In the news | Lichess Blog
Introducing Maia, a human-like neural network chess engine
We're happy to announce Maia, a human-like neural network chess engine that was 100% trained on Lichess games. Maia is an engine built in the style of Leela that learns from human games instead of self-play games, with the goal…
用AI打开生物学研究的另一扇窗
编者按：在生物学研究领域，传统基于分子、细胞、生理学实验方法进行的研究通常被称作湿实验，如今这些传统的生物学方法在某种程度上都遇到了瓶颈，而被称作干实验的计算机模拟和生物学相结合的研究，正在利用 AI、大数据等创新手段，为生物学研究打开了另一扇窗。今天就让我们一起来看一看三位在微软亚洲研究院从事计算生物学研究的研究员的跨界经历。 2020年，一场突如其来的新冠疫情让生物学与 AI 等技术的融合进一...
In the news | National Geographic
Greener air travel will depend on these emerging technologies
Here’s a word you may have overlooked in 2020: flygskam, a Swedish term for the feeling of being ashamed to fly. In a year that saw a 66 percent decrease in flights, compared to 2019, you might think that flygskam…
VinVL: Advancing the state of the art for vision-language models
| Pengchuan Zhang, Lei Zhang, and Jianfeng Gao
Humans understand the world by perceiving and fusing information from multiple channels, such as images viewed by the eyes, voices heard by the ears, and other forms of sensory input. One of the core aspirations in AI is to develop…
In the news | The Tällberg Foundation
Welcome to the Brave New (digital) World
In this episode of "New Thinking for a New World" we explore living online with a woman whose job it is to make the experience as productive and pleasant as possible. Jaime Teevan is Microsoft’s Chief Scientist for Experiences and…
Awards | ACM
4 Microsoft Researchers named Fellows of the ACM
Andy Gordon, Dave Maltz, Meredith Ringel Morris and Tony Hoare (retired Microsoft) were named as one of the 95 2020 ACM Fellows for their contributions to computing. Andy is recognized for his contributions to programming languages: their principles, logic, usability,…
In the news | Microsoft On the Issues
Tracking the effects of glacial melting at the top of the world
The Hindu Kush Himalayan region, stretching for more than 2,000 miles, is home to the world’s highest mountains. Names like Everest, K2 and Kanchenjunga summon images of snow-capped, icy peaks as far as the eye can see.
In the news | Medium
Teaming with Microsoft to Combat the Flu
“Raising the water for all boats” is part of our DNA here at the Providence Digital Innovation Group. Our approach is to shape, build, and scale meaningful ideas here at Providence — and then offer them externally as a part…
Science of Air Quality
Currently humans on the planet have very little information about the quality of the air that they breathe as they move through their daily lives.