Talking to machines to get things done We have become familiar with talking to personal assistants such as SIRI or Cortana to get simple tasks accomplished. A popular feature is setting reminders: it is more efficient to say everything in…
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Microsoft Translator is now supporting in-person machine translation technology, developed by the machine translation group at Microsoft's research lab in Redmond, also can ease communications for travelers in a foreign country who need to speak with hotel receptionists, taxi drivers…
In the news | VICE/Motherboard
Immersing yourself in an alternative universe is VRâs selling point. But how do the avatars that populate these worlds impact our experiences and our behaviour?
A key tenet of AI research states that intelligent machines should be able to make decisions and learn from environmental feedback similar to humans. To this end, much effort has been made in the area of reinforcement learning (RL). Despite…
By John Roach, Writer, Microsoft Research Eight computer scientists at Microsoft research labs around the world have been honored as Fellows of the Association of Computing Machinery, the world’s largest computing society. The organization also named five Microsoft researchers to…
Awards | ACM
Eight computer scientists at Microsoft research labs around the world have been honored as Fellows of the Association of Computing Machinery, the world’s largest computing society. The honors recognize the individuals’ significant contributions and impact to computer science across a range…
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The 2016 Fellows have been cited for numerous contributions in areas including cloud computing, computer security, data science, Internet routing and security, large-scale distributed computing, mobile computing, spoken-language processing and theoretical computer science.
Five Microsoft researchers have been named as Distinguished Members of the Association of Computing Machinery, the world’s largest computing society. The honors recognize the individuals’ significant contributions and impact to computer science across a range of disciplines and highlight the…
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Gaining an in-depth understanding of users is critical for building artificial intelligence systems. With the rapid development of positioning, sensing and social networking technologies, large quantities of human behavioral data are now readily available.