Sunday, November 21, 2010

How to pick a clever mind, Microsoft Research Asia

Author: "China Youth Daily" reporter Wang Chao Liu Xin

If you eat a chicken meal means that getting a job at Microsoft Research Asia, believe that don't like to eat chicken who perhaps will bite to eat the whole meal.

The Internet has had such a legend, if Microsoft Research Asia phase to interview candidates, will give him a chicken rice do lunch, or a beef with rice. Of course this is just a network on one of the many legends of Microsoft, in fact it is the bodies on clever brains and choice of secret achievements of its glorious past 10 years. Located in the Haidian District of Sigma is the seat of the building, which has Microsoft Research Asia 300 researchers make up Microsoft's largest overseas research institutions. These researchers are amongst the best in their respective fields, such as previously in the IBM development "dark blue" computer beat Chess King Caspar Pavlov's xufeng male, is also in Microsoft Office. Microsoft Research Asia is giving Microsoft make money "burn after tomorrow a rope from head with irregular and burn to a total of 1 hour, now have two same ropes, how to burn the rope way to calculate the 45 minutes. "It is said that this is the online distribution of Microsoft Research Asia interview questions, so the strange posts will always attract people after the Americans praise," the smartest brains are doing? "as this group guessed" brains "of the brain, the incumbent President of Microsoft Research Asia elegant, delicate and hung xiaowen seems to be in with the traditional meaning of a wild dip not lessened scientists. From 1998 to build homes, Microsoft Research Asia has experienced a 10-year history, Dean also has four permanent, Kai-Fu Lee, Zhang yaqin, Shen to ocean until the incumbent President hung xiaowen. The first three permanent Dean have been promoted to Vice President of Microsoft world, Asia Research Institute's position at Microsoft. Hong Xiao-how to define your own leadership team, he said, there are three major types of departments of Microsoft, a sales department, and they sell products that make money "today"; there are also products sector, the development of next-generation product, is the "earn money" tomorrow; Microsoft Research Asia is for the next 5 ~ 15 years of technical reserves, the product can also be understood to earn the money the day after tomorrow. What areas of research in the "make money" after tomorrow will? hung xiaowen gives Microsoft answers: first, a new generation of multimedia. Second, natural user interface, like speech, pen, handwriting interface, camera etc. so that people and the natural way of communication between the computer. Third, to digital-centric computing, handle these large data platform. Fourth, it is the search and online advertising. Fifth, computer theory, theory, systems, network platform. Today, Asia Research Institute has earned the Microsoft Money the day after tomorrow, but in fact 10 years ago, Microsoft to not go to China to build Research Institute has caused a great debate inside. In 1997, Microsoft's former Chief Technology Officer Jimmy-Volt de gave Gates a suggestion: to set Research Institute on the grounds that to the 1990s, the United States has been the world's largest annual output, computer, this is the United States always have the most advanced computer technology is one of the reasons why, but China will catch up from behind. In 1998, weiruanzhongguoyanjiuyuan was established in Beijing, and in 2001, the Asia Research Institute to today it and Microsoft in Seattle, San Francisco, Cambridge and Bangalore, Research Institute, joint Microsoft research group. Microsoft headquarters also increasingly attach importance to this elephant to pull the entire company, a recent example is the retired Bill · Gates in Beijing to watch the Olympic Games, also discover went to Hong Kong, Hong Kong 3 universities and more than 800 of direct contact with teachers and students, about his thoughts on the future of technology. The former General Secretary of the world's richest man's journey to Hong Kong is located in Beijing for Microsoft's Asia Research Institute at the University-to make a PR tour. In addition, Microsoft Research Asia has become the Microsoft of the forward positions against opponents. A traditional software company in the Internet age how to survive? full technical style Research Institute has become the leading edge of Microsoft against the opponent. "We are the IT industry is a very strong industry, the industry itself has a lot of challenges. "Hung xiaowen admits, in 10 years ago, a Chinese top graduates want State-of-the-art research, so he's choosing. And now, not only with IBM, international giants such as Google to enter China, Baidu, Tencent Research Institute on student also has great appeal, a concerted effort to put the cake, the Institute has a meal. "Microsoft Research Asia 10 years before and after the request is not the same. "Hung xiaowen said, when we were babies, doing the first technology transfer have joy, very satisfied. But today, just do a little of the transfer has been insufficient to satisfy our wishes, we have to do big things. We care about is the "quality", not "content" — not to count how many papers were made, how much technology transfer, but "I do this thing have much impact." "A new note ' Award" to life at Microsoft Research Asia, had internships as outstanding interns to Bill Gates House · Zhou Chang yan said: "Microsoft's atmosphere more relaxed and free, you just have to focus on their own research projects of interest to you. And made outstanding contribution to the work together, you can force you to upgrade their knowledge, but also can help you realize the potential of their thinking, to build confidence. "Over the past 10 years, Microsoft Research Asia from two to three hundred people, to Institute internship students are more than 3000, who eventually stay?" we want ' award. "Hung xiaowen laughs, mathematics, programming, and a good attitude. Of course, only sanhao also is not enough, "we just 1 percent of the population. We must find the smartest, most excellent and most top talent. "Hung xiaowen said, we do not rely on people, this factory production is not the same. Innovation is not a person better, history, like Newton, EinsteinThe scientists, they alone make so many contributions. We need to do studies that best fits the most passionate, most suitable for creative talent. "" We have the largest space. "Hung xiaowen said, to give researchers the freedom to almost 100%, so that they are almost 100 percent of the time to do what I want to do. Do not specify who is to do this, who's going to do that. Best results are obtained from the accident. "Hire the best and most passionate people, we must give them the most free environment. Everyone knows that Thomas Edison, he invented the 1000 diverse things, but we may not know, he lost 1 million diverse things, this is research. "Hung xiaowen said. The next 10 years could give China the chance for some young people what top science and Engineering College of computer science students can get from the Microsoft Windows operating system, not only from the Microsoft msn, they can get excellent teaching fellows, fellows will regularly to university teaching. Starting from the first appointed President Kai-Fu Lee, Microsoft will lock and renowned universities, so that they become the Microsoft for partners, as well as the supply of talent for refreshment. Microsoft researchers cannot outside part-time, but can in University adjunct professor, Hung xiaowen in seven universities Guide for graduate students. Of course, Microsoft Research Asia concern is not limited to top universities, and Tibet, Qinghai and other area colleges and universities also have in-depth cooperation. Kai-Fu Lee served as the Dean of the graduate school, he published in this newspaper's letter to the youth, in the domestic lead youth, but his successor, Zhang graduated from University of science and technology youth class, is itself a model of youth. Microsoft Research Asia, Dean, just a Microsoft's position as a former two-term, it has a "youth mentor". Introverted modest hung xiaowen on this view is: "a different time, different challenges, 10 years ago and today we are not the same. Today's challenge is how to lead the Institute into the next 10 years, how to lead the Institute make better achievements, how in today's environment continue to attract the best people. " Compared to his predecessor, Hung xiaowen more willing to use their own personal experience to inspire others. "Everyone's experiences are different. As my career is half the time doing research, half the time to do product development. I also want to be able to have the opportunity to bring my experience and experience bring more students and partners, and many young people to share. But I hope they have the spirit of independent thinking. "Although never personally, but Hung xiaowen believes that an engineer, entrepreneurship, and of course, is a very exciting things. He believes that the Institute can help some young entrepreneurs, because Microsoft's innovative research is open, research results through such means as the academic papers and Industry Research Institute there are shared; "patents" project, in the past two years, Microsoft has established a sophisticated authorization system, will Microsoft large formed part of the technical reserves to other enterprises, helping them grow. "Whether successful or unsuccessful, we all hope to young entrepreneurs to focus on Microsoft Research Asia, dynamic, or through the" patents "in cooperation with us. "Hung xiaowen said.

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