If we want AI to truly benefit people, we need to design it in a way that promotes and builds trust. This article explains the three stages of trust development and how UX designers can help AI to "do it…
In the news | New York Times
New Type of Test May Better Discern Immunity to the Coronavirus
A new type of test can detect a person’s immune response to the coronavirus better than a widely used antibody test, according to research released on Tuesday. The test, if authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, would be the…
Research Collection – Re-Inventing Storage for the Cloud Era
“One of the challenges for us as a company, and us as an industry, is that many of the technologies we rely on are beginning to get to the point where either they are at the end, or they’re starting…
In the news | InfoQ
.NET Conf 2020: .NET 5, C# 9.0, F# 5.0, and More
At the 2020 edition of .NET Conf, streamed online last week, Microsoft released the much-awaited .NET 5, along with new major .NET language versions (C# 9 and F# 5), ASP.NET Core 5, and Entity Framework Core 5.0. New versions of Visual Studio 2019 were also released…
Awards | ACM
DeLine, Hinckley and Ringel-Morris receive Lasting Impact Award at Interactive Surfaces and Spaces 2020
The Lasting Impact Award at Interactive Surfaces and Spaces (ISS) 2020 goes to a paper that is at least 10 years old and has had an impact on ISS as a field. The 2020 Lasting Impact Award was awarded to Rob…
Awards | ACM SIGOPS
Anuj Kalia receives Dennis M. Ritchie Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention Award
Anuj Kalia received "Honorable Mention" for the Dennis M. Ritchie Doctoral Dissertation Award for his Doctoral research thesis, Efficient Remote Procedure Calls for Datacenters. The award recognizes research in software systems and encourages the creativity that Dennis Ritchie embodied, providing…
In the news | Health Tech Newspaper
Microsoft Research and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT
On day two of HTN Now November, we welcomed the Microsoft Research InnerEye team to share how their AI for medical image analysis programme is benefiting clinicians at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS FT. Javier Alvarez-Valle, Principal Research Manager, Microsoft Research and Dr Raj Jena, Group Leader…
In the news | Microsoft News Centre Canada
Providence Health Care collaborates with Microsoft and UBC to mitigate spread of COVID-19
As Canadian health officials continue to double down on mitigating the spread of COVID-19, a multidisciplinary collaboration has begun between Providence Health Care (PHC), Microsoft Canada and computer vision researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC). Together, these organizations…
Awards | ACM
Ranjita Bhagwan Chosen as Winner of ACM India Outstanding Contributions in Computing by a Woman (OCCW) 2020 Award
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) India Council has named Dr. Ranjita Bhagwan as the recipient of the 2020 ACM India Outstanding Contributions in Computing by a Woman (OCCW) Award. A selection committee comprising eminent international personalities chose Ranjita for…