We and gates

Gates to participate in the "Olympics" in eight minutes

— Joseph Microsoft natural language group of fellow

In this year's TechFest (Microsoft technologies), I met Bill · Gates, he hung xiaowen, accompanied by the slowly moving towards us, and visited the natural language group, multilingual search engine system (Olympia) booth.

In 8 minutes short residence time, he is always smiling and discuss technical issues. Very approachable. We were surprised by his profound knowledge of. For example, he stressed that developing machine translation system must rely on the Internet automatically mining large bilingual examples. We from his talk, feel his quest for technological innovation, sincere to researchers. It also felt that his research on machine translation.

Cattle into the outstanding researcher of patience to Gates demonstrates Olympia system, this is he from Beijing go to Microsoft headquarters search sector before farewell performance.

Therefore, he later told me that he once to technology Festival in his retirement, to Bill do demo is so lucky.

Enter the "cattle into Beijing Olympicmarket" and please Bill browse search results.

Although all of the search results are displayed in English, in fact many articles from the Chinese. This is because the Olympic Games in Beijing, many content derived from the Chinese, but our translation system to display the search results before the Chinese translation into English. Bill looked by Chinese translation into English of the article, with his trademark smile and said: "the translation quality is also good, of course, there is a little awkward."

He asked: "Internet content of the various language distribution is uneven distribution of English and Chinese.

"At this point, around listening to Dean hung xiaowen explained:" the English content, other language content less and distribution. "Then, Bill also asked the Chinese Wikipedia's scale, he pointed out that the automatic translation quality will have a direct impact on the usefulness of cross-language retrieval, it is necessary to further strengthen research and improve translation quality. Then he went on to discuss cross-language retrieval of typical applications. Hong Xiao-for example multimedia retrieval is cross-language retrieval of a good application. In this case, the cow to enter the Chinese "Greco-Roman, Olympia system at the same time using the" Greco-Roman "and its English translation (Greco-Romanwrestling) retrieve, get more than just Chinese" Greco-Roman "retrieve available for more pictures. Bill read, very happy.

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Tied with gates play

— Dean · Steve Lawson innovation Engineering Center,

To Microsoft in less than a year, I had the honour and our product manager, along with Bill AlexLoeb · Gates face-to-face, hoping to persuade Gates support we set up a new ad hoc group's proposal.

I still remember, at that time and a half hours of talks, I spent most of the time to do reporting, gates with good intentions, and debate my schema vision-the meeting scheduled for only one hour, but extended the half hour. He asked: "why instead of SQL, rather than to develop this new toys?" and I do our best to explain their views and ideas. Eventually, he said: "you can't convince me to adopt (your strategy) ... But I also convince you. "He eventually agreed to provide funding support, but only the equivalent of our applications for three quarters of the budget limit. However, this has created an Office Online product eventually became an important part of the sector, including tens of users every day for global provides information about the Office Online content, as well as support for daily millions of downloads.

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Gates did not look like the richest, but rather a it workers

— — Qintao Tsinghua summer 2007

Holiday House Gates located in Washington, d.c., the Lake House

In April 2007, grant from the gates of Tsinghua University honorary doctorate on that day, is the first time I saw the gates, but since the occasion too formal, and a bunch of Flash cluster on him, felt far away from reality, but I can only be used as mass casting distance entry and exit, even Bill Gates what is not clear.

A few months later, I had the privilege to be on behalf of the Asian Institute intern one of ten students attended the gates family BBQ dinner, which is in close proximity of the meeting, I found that in fact he is a very common one, is also very simple.

If you put a bunch of people followed him, assuming that he has not seen before photographs may really can't tell which is Bill · Gates. From clothing, Gates is not like the richest, but rather a Zhongguancun it workers:).

And he talked to me the feeling that he's more like an elderly, instead of Microsoft's big boss.

Because the students more, so each person the opportunity to talk with Gates is not very great, time is not long. Mainly students to ask questions, Gates answer, he answered the question more easy-going and relaxed and humorous, although now is very old, but in fact the mind quite clearly, the answer is very logic. He answered students ' questions, will refer to a variety of digital, and is very accurate (such as turning to Melinda Gates Foundation, he gives a lot of statistical data, how many people die from hunger each year, how many percentage of the Fund as regards the costs on which all remember very well). In my opinion, Bill Gates can achieve such achievements, many coincidental, but he things accurately, on issues of keen insight and vision of correct estimates are very important and indispensable.

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The original Gates is behind me

— — Hyper-voice group researcher

My first time with Bill Gates ' face to face conversation · is the Technology Exhibition 2006 (2006ScienceFair), Microsoft hardware sector each year to organize a Festival of this kind of technology, and 2006 was the sixth.

Since I participated in the hardware sector known as the ICE of the cooperation project, so I had the first time at this technology exhibition on achievements, we want to demonstrate the technology is based on audio user state and focus detection (Audio-PAD). When I was just told a group of visitors describes a technique that is preparing to breath a drink, I suddenly discovered that Gates's standing behind me, as if all of a sudden, yaotui flew away, very excitedly asked if he would be interested to see this technology to be sure of the answer, I spent a few minutes to he demonstrates and explains the principles of this technology, but also answered his questions. After Gates effortlessly pointed out that this technology might be applied in several applications. At the same time, I also placed particular emphasis on the presentation is based on the latest Microsoft hardware sector development of webcam of development. Although only a few minutes, but with the gates of Exchange makes me very fruitful. Although the technology exhibition, I missed Institute to beautiful scenic offsite opportunities, but I do not regret it, because it can talk face to face with Gates is my lifetime.

Later I heard, Bill Gates and Ray · · Ozzy has participated in the 2007 Expo and again visited our booth submitted demos, but I was the reason for visa that I missed in person for their technology showcase, which say that it is a pity.

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And gates "coexistence in a room"

— Hou Chi-Tao data intelligence and tools group researcher

October 3, 2007, United States headquarters of Microsoft.

Seattle pleasant weather, everything Misty forests.

At 34, 5 room, joined Microsoft in a year and a half of me is experiencing a very exciting moment, BillGates sat away near placement! boss Wang led me and my colleagues attend BillGReview (to gates do report), this is my first time and Bill sat together in a meeting.

Starting from Bill Junior is my heart's a legendary Idol, remember when I was in college once Bill went to Shanghai to do public speaking, I just want to see it-Idol style, but unfortunately didn't get tickets. This time can close sat next to, psycho-Bill is of course quite excited.

Bill dressed in casual, gently in a Chair

Sway to the body. He was energetic, eyes looking participants from time to time. See that he very much looking forward to an in-depth understanding of participation in the Review of all projects. Suddenly feeling Bill very cordial, cute, because he also kept on the latest and most difficult technology share enthusiasm.

This Conference, we want to give Bill demonstrating our set of the latest research results.

The meeting started, colleagues prepared Zhu Wen force open the PPT presentation to our system. Bill carefully listen to, from time to time by very sharp. Text of Bill answering calm, nodded.

Finally, and most intense moment, force start doing real system demonstration.

Some of us are too nervous to pinch the hands lest what mistakes. Facts have proved that our fear of superfluous, system demonstrates very smoothly and we are all relieved. Bill says "It ' ssuper!". His tone was excited, full of joy. Now, as a member of the MSRA, I feel very proud.