Azure 4 Research

Cloud computing guide for researchers – Automated testing using Drone

This is the first in a series of blog posts by the Research Software Engineering team at Imperial...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 03/06/2018

Cloud computing guide for researchers – Understanding shipping behaviour with Microsoft Azure

Keeping track of global shipping has previously suffered from a lack of data. Current tracking...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 12/12/2017

Cloud computing guide for researchers – Getting started with AI and Machine Learning

We are on the verge of the biggest revolution in computing since Alan Turing formalised the concepts...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 11/17/2017

Cloud computing guide for researchers – Research data management and collaboration

Research is a collaborative endeavour, but it's not always easy to share data, workflows and...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 09/14/2017

Cloud computing guide for researchers – Real HPC with linear scaling on thousands of cores

If you need to run lots of computations, either as a large supercomputer simulation, or hundreds of...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 08/01/2017

Cloud computing guide for researchers – Learn how to use Microsoft Azure for research and data science

Cloud computing can provide almost every piece of computing and data capability that you may require...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 06/20/2017

Cloud computing guide for researchers - Cloud technology for high-energy physics computing

Randall Sobie is the HEP Computing Group Leader at the University of Victoria. He works on ATLAS...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 06/07/2017

Cloud computing guide for researchers – Parameter sweep computation made easy with Azure Batch

When you need to go from running on your laptop or desktop computer, to run dozens, or hundreds, of...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 04/27/2017

Cloud computing guide for researchers – eBird big data analysis using Microsoft Azure

Citizen scientists all over the world have been helping the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to collect...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 02/06/2017

Cloud computing guide for researchers – Azure IoT for Croke Park Smart Stadium

Using sensors in a busy environment, such as a sports stadium, can unveil deep insights to provide a...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 01/31/2017

Cloud computing guide for researchers – get started in one hour

Microsoft Azure can help with almost any research computing task, due to its huge range of...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 11/09/2016

Cloud computing guide for researchers - faster, better, more reproducible research

Wouldn't it be great if you had a time machine for your research? Or more realistically, access to...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 10/18/2016

CLOUDMINE call for papers - deadline 12 August 2016

The CLOUDMINE workshop, co-located with the IEEE International Conference on Data Mining on Dec...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 08/08/2016

Azure for Research training comes to Europe: 9-16 May 2016

Do you need a time machine for getting your research done faster? Then come along to our Azure for...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 03/24/2016

Data Science for Researchers using Microsoft Azure

Data science is a huge topic, and requires a wide range of tools and services to cover the different...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 12/07/2015

Getting started with Microsoft Azure for your research

There are so many ways that cloud computing can be used for research projects, it’s often hard to...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 05/31/2015

Azure for Research updates – April 2015

The Microsoft Research team has hand selected the latest news about the Microsoft Azure for Research...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 04/02/2015

How can technology help us to understand and manage disease?

The range of emotions that surface when we talk about diseases such as Ebola, Malaria and Polio is...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 03/22/2015

Predictive models and Azure Machine Learning for EnviroHack 2015

Data, data everywhere, but what’s the use? There are great efforts across many research...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 03/02/2015

Environmental Data and Services in the Cloud

There are several publicly available environmental data sources that you can use to build apps,...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 02/26/2015

NoSQL in the cloud for researchers

There is a lot of excitement around NoSQL approaches for research applications across many different...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 02/09/2015

Go faster on Azure with new D-Series virtual machines

Faster processors, more memory and SSD hard drives... The new D-Series virtual machines on Azure are...

Author: Dr Kenji Takeda Date: 09/25/2014

Azure for Research on Curah!

In pulling together some of the resources we have for the Azure for Research program – I decided to...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 03/31/2014

Windows Azure training for researchers–Now available online

Today we’ve made online versions of the Windows for Azure training for researchers available to...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 03/28/2014

Science in the Cloud: Building cloud virtual machines for research

Coming in March – there is going to be a special Azure for Research Request for Proposals – focusing...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 02/07/2014

“Building Real-World Cloud Apps with Windows Azure” E-Book

Just saw the announcement of the e-book “Building Real-World Cloud Apps with Windows Azure” – a good...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 02/04/2014

Cloud Design Patterns now available

Great news for folks looking for guidance on developing apps for the Azure Cloud – take a look at...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 01/28/2014

Research Life Science Projects on the Windows Azure Cloud (Part 2)

Life sciences has been one of the most productive areas of research using cloud computing. There are...

Author: Dennis B Gannon Date: 12/06/2013

Research Life Science Projects on the Windows Azure Cloud (Part 1)

Over the last three years we have been helping researchers use the Windows Azure cloud platform to...

Author: Dennis B Gannon Date: 12/04/2013

Windows Azure for Research Award winners

The initial Windows Azure For Research awards have been awarded – check out the complete list – the...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 11/08/2013

Windows Azure for Research–Accelerating Research in the Cloud

This past week Microsoft Research launched a new program Azure For Research – to help facilitate and...

Author: Dan_eScience Date: 09/14/2013