In the news | New York Times
Microsoft teaches autonomous gliders to make decisions on the fly
Microsoft is building an autonomous glider guided by artificial intelligence, part of an effort to help machines make decisions when faced with uncertainty.
In the news | CNBC
Microsoft has found an inexpensive way to save lives in India
From hacking agriculture to developing inexpensive tools for tuberculosis patients, Microsoft researchers in India are trying to solve myriad social problems in the subcontinent.
In the news | Artificial intelligence identifies plant species for science
Artificial intelligence identifies plant species for science
Awards | SIGIR 2017
Outstanding Reviewer Award, SIGIR 2017
Jaime Teevan, Susan Dumais, and Eric Horvitz received the 2017 Test of Time Award from the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval for their 2005 paper, Personalizing Search via Automated Analysis of Interests and Activities. The research developed a…
Program that repairs programs: how to achieve 78.3 percent precision in automated program repair
By Lily Sun, Research Program Manager of Microsoft Research Asia In February 2017, Microsoft and Cambridge University announced a DeepCoder algorithm that produces programs from problem inputs/outputs. DeepCoder, which operates on a novel yet greatly simplified programming language, cannot handle…
In the news | Laptop Mag
Windows 10 Just Gained Eye Control: Here’s How to Use It
We've seen eye-tracking technology make PC gaming more immersive, and now Microsoft is building it right into Windows itself, so you can navigate and type with just your eyes. Delivered inside of build 16257 of the Windows 10 Insider Preview,…
In the news | Microsoft Accessibility Blog
From Hack to Product, Microsoft Empowers People with Eye Control for Windows 10
Sometimes, a simple email can lead to a life-changing breakthrough. In 2014, former NFL player Steve Gleason, who has a neuromuscular disease called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), sent an email to Microsoft, challenging employees at the company’s first hackathon. Steve’s…
Creating intelligent water systems to unlock the potential of Smart Cities
By Satish Sangameswaran, Principal Program Manager, and Vani Mandava, Director, Data Science The newspaper headlines about “Bangalore’s looming water crisis” have been ominous, with one urban planning expert proclaiming that Bangalore will become “unlivable” in a few years because of…