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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Zicheng Liu [mailto:zliu@microsoft.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 05, 2011 3:07 PM<br><b>Subject:</b> Microsoft Research Call for Interns in Multimedia, Communication and Collaboration<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Dear Colleagues,</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Please forward as appropriate. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>The Communication and Collaboration Systems Group at Microsoft Research (Redmond) has several openings this summer for internships. We are looking for students with interest and research experience in:</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Activity recognition with 2D and 3D sensors<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Person and object detection, object alignment and tracking<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> 3D data acquisition and analysis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>HCI for teleconferencing <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Immersive video conferencing </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Tele-collaboration, tele-education, tele-medicine, etc. </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Mobile teleconferencing</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>3D displays</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Camera array techniques</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Spatial/immersive audio</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Microphone array techniques </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Audio visual scene analysis </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Image and video segmentation, enhancement</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='font-family:Symbol;color:black'>·</span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Illumination modeling and relighting</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:42.0pt;text-indent:-.25in'><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>For details on our group and sample projects, please see the MSR websites </span><span style='color:black'><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/ccs/" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>http://research.microsoft.com/ccs/</span></a></span><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'> .</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Located on Microsoft's campus in Redmond, near Seattle, Washington, Microsoft Research is dedicated to basic and applied research in computer science. We strive to make our internships fun (group activities), productive (good research with publications), and profitable (subsidized housing and transportation).</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>If interested, please e-mail a cover letter to Zicheng Liu (<a href="mailto:zliu@microsoft.com">zliu@microsoft.com</a>) containing your research interests. The subject of all messages concerning your application should be "CCS Intern: <firstname lastname>", e.g., "CCS Intern: John Smith". In addition, please provide a CV along with two letters of recommendation to Microsoft’s online internship application site:</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/jobs/intern/apply.aspx" target="_blank"><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/jobs/intern/apply.aspx</span></a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Offers of internships will be made on a "rolling admissions" basis, so it is to your advantage to apply early. The hard deadline is February 28, 2011; we expect to have all responses out by the end of March. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Thanks,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Zicheng Liu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black'>Microsoft Research, Redmond, WA<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>