Microsoft DemoFest offers look at latest university research
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The projects on display on the second day of the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, as university researchers from around the world showed some of the work they've been doing, much of it in collaboration with Microsoft researchers, or with funding from the company.
Most of the projects at the "DemoFest" were focused on classroom or campus settings, but many of them also had possible applications in the broader world.
Although the primary focus of the projects is research, some of the technology from them ultimately could find their way into commercial products. That's one of the ways that Microsoft's collaboration with universities can work out for the company.