In the news | The Economic Times
Microsoft Research India is creating tools to help preserve fast disappearing languages
In 2010, Bo, a language of the Andaman Islands that is at least 65,000 years old became extinct when the only person who spoke this pre-Neolithic tongue died. This isn’t an isolated case. Every two weeks, a language is lost…
In the news | Microsoft Stories India
Microsoft Research project helps languages survive — and thrive
A woman named Boa Sr was the last link to a 65,000-year-old pre-Neolithic culture on the Andaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. When she died in 2010, the Bo language died, too, becoming extinct. If that sounds like an isolated…
In the news | Microsoft Research India Podcast
Podcast: Dependable IoT- Making data from IoT devices dependable and trustworthy for good decision making
The Internet of Things has been around for a few years now and many businesses and organizations depend on data from these systems to make critical decisions. At the same time, it is also well recognized that this data- even…
In the news | Internet of Things Show
Internet of Things Show – Improving IoT sensors data quality with Verified Telemetry
Data is the new oil. Customers are increasingly using sensors to collect data and use that to make critical business decisions. The quality of data drives the quality of decision and outcomes. Verified Telemetry is a new capability offered as…
In the news | Microsoft Stories | India
Democratizing air pollution data so India can clear its cities of choking smog
A majority of the world’s most polluted cities are in India. Air quality data that is accessible to citizens can help tackle the menace.
In the news | The Times of India
Transport min opens automated driving test track in Aurangabad
PATNA: State transport minister Sheela Kumari on Wednesday said that advanced training methods for efficient and transparent testing of candidates aspiring for a driving license would help to reduce road accidents in the state.
In the news | Economic Times
Maruti Suzuki, Microsoft collaborate to develop HAMS technology for driver training
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) announced on Tuesday that it has joined hands with Microsoft Research India to develop smartphone-based HAMS technology for testing applicants seeking the driving license.
Podcast: Evaluating and validating research that aspires to societal impact in real world scenarios. With Tanuja Ganu
At Microsoft Research India, research focused on societal impact is typically a very interdisciplinary exercise that pulls together social scientists, technology experts and designers. But how does one evaluate or validate the actual impact of research in the real world? Today, we talk to Tanuja Ganu who manages the Societal Impact through Cloud…
In the news | Live Mint
Now a unique machine translation tool from Hindi to Gondi
This app, developed by Microsoft Research Lab, CGNet Swara and IIIT Naya Raipur, during the lockdown, hopes to motivate youth from the Gond Adivasi community to learn the Gondi language.