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Microsoft Open Source Challenge

About the Challenge

Suppose you could use the latest software from one of the best research laboratories in the world? Microsoft Research has over fifty projects that span the range of computer science from artificial intelligence to visualization, from cryptography to programming models. They are all showcased on our Open Source Portal.


In these projects, the researchers have created open source tools and made them available for all. The objective of this challenge is to make the tools widely known and available and to elicit exceptional ideas from bright students around the world. Microsoft Research's open source tools are ready to solve your problems and the problems in science and society today.
  • Experience the power of open source from a top research lab.
  • Join students all round the world in solving problems with Microsoft's open source tools.
  • Win big prizes, or the opportunity to interview for an internship at Microsoft Research.

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/opensource/challenge.aspx 

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