New institute explores the future of Cortana
| Roy Zimmermann
Today marks the establishment of the Cortana Intelligence Institute – a new, co-funded collaboration between Microsoft Research, Cortana Research and RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, to work on next-generation capabilities for Microsoft’s digital assistant Cortana. At Microsoft, we are constantly…
Neural Program Synthesis and the Quest to Democratize Programming with Dr. Rishabh Singh
Episode 10, January 31, 2018 - We can program computers to do almost anything. But what about programming computers to… program computers? That’s a task that Dr. Rishabh Singh, and the team in the Cognition group at Microsoft Research, are…
Learn Artificial Intelligence Skills via Residency at Microsoft
| Christopher Bishop
Harness Machine Learning to Improve People’s Lives At Microsoft, we are committed to leveraging the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to benefit people and greater society. Advances in AI can be applied to address some of the world’s biggest challenges,…
In the news | The Economic Times
How am I driving? Microsoft project provides insights
Project HAMS focusses on two factors: the state of the driver and his or her driving relative to other vehicles.
In the news | Microsoft Stories India
Transforming translation for Indian languages with AI
At Microsoft, we believe that for India to become truly digital, we need to make technology accessible and productive for all, irrespective of the language they may speak or read. To break the language barrier, we started working with Indian…
Computer science researchers discuss the future of AI at Academic Research Summit in India
| Satish Sangameswaran
Leading computer science researchers from India and around the world gather this week in Hyderabad at the Academic Research Summit 2018 to discuss their vision for the future of artificial intelligence and how India-based computer science researchers can help turn…
Life at the Intersection of AI and Society with Dr. Ece Kamar
Episode 9, January 24, 2018 - As the reality of artificial intelligence continues to capture our imagination, and critical AI systems enter our world at a rapid pace, Dr. Ece Kamar, a senior researcher in the Adaptive Systems and Interaction…
In the news | Nautilus
How to Understand Extreme Numbers
Dan Goldstein, principal researcher, and Jake Hofman, senior researcher, have been running experiments to see what kinds of contextual clues help people grasp the meaning of large quantities like distances, dollar amounts, population sizes, and more.
In the news | The Globe and Mail
More brains: Microsoft leads hunt to bring global AI experts to Canada
Canada is gearing up for its second wave of brain gains in the hot field of artificial intelligence. The country's global leadership in AI began when deep learning pioneer Geoff Hinton decamped from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) for the…