In the news | Autonomous Systems and Robotics Group Article
Introducing ClimaX: The first foundation model for weather and climate
We are announcing ClimaX, a flexible and generalizable deep learning model for weather and climate science. ClimaX is trained using several heterogeneous datasets spanning many weather variables at multiple spatio-temporal resolutions. We show that such a foundational model can be…
In the news | Forbes
Microsoft Is Aggressively Investing In Healthcare AI
Earlier this month, healthcare artificial intelligence (AI) company Paige announced a new partnership with renowned technology giant, Microsoft. Paige describes itself as a company at the forefront of technology and healthcare, especially in the field of cancer diagnostics and pathology.…
Awards | Views: Compositional reasoning for concurrent programs
Views paper wins “Most Influential POPL 2013 paper”
Have you ever been overwhelmed by invoices with different pieces of information like payables, dates, quantity of goods, unit prices and amounts? When dealing with essential business contracts, are you worried about getting a decimal point wrong, causing incalculable financial…
Awards | Association for Computing Machinery
Four Microsoft employees named 2022 ACM Fellow for their outstanding contributions that propel technology today
Ranveer Chandra, Marc Pollefeys, Gary Sullivan and Jaime Teevan, were named as one of the 57 ACM Fellows for 2022. Ranveer for contributions to software-defined wireless networking and applications to agriculture and rural broadband; Marc for contributions to geometric computer…
In the news | Future Tense
An A.I. Translation Tool Can Help Save Dying Languages. But at What Cost?
A.I. language tools depend on data—and labor—from native speakers. Sanjib Chaudhary chanced upon StoryWeaver, a multilingual children’s storytelling platform, while searching for books he could read to his 7-year-old daughter. Chaudhary’s mother tongue is Kochila Tharu, a language with about…
实习派｜邵奕佳：技能点满的“六边形战士”升级记
探索新的科研方向会有什么成长？一千多次实验可以锤炼出什么成果？当本科生挑起科研项目的大梁，她会遇到哪些挑战，又迸发哪些能量？北京大学元培学院数据科学专业本科生邵奕佳在微软亚洲研究院的实习故事会告诉你以上问题的答案。 在实习的六个月里，邵奕佳聚焦结构化数据分析，参与了多个科研与产品转化项目，并作为主力成员和研究员一起完成了 FormLM 这一从零开始的探索性研究，以第一作者的身份在自然语言处理领域顶...
Advancing human-centered AI: Updates on responsible AI research
| Mihaela Vorvoreanu and Kathy Walker
Artificial intelligence, like all tools we build, is an expression of human creativity. As with all creative expression, AI manifests the perspectives and values of its creators. A stance that encourages reflexivity among AI practitioners is a step toward ensuring…
In the news | ODI Open Data Institute
ODI and Microsoft supporting the Open Climate Data Challenge in Uruguay
Uruguay 2100 has been selected as the winner of the Open Climate Data Challenge in Uruguay, a challenge supported by Microsoft and the Open Data Institute.