorer" Preview for...

This is a good article if you’ve updated to Excel 2013 and want to update your PowerPivot models. Start PowerPivot in Excel 2013 add-in Important    This feature isn’t available in Office on a Windows RT PC. Want to see what version of Office...

It’s great to see the University of Washington planetarium  showcased in this UW Today article.  The UW team headed up by Phil Rosenfield has really figured out how to bring Astronomy to the students directly and really engage them.  The...

This week many of us from the Microsoft Research Earth, Energy and Science team are down at AGU2012 enjoying all that the American Geophysical Union’s 45th annual Fall Meeting has.  MSR has been a participant for many years and really enjoy connecting...

Last week at SuperCompter2012, the Windows Azure team showed off it’s Big Compute support by placing in the Top 500 Supercomputer list.  You can get more details on it in Bill Hilf’s blog post - Windows Azure Benchmarks Show Top Performance for Big...

  Even if you weren’t able to get a registration for //Build/ 2012 – the streaming sessions are a great experience.  You can watch the sessions live, like the Azure sessions happening today – or the prerecorded sessions like Windows 8 and Windows...

If you’re interested in how carbon impacts the overall climate models – you’ll really be interested in the paper just published by Matthew Smith , et al - our Microsoft Researchers from our Computational Ecology and Environmental Science Group (CEES)...

It’s really good to see Microsoft’s commitment to reducing the companies carbon footprint being recognized by the Carbon Disclosure Project.  Continuing a Commitment to Carbon Disclosure Last week the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) issued its annual...

Last week I ended up finding that one of my directories of pictures lost their file extensions – so I thought I’d spin up PowerShell in Win8 and see if I could remember how to do.   After a little trial and error I ended up with the following PowerShell...

I just finished a seminar presentation to Monash University while sitting in Redmond – the slides were presented using PowerPoint 2013 via Office Presentation Service a free way to control your presentation to anyone in the world.  While the PowerPoint...

I just saw that some new Curriculum materials for Windows Azure and SQL Databases in the Faculty Connection – those are great resources for helping with teaching students, especially since no knowledge of Cloud Computing is required. Windows Azure and...

The FILETABLE feature, available in SQL Server 2012, solves a problem that has bedeviled our research group for years. It is especially useful for people who combine SQL Server for data management with other tools (e.g., MATLAB, Python, R, C code) for...

It’s inspiring to see someone take technology and combine with art and artistic abilities to make something beautiful.  I ran across the Layerscape Tour Maolwane niebo that combines artwork from children inspired by the skies and mythology. ...

For some Friday fun, I was playing with Cliplets from Microsoft Research – it let’s you combine still shots and video to create pictures that have movement.  Below I took some video while at Stanford on my cellphone and ran created a cliplet just...

This is great to hear that Microsoft along with Technology Leaders Support OASIS Standards for Open Data Protocol .   OData Technical Committee Proposed to OASIS Based on overwhelming feedback from the community, Microsoft announced that they, along...

Just saw the announcement from the HDF5 group that they’ve released PSH5X-a Windows PowerShell module for HDF5 . They also have some good resources up to help get started – including the pseudo-mindmap of the provider…. For folks not familiar with HDF5...

I've created the first in a sequence of Layerscape tutorials as a Power Point deck. This is -- of course -- published at Layerscape and has garnered rave reviews. Well, one rave review anyway. Here's what it takes you through: Getting the tools...

There’s a good cover story article on Microsoft’s Smart Building Pilot Program in the latest The Leader, it describes the Microsoft Real Estate and Facilitates group effort in using more technology to improve the energy performance of the buildings they...

Don’t miss the Learn Windows Azure event next Tuesday, Dec 13th…. Learn Windows Azure Next Tuesday (Dec 13th) Next Tuesday, Dec 13th we’ll be holding a special Learn Windows Azure training event for developers.  It will provide a great way to learn...