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October 14, 2019 - October 15, 2019

Microsoft PhD Summit 2019

Location: Redmond, Washington, USA

Venue: Microsoft Research Building 99
14820 NE 36th Street
Redmond, Washington

Please join us for an invitation-only, two-day workshop at Microsoft headquarters. This is an opportunity for top PhD students to enhance skills, build a network, and discuss research within a community of peers and notable Microsoft researchers.

Invited attendees: Microsoft Research Ada Lovelace Fellows, Microsoft Research PhD Fellows, Microsoft Research Dissertation Grant recipients, distinguished international students, and FLIP Fellows.

Monday, October 14

Time (PDT)	Session	Location
8:00 AM	Bus pick up	Heathman Hotel
8:30 AM–9:00 AM	Breakfast at Microsoft Research	Room 1919
9:00 AM–9:15 AM	Introduction Chairs: Neel Joshi, Microsoft Research Meredith Ringel Morris, Microsoft Research Gonzalo Ramos, Microsoft Research AI	Room 1919
9:15 AM–10:00 AM	Research at Microsoft Keynote: Donald Kossmann, Microsoft Research \| video	Room 1919
10:00 AM–10:15 AM	Break
10:15 AM–12:00 PM	Student Elevator Pitches and Feedback Reviewers: Neel Joshi, Microsoft Research Meredith Ringel Morris, Microsoft Research Gonzalo Ramos, Microsoft Research AI	Room 1919
12:00 PM–1:00 PM	Networking Lunch	Room 1919
1:00 PM–1:30 PM	Researcher Short Talks Speakers: Bailu Ding, Microsoft Research \| video Dan Morris, Microsoft AI for Earth Nathalie Riche, Microsoft Research \| video Scott Saponas, Microsoft Healthcare \| video	Room 1919
1:30 PM–1:45 PM	Break
1:45 PM–2:45 PM	Different Career Paths: Academia and Industry Moderator: Meredith Ringel Morris, Microsoft Research Panelist: Landon Cox, Microsoft Research Charles L. Isbell, Jr., Georgia Institute of Technology James Mickens, Harvard University	Room 1919
2:45 PM–3:00 PM	Break
3:00 PM–5:00 PM	Student Poster Session	Atrium
5:00 PM–7:00 PM	Dinner – Boardwalk at Microsoft	The Commons

Tuesday, October 15

Time (PDT)	Session	Location
8:00 AM	Bus pick up	Heathman Hotel
8:30 AM–9:00 AM	Breakfast at Microsoft Research	Room 1919
9:00 AM–10:30 AM	Panel & Discussion: Careers at Microsoft Research Moderator: Meredith Ringel Morris, Microsoft Research Panelists: Denae Ford Robinson, Microsoft Research Dioselin Gonzalez, Microsoft Research Shadi Noghabi, Microsoft Research	Room 1919
10:30 AM–11:00 AM	Break
11:00 AM–12:00 PM	Researcher Short Talks Speakers: Tom Ball, Microsoft Research Ken Hinckley, Microsoft Research \| video Nikunj Raghuvanshi, Microsoft Research \| video Martin Roetteler, Microsoft Quantum \| video Asta Roseway, Microsoft Research \| video Mike Sinclair, Microsoft Research \| video Siddharth Suri, Microsoft Research AI \| video Irene Zhang, Microsoft Research \| video	Room 1919
12:00 PM–1:00 PM	Networking Lunch	Room 1919
1:00 PM–2:00 PM	Researcher Meetings If interested, each student may have one or two 25-minute meetings with Microsoft researchers. Students and researchers will receive meeting requests with the time and location included just prior to the meetings.	Various Offices

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