At Microsoft's annual Hackathon event, designers and researchers come together to design new products and to work on closing the technology gap. Their mission? To address the limits that gamers who are blind or low vision face and create something…
The January website update for Microsoft Academic includes notes on what features we will be working over the next few months and what updates we have made over the holiday season.
Going deep on deep learning with Dr. Jianfeng Gao
Dr. Jianfeng Gao is a veteran computer scientist, an IEEE Fellow and the current head of the Deep Learning Group at Microsoft Research. He and his team are exploring novel approaches to advancing the state-of-the-art on deep learning in areas…
In the news | Microsoft On the Issues
Using AI to advance the health of people and communities around the world
The health of people and communities around the world has been improving over time. For example, the steep decline in child and maternal mortality is a key indicator of positive momentum. However, progress has not been equal across the globe, and…
Open-source library provides explanation for machine learning through diverse counterfactuals
| Amit Sharma
Consider a person who applies for a loan with a financial company, but their application is rejected by a machine learning algorithm used to determine who receives a loan from the company. How would you explain the decision made by…
Microsoft Investigator fellows accelerate scientific and teaching impact with Azure cloud computing
| Jamie Harper
I am pleased to announce the winners of the new Microsoft Investigator Fellowship. This fellowship is designed to empower researchers of all disciplines who plan to make an impact with research and teaching using the Microsoft Azure cloud computing platform.…
In the news | Microsoft Innovation Stories
Using AI, people who are blind are able to find familiar faces in a room
Cambridge, United Kingdom – Theo, a 12-year-old boy who is blind, is seated at a table in a crowded kitchen on a gray and drippy mid-December day. A headband that houses cameras, a depth sensor and speakers rings his sandy-brown…
In the news | McKinsey and Company
‘Test and listen’: Microsoft’s Jim Weinstein on healthcare tech
In this podcast excerpt, Microsoft Healthcare’s head of innovation shares his thoughts on what technology can and can’t do in the healthcare space.
Awards | ACM SIGPLAN
POPL’s Most Influential Paper Award 2020 presented to Sumit Gulwani
Sumit Gulwani received POPL’s Most Influential Paper Award 2020 for his paper From Program Verification to Program Synthesis (January 2010). This award is presented annually to the author(s) of a paper presented at the POPL held 10 years prior to the award year. The papers…