Microsoft Academic Initiative Andrew Sithers [email protected].

Microsoft Academic Initiative

Andrew [email protected]

Academic Initiative in a Single Slide

Widening AccessLow cost access to our .NET development tools and platform products for use on all teaching, lab and student machines through a department-wide subscription to the MSDN Academic Alliancehttp://www.microsoft.com/uk/academia/msdnaa/

Supporting TeachingHelp and guidance with innovative curriculum development, teaching and research in conjunction with others in the communityhttp://www.microsoft.com/uk/academia/faculty/

Recognising TalentResources and recognition for students working both in and out of class to help and encourage them to develop innovative solutions to real world problems with softwarehttp://www.microsoft.com/uk/academia/students/

“We help institutions, faculty and students to innovate in the learning and teaching of

software development”

Theory

Program Motivations

Nearly 30,000 computer science students graduate every year

Many have had little exposure to Microsoft technologies

However, huge technology presence in the workplaceMicrosoft has a responsibility to support and work with academia

What is the Academic Initiative?

A long-term commitment of people, resources and fundingWorld-wide virtual team of over 200 people made up of

Microsoft Research University Relations

Education Solutions Group

Academic Group in the Developer and Platform division

Microsoft Interfaces with Academia

Developer / Platform Group

Developer / Platform Group

Microsoft ResearchERO

Microsoft ResearchERO

Education / Skills Group

Education / Skills Group

•Depth and blue-sky research•IP Generation•Funding Opportunities

•Developer Education•Introduce new technology to marketplace•Academic Team

•Institution Infrastructure•Primary -> Continuing Education•Skills - MS Academy

Focus

Increase technology awareness, availability and deploymentSupport research and curriculum developmentWork with thought-leaders and influencersFoster the growth of faculty and student communities

Practice

Driving Availability

Shared Source InitiativeFor example

RotorWindows CE 5.0Iron PythonWindows SourceBluetooth API wrapper

Sharing Research OutputsFor example

Generics / GyroF#CωConferenceXP

MSDN Academic Alliance…

Driving Availability

MSDN Academic AllianceSubscription based access to development tools

Licensed per department, including student home machines

Includes:Operating Systems, SDKs, DDKsVisual Studio .NET AEServer Platforms, e.g. Windows, SQL Server, Exchange Server, Commerce Server, BizTalk Server, Host Integration Server, Application Center. . .

Latest updates and Betas

MSDN Library

Dev tools for WindowsCE/PocketPC 2003

4 Technical Support incidents

Visio

Regular Updates

Working with Students

Technical RoadshowReward Excellence

Student partner programmeImagine cupStudent excellence awards

CommunitytheSpoke

Product AvailabilityStudent options

CareersInternshipsGraduate schemePhD scholarship programme

Working with Faculty

Curriculum supportOver 100 new modules developed or underway at universities around the country

Industrial advisory board participation

Request For Proposals (RFP)Rotor, Assignment Manager, Embedded, Curriculum

Teaching and research labsCreated at Strathclyde, Hull, Lancaster, Westminster and many more

Prizes, bursaries, competitions and awards

Technical support and assistance

References

Microsoft Research Downloadshttp://research.microsoft.com/research/downloads/

Microsoft Shared Source Initiativehttp://www.microsoft.com/resources/sharedsource/

Microsoft Academic Alliancehttp://www.microsoft.com/uk/academia/msdnaa/

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