Harvesting randomness, HAIbrid algorithms and safe AI with Dr. Siddhartha Sen
Dr. Siddhartha Sen is a Principal Researcher in MSR’s New York City lab, and his research interests are, if not impossible, at least impossible sounding: optimal decision making, universal data structures, and verifiably safe AI. Today, he tells us how…
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Microsoft DeepSpeed achieves the fastest BERT training time
Good news! DeepSpeed obtains the fastest BERT training record: 44 minutes on 1024 NVIDIA V100 GPU. This is a 30% improvement over the best published result of 67 mins in end-to-end training time to achieve the same accuracy on the…
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Racing against time, medical researchers, life science companies and COVID-19 survivors launch national campaign to drive blood plasma donation
REDMOND, Wash., USA, and NEW YORK — May 26, 2020 — A coalition of world-leading medical and research institutions, blood centers, life science companies, technology companies, philanthropic organizations, and COVID-19 survivor groups has come together to support the rapid development…
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Can hyper local air-quality data ensure a ‘Blue Sky’ future for Delhi?
The lockdown due to Covid-19 has turned the spotlight on unusual sightings of wildlife across the world and good air-quality. Suspension of all forms of travel and closure of industrial work has improved the air when compared to the same…
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Microsoft’s New Machine Learning Model Spots Critical Security Bugs 97% of the Time
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Microsoft: Here’s why we love programming language Rust and kicked off Project Verona
Microsoft has explained why it's pursuing 'safe systems programming' through efforts like its experimental Rust-inspired Project Verona language and its exploration of the Rust programming language for Windows code written in C++.
Discussion of new changes to Microsoft Academic search, including expanded keyword search, phrase support, abstract search and more
In the wake of Covid-19, countless businesses and communities around the world have shifted to remote and work-from-home environments. This rapid shift placed an unforeseen burden on IT Administrators and the ecosystems that support them, so a team of researchers…
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Veterans Affairs Launches First Chatbot to Field COVID-19 Questions
The bot was developed and deployed via Microsoft’s Healthcare Bot platform. The Veterans Affairs Department recently deployed a coronavirus chatbot to help veterans and their caregivers find answers to pressing questions triggered amid the pandemic.