September 12, 2023 | Anton Lorenzen, Daan Leijen, and Wouter Swierstra

This research paper was presented at the 28th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Functional Programming (opens in new tab) (ICFP), a premier forum for discussing design, implementations, principles, and uses of functional programming. Functional programming languages offer a host of…

September 11, 2023

编者按：大模型时代的到来，使得人工智能成为了真正影响人类社会的重要技术之一，如何打造“负责任的人工智能”的问题正变得愈发迫切和关键。一直以来，微软始终致力于依照以人为本的伦理原则推进人工智能的发展，微软亚洲研究院也将“社会责任人工智能（Societal AI）”作为一个重要的研究方向。 2023年，微软亚洲研究院特别组织了“社会责任人工智能（Societal AI）”系列研讨会，为计算机领域的科研...

September 8, 2023 | Ranjita Naik and Besmira Nushi

Gender, race, and age disparities in AI-generated images persist. This AIES 2023 study on text-to-image models shows that even basic prompts can lead to underrepresentation, calling for responsible bias mitigation strategies.

September 8, 2023 | Josh Benaloh, Anunay Kulshrestha, and Karan Newatia

Every year, interns help advance research at Microsoft. In “Intern Insights,” PhD students Anunay Kulshrestha and Karan Newatia talk with cryptographer Josh Benaloh about working on the verifiable election technology ElectionGuard.

September 7, 2023 | Lei Fang, Junren Li, Zhao Ming, Li Tan, and Jian-Guang Lou

Retrosynthesis analysis is a critical task in organic chemistry and central to many important industries. It primarily involves decomposing a target molecule into commercially available molecules step by step. Since synthesis strategies can be quite diverse and strategic, retrosynthesis planning…

September 7, 2023

作者：科学智能中心 编者按：AI 药物研发是人工智能未来应用的重要方向之一。自新冠病毒（SARS-CoV-2）首次爆发以来，新冠病毒的小分子药物研发备受关注，于近期举行的首届 AI 药物研发算法大赛便聚焦于此。在比赛中，来自微软研究院科学智能中心的团队，凭借创新的 AI 模型系统 AI2BMD 和 ViSNet 取得了绝佳的成绩，斩获桂冠。 近日，由清华大学药学院、百度飞桨、百度智能云和临港实验室...