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This document provides information about Microsoft Azure for Research, a program that provides free cloud computing resources and services to academic and non-commercial researchers. It describes the various tools and services available on Azure including virtual machines, storage, databases, and tools for application development. It highlights case studies of researchers using Azure. It also details the Azure for Research Award Program that provides a free year of Azure services through a bi-monthly proposal process, as well as special opportunity requests on topics like machine learning, genomics, and climate data.
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- 1. Microsoft Azure for Research <Name, Job title> <Date>
- 2. What is Microsoft Azure? Tools for Research • Virtual Machines • Storage, backup, recovery • Big compute • SQL databases • Identity and access management • Application development • And more Open and Flexible Supports any operating system, language , tool, and framework including Linux, Python, Java, Hadoop, and the Microsoft .NET Framework Cloud Computing Platform Infrastructure for building, deploying and managing applications and services
- 3. Who is our Target Audience? • Academic, government, and industry researchers • Non-commercial researchers in academia across multiple disciplines, such as computer science, biotechnology, genomics, urban sciences and climate change “This project is a unique opportunity to put together ecologists and computer scientists, and develop new tools to analyze data and visualize big datasets.” -Rafael Oliveira, Professor of Ecology, University of Campinas VIEW CASE STUDY “We wanted to combine the knowledge and the science of the academic community with the first response capabilities of our public safety entities. We had the tools and the ability—we just needed to put them together.” -Harry Evans, Chief of Staff, Austin Fire Department VIEW CASE STUDY
- 4. How Does Azure Help Researchers? • Access quick experimentation without significant capital investment • Recreate test environments in the cloud for boosted processing power • Run multiple virtual machines to run parallel data simulations • Store data captured by instruments or sensors in Azure Tables • Share information between multiple applications with Azure Queues • Build websites to communicate findings • Extend the scope of research applications to mobile devices • And more…
- 5. Microsoft Azure for Research Program The Microsoft Azure for Research Program (A4R) helps researchers use the power of Azure to accelerate scientific discovery: Award Program for a free year of Azure services Hands-on training from specialized Azure experts Technical papers with in-depth instructions Case studies demonstrating Azure use in the field One-hour webinars demonstrating practical uses of Azure in research Online videos for quick, on-demand training
- 6. Azure for Research Award Program Microsoft awards a year of free Azure services to researchers looking to solve problems with cloud computing. Winning proposals receive: Up to 180,000 hours of free cloud computing time 20 TB of cloud storage resources Training, tools, and resources
- 7. • Open call for proposals from any branch of scholarly activity • Must be affiliated with an academic institution or non-profit research laboratory • Proposals due on the fifteenth of even-numbered months: • February • April • June • August • October • December Azure for Research Award Program Bi-Monthly RFPs Learn more about submitting a proposal
- 8. Azure for Research Award Program Special-Opportunity RFPs Microsoft periodically announces RFPs on specific cloud-based topics: Topics announced on the Award Program page and the Microsoft Research Connections Blog Community research data services Environmental science Streaming instrument data to the cloud Astronomy Machine learning in the cloud Genomics Large-scale image analysis Urban science
- 9. Special-Opportunity Proposals Health and Wellbeing Microsoft Azure Award for Ebola For projects working toward a better understanding of the Ebola virus. • Open call for proposals with ongoing reviews. • Applications must include “Ebola” in the title Learn more about the Azure Award for Ebola Research
- 10. Climate Data Award Awarded to researchers supporting the White House Climate Action Plan. • Deadline: February 15, 2015 • Applications must include “CDI” in the title Food Resilience Climate Data Award Awarded to researchers supporting the resilience of food sources to climate change. • Deadline: February 15, 2015 • Applications must include “Agriculture” in the title Special-Opportunity Proposals Earth, Energy, and Environment Learn more about the Food Resilience Climate Data Initiative Learn more about the Climate Data Initiative
- 11. Data Science Instructional Awards • Provides individual accounts for each student in an intermediate or advanced data science class. • 500GB of cloud data storage • Deadline: February 15, 2015 • Must include “Azure Machine Learning Instruction” in the title Shared Workspaces for Research Collaboration • Provides a workspace for a group of researchers interested in using Azure to discover and share predictive models. • 10TB of cloud data storage • Deadline: February 15, 2015 • Must include “Azure Machine Learning Research” in the title Special-Opportunity Proposals Azure Machine Learning Learn more about the Azure Machine Learning RFP
- 12. A4R Program Update Biology Life Science Virtual Machines Countries 19 Universities 46 Students Registered 2580 Number of award winners around the world 163 North America 17 UK 36 China 23 APAC 96 EMEA92 LATAM Domains Usage Training Sessions Computer Science Environmental Science Earth Science Engineering Data ServicesBusiness Analytics Cloud Services Storage
- 13. Learn more about the Azure for Research program. Apply for the Azure in Research Award Program. Power Your Research Research Connections Blog Azure for Research Blog
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- #6: How does Azure help researchers: Access quick experimentation without significant capital investment Recreate test environments in the cloud for boosted processing power Run multiple virtual machines to run parallel data simulations Store data captured by instruments or sensors in Azure Tables Share information between multiple applications with Azure Queues Build websites to communicate findings Extend the scope of research applications to mobile devices And more… What is the award program? Up to 180,000 hours of free cloud computing time 20 TB of cloud storage resources Training, tools, resources…
- #13: We have had more than 800 proposals received since 2013 and 427 proposals granted In addition to the presence we have particularly in Computer Science and Biology Life Science. We also have projects in Astronomy, Earth Science, Economics, Education, Engineering, Environmental Science, Information Science, Mathematics, Physics, Social Science and Urban Informatics We have a large showing of usage with Virtual Machines. Our remaining usage falls under a variety of areas including: All Services, App Services, Business Analytics, Cache, Cloud Services, Data Management, Data Services, Integration, Storage and Web Sites