Typing in the Virtual Office Environment: Examining the Effects of Keyboard and Hand Representation in VR
| Eyal Ofek and Michel Pahud
Much of the hype around Virtual Reality, or VR, has focused on immersive gaming and entertainment, but the technology also has profound implications for enhancing the way we work. Imagine the perfect office environment: multiple large displays, proper lighting, free…
韦福如：做研究，痛并快乐着
也许离真正取代人类劳动力还有很长的距离，但毫无疑问的是，人工智能已经进入了一个“野蛮生长”的阶段。刚刚跨入2018年的人类再次被超越——这一次，是阅读理解。 在斯坦福大学发起的SQuAD（Stanford Question Answering Dataset）文本理解挑战赛中，微软亚洲研究院自然语言计算组于1月3日提交的R-NET模型在EM值（Exact Match, 表示预测答案和真实答案完全匹...
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…