In the news | Microsoft AI Blog
Is drought on the horizon? Researchers turn to AI in a bid to improve forecasts
As winter drags on, some people wonder whether to pack shorts for a late-March escape to Florida, while others eye April temperature trends in anticipation of sowing crops. Water managers in the western U.S. check for the possibility of early-spring…
These 18 guidelines can help you design AI systems and features that are more human-centered. This comprehensive list is based upon more than two decades worth of research across the design community and can be applied to a wide range…
In the news | Medium
Guidelines for Human-AI Interaction
Today we’re excited to share a set of Guidelines for Human-AI Interaction. These 18 guidelines can help you design AI systems and features that are more human-centered. Based on more than two decades of thinking and research, they have been…
Awards | IEEE
Jianfeng Gao elevated to IEEE Fellow class of 2019
Jianfeng Gao, Partner Research Manager, was elevated to IEEE Fellow as part of the 2019 class for contributions to machine learning for Web search and natural language processing.
Cloud computing aids researchers in solving the unsolvable in medical data labeling
| Vani Mandava
It’s not uncommon for physicians to disagree about a diagnosis. That’s why people often seek a second or third opinion when faced with a serious or complex health concern. What if instead of a second opinion, hundreds of expert opinions…
Awards | Microsoft Garage
Watch For inducted into The Garage Wall of Fame
Watch For was inducted into The Garage Wall of Fame. Watch For is an AI system for analyzing live video stream content and surfacing the most interesting parts of a livestream in real-time.
Securing the vote with Dr. Josh Benaloh
Episode 65, February 27, 2019 - Dr. Josh Benaloh gives us a brief but fascinating history of elections, explains how the trade-offs among privacy, security and verifiability make the relatively easy math of elections such a hard problem for the…
High performance container networking
| Victor Bahl
Researchers and engineers from Microsoft Research and Microsoft Azure have contributed nine scientific papers to the technical program of the 16th Annual USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation – NSDI ‘19 – to be held in Boston, Massachusetts…
This article will help you break down the barriers between how you think about usability and accessibility. By incorporating several of these design tenets into your product's cycle, you can begin to create a culture that fosters inclusivity.