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By Rob Knies April 14, 2011 1:00 AM PT

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The list of great European scientists extends back to ancient Greece and such seminal Facilities figures as Pythagoras, Aristotle, and Archimedes. As the Renaissance began to Microsoft Research Cambridge coalesce, the drumbeat of innovation intensified, and the equal of any of the founding Microsoft Research Redmond fathers of modern-day science was Isaac Newton. Microsoft Executive Briefing Newton first won acclaim in the 17th century while at the , Center for European Innovation and his pioneering scientific spirit continues to flourish at that institution to this day, Microsoft Research – University o including the adjacent Roger Needham Building, the headquarters of Microsoft Trento Centre for Computational Research Cambridge. and Systems Biology

In the 14 years since the founding of that facility by the late Roger Needham, it has Microsoft Research-INRIA Joint become known for its intensive, dedicated efforts to address the challenges that face Centre society and for the assistance it provides toward advancing the state of the art in Barcelona Supercomputing European science. Centre-Microsoft Research Centre European Microsoft Innovation From April 13 to 15, such efforts will take center stage during the inaugural Software Center Summit, organized by Microsoft Research at the Microsoft Le Campus in Issy-les- Moulineaux, just southwest of central Paris. Events Tony Hey, corporate vice president of Microsoft Research Connections, and Andrew Software Summit 2011 Herbert, chairman of Microsoft Research EMEA, will highlight some of the themes and issues in today People

“Microsoft chose to Tony Hey establish its first Andrew Herbert research lab outside of Jamie Shotton the USA in Europe due Andrew Fitzgibbon to the world-class scientific and Toby Sharp engineering expertise Andrew Blake of the region,” Herbert Judith Bishop says. “This commitment has Ken Wood clearly proved Wolfram Schulte successful, with many Brendan Eich technological advances as a result. Bashar Nuseibeh Collaborating with and Fillipo Lanubile nurturing this talent is Néstor Cataño a priority for Microsoft Research, and hosting Jan Vitek our inaugural Software André van der Hoek Summit in Europe is an Brad Myers important step in our continued investment.” Sunghun Kim Danny Dig The event will gather Miryung Kim more than 200 European thought Romain Robbes leaders from academia, research, funding Fabrizio Gagliardi agencies, and Uli Pinsdorf Microsoft. They will discuss software Arjmand Samuel Andrew Herbert research and development via a Groups programme of talks, panels, workshops, and demonstrations that provide a clear, Microsoft Research Connections comprehensive understanding of how industrial research plays a key role in collaborating with academia and the scientific community to improve society, Computer Science education, and the quality of computer software. Computer-Mediated Living Research in Software Engineerin In addition the Software Summit will feature new information about the Kinect for

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