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Azure AI milestone: New Neural Text-to-Speech models more closely mirror natural speech 

December 17, 2021 | Sheng Zhao
Neural Text-to-Speech—along with recent milestones in computer vision and question answering—is part of a larger Azure AI (opens in new tab) mission to provide relevant, meaningful AI solutions and services that work better for people because they better capture how people learn and work—with improved…

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  1. Collage of four images. 1) a VR haptic pivot device 2) Ashley Lorens of Microsoft Research 3) an image of tractor on a farm 4) image of Race and Technology lecture series speakers.

    Research at Microsoft 2021: Collaborating for real-world change 

    December 15, 2021

    Over the past 30 years, Microsoft Research has undergone a shift in how it approaches innovation, broadening its mission to include not only advancing the state of computing but also using technology to tackle some of the world’s most pressing challenges. That evolution has never…

  2. Diagram shows The role of computational modelling in the early-stage drug-discovery process. Following target identification and the screening of many molecules to identify possible candidates, the process of optimization can occur by human-led cycles of synthesis and testing in the laboratory. However, if computational modelling is used, most molecules are tested in silico, and it becomes necessary to synthesize and test only a small fraction of the candidate molecules. Just as with in vitro testing, in silico testing must be followed by clinical trials before the drug reaches the market.

    FS-Mol: Bringing Deep Learning to Early-Stage Drug Discovery 

    December 10, 2021 | Marc Brockschmidt and Megan Stanley

    The drug development process is an iterative one that consists of discovery, design, and testing. Historically, drugs were derived from plants and discovered through trial-and-error experiments. Fortunately, this drug discovery process now occurs in a lab, with each iteration of custom-designed compounds producing a more…

  3. Diagram of BugLab

    Finding and fixing bugs with deep learning 

    December 8, 2021 | Miltos Allamanis and Marc Brockschmidt

    Finding and fixing bugs in code is a time-consuming, and often frustrating, part of everyday work for software developers. Can deep learning address this problem and help developers deliver better software, faster? In a new paper, Self-Supervised Bug Detection and Repair, presented at the 2021…

  4. A graphic illustrating that SynapseML unifies a variety of different ML frameworks (including LightGBM, Azure Cognitive Services, Deep Learning, reinforcement learning), scales (including single node, cluster, and serverless + elastic), paradigms (including batch, streaming, and serving), cloud data stores, and languages.

    SynapseML: A simple, multilingual, and massively parallel machine learning library 

    November 17, 2021 | Mark Hamilton

    Today, we’re excited to announce the release of SynapseML (previously MMLSpark), an open-source library that simplifies the creation of massively scalable machine learning (ML) pipelines. Building production-ready distributed ML pipelines can be difficult, even for the most seasoned developer. Composing tools from different ecosystems often…

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