The rise of parallel chat in online meetings: how can we make the most of it?
| Advait Sarkar and Sean Rintel
“I’ll put a link to that doc in the chat” “Sorry, my internet is terrible, I’ll put my question in the chat” “That GIF from Amy in the chat is hilarious” If these phrases sound familiar to you, you’re not…
Microsoft appointed Dr. Lidong Zhou, Distinguished Scientist of Microsoft as Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia. He is responsible for the lab’s overall research and development activities in both Beijing and Shanghai and will also oversee the lab’s collaborations with academic…
In the news | Stanford University HAI
The Open-Source Movement Comes to Medical Datasets
In a move to democratize research on artificial intelligence and medicine, Stanford’s Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging (AIMI) is dramatically expanding what is already the world’s largest free repository of AI-ready annotated medical imaging datasets.
In the news | Microsoft AI - Cognitive Services Blog
Announcing GA of Text Analytics for health, Opinion Mining, PII and Analyze
It has been a year since we released (in GA) our last TA API (v3.0). After five previews of adding features, responsible AI, incorporating customer feedback, UX feedback, and optimizations; in July 2021 we announced GA (General Availability) of Text…
In the news | Microsoft Stories
Turkish Red Crescent sets sights on new era with Restoring Family Links program through AI
A leading name in humanitarian aid, Turkish Red Crescent is ready to speed up its efforts through Microsoft`s AI for Humanitarian Action, in supporting families to search, reconnect, and reunite with their loved ones or family members who fell out…
Overview Microsoft Research’s Project InnerEye team in Cambridge (UK) worked with University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust to develop deep learning models to analyze anonymized chest X-Rays and chest computed tomography (CT) scans to assist clinicians in determining disease severity, aid decision…
New Future of Work: Managing IT and security in remote scenarios with Jaime Teevan and Matt Brodsky
In this episode of the podcast, Chief Scientist Jaime Teevan and Senior User Research Manager Matt Brodsky examine how the level of IT support available during the shift, including the ability to provide hardware and software, made the difference between laying…
In the news | Quanta Magazine
Proof Assistant Makes Jump to Big-League Math
Computer proof assistants have been an intriguing subplot in mathematics for years — promising to automate core aspects of the way mathematicians work, but in practice having little effect on the field. But a new result, completed in early June,…
周礼栋博士升任微软亚洲研究院院长
2021年7月27日，中国北京——微软公司今天宣布，微软杰出首席科学家、原微软亚洲研究院常务副院长周礼栋博士升任微软亚洲研究院院长，全面负责微软亚洲研究院在北京和上海的研究工作，以及与中国及亚太地区学术界和产业界的合作。洪小文博士不再兼任微软亚洲研究院院长一职，作为微软全球资深副总裁和微软亚太研发集团主席，洪小文博士将继续负责推动微软在亚太地区的整体研发战略布局和创新生态系统的构建。 微软全球资深...