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Minecraft is the new testing ground for AI
An artificially intelligent program developed by Google called AlphaGo has now beaten the reigning human player of the board game Go. AlphaGo joins Deep Blue and Watson, which have both overcome their human competition to become the champions of the…
罗翀：始于最初的念念不忘,最终必有回响
又是一年"三八国际妇女节",如今的女性在各行各业都绽放着她们独特的温柔力量,让世界充满了爱与想象。但我们不能忽视的是,目前在STEM(S代表Science科学,T代表Technology科技,E代表Engineering工程,M代表 Mathematic数学)这类学科的教育中,女性参与的比例仍然较少。今天,微软发布了一个视频来鼓励全世界的女生们参与到计算机科学教育中来,一起"创造未来"。 对科学的...
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Microsoft sees Minecraft as AI proving ground
Scientists can now use the popular game to let artificial intelligence systems learn how to do things.
In the news | TechCrunch
Microsoft is using Minecraft to develop artificial intelligence tech for the real world
Today, Microsoft announced a project that enables artificial intelligence researchers to tap into the hit title to sculpt and develop their tech.
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Project Malmo: Using Minecraft to build more intelligent technology
Microsoft researchers are using Project Malmo for their own research, and they have made it available to a small group of academic researchers under a private beta.
Opening the world of advanced software technology
By Judith Bishop, Director of Computer Science, Microsoft Research In the world of information technology, the word “open” can mean many different things. For me, it refers to how software is both written and used, throughout its lifetime. At Microsoft…
A journey into an unexplored slice of life in rural America, Queering the Countryside offers a unique perspective on queer experience in the modern United States and Canada.
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ACM SIGMOBILE Test of Time Award 2016
RADAR was a pioneering system for locating and tracking mobile devices using wireless LAN technology. It anticipated not only the Wi-Fi-based indoor localization solutions widely used by our mobile devices today, but also the growing interest in exploiting wireless infrastructure…
IEEE Computer Society honors Wolfram Schulte for research leadership, contributions to program verification
By George Thomas Jr., Writer, Microsoft Software verification — the crucial process of assuring programs perform as expected — may not be top of mind for most of us. But considering its role in the development of just about anything…