A brief introduction to fuzzing and why it’s an important tool for developers
| Patrice Godefroid
In the February 2020 issue of Communications of the ACM, Microsoft researcher Patrice Godefroid published a new review article entitled “Fuzzing: Hack, Art, and Science,” which presents an overview of the main automated testing techniques in use today for finding…
AI, Azure and the future of healthcare with Dr. Peter Lee
Over the past decade, the healthcare industry has undergone a series of technological changes in an effort to modernize it and bring it into the digital world, but the call for innovation persists. One person answering that call is Dr.…
AI Residency: Gaining skills in machine learning through mentorship and real-world applications
| Patricia Gillespie
In September last year, the Microsoft AI Residency program graduated its first class. The second class is already settled in and undertaking an exciting range of projects, and recruitment for the third class is underway! The AI Residency program is…
In the news | WinBuzzer
Microsoft Soundscape Audio Mapping Receives Bose Frames Support
By adding support for Bose Frames, Microsoft is introducing Soundscape to more potential users. Bose Frames are audio sunglasses that has an open-ear design. Bose says they allow users to listen without blocking their ears. In other words, they can…
Awards | Measuring System Visual Latency through Cognitive Latency on Video See-Through AR devices
Best Paper: Honorable Mention, IEEE VR
铸星闪耀 | 青年学者在 MSRA 实现科研突围
在微软亚洲研究院，铸星学者们与工程界最前沿的思想交锋，在自由纯粹的学术氛围中碰撞出思维的火花，为科研不断寻求跨越藩篱的创新，而这一切都发生在短短三个月之中。 联手抗击疫情期间，青年学者们仍在不断探索科研新知、推进合作项目，我们也在特殊时期收到了多篇论文被接收的好消息。这里，让我们共同回顾来自深圳大学、哈尔滨工业大学、中国科学技术大学的三位老师的铸星之旅。 “一直希望能来微软亚洲研究院锻炼一下。”来...
Exploring the fundamentals of multi-armed bandits
| Alex Slivkins
If you haven't ever been in a casino, you may have found yourself asking one very pertinent question: On which slot machine am I going to hit the jackpot? Standing in front of a bank of identical-looking machines, you have…
Private AI Bootcamp: Microsoft researchers share knowledge on cryptography, security, and privacy with PhD students
| Wei Dai
The fields of cryptography and machine learning (ML) are evolving at a rapid pace and are each complex in their own ways. The Cryptography and Privacy Research Group at Microsoft Research has led the way in creating a new research…
In-depth review of recent changes to the Microsoft Academic Graph (MAG) that enabled it to find and categorize 500k new fields of study