Putting the cloud under the sea with Ben Cutler
Episode 40, September 5, 2018 - In today’s podcast we find out a bit about what else the Special Projects team is up to, and then we hear all about Project Natick and how Ben and his team conceived of,…
Awards | IIT Dehli
Venkat Padmanabhan receives IIT Delhi Distinguished Alumni Award
Venkat Padmanabhan, Deputy Managing Director of MSR India, received the IIT Delhi Distinguished Alumni Award. Venkat’s research interests are broadly in networked and mobile systems, and his work over the years has led to highly-cited papers and paper awards, technology…
In the news | Microsoft News Center Canada
Microsoft Research Montreal Moves to Montreal AI hub
Montreal, Canada – September 18, 2018 – Microsoft Research Montreal announced today that it is relocating its office to Mile-Ex, Montreal’s new AI Hub. Since the start of 2017, the Microsoft Research Montreal lab has played a fundamental role in…
Thinking outside-of-the-black-box of machine learning on the long quest to perfecting automatic speech recognition
Speech recognition is something we humans do remarkably well, which includes our ability to understand speech even in noisy multi-talker environments. While our natural sophistication at this is something we take for granted, speech recognition researchers continue to pursue refinements…
Malmo, Minecraft and machine learning with Dr. Katja Hofmann
Episode 39, August 29, 2018 - Dr. Hofmann talks about her vision of a future where machines learn to collaborate with people and empower them to help solve complex, real-world problems. She also shares the story of how her early…