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IOM and Microsoft release first-ever differentially private synthetic dataset to counter human trafficking
Microsoft is home to a diverse team of researchers focused on supporting a healthy global society, including finding ways technology can address human rights problems affecting the most vulnerable populations around the world. With a multi-disciplinary background in human-computer interaction, data…
In the news | The Washington Post
Crypto pulled off its big upgrade. Even larger ambitions await.
The platform that hosts many of the world’s NFT and cryptocurrency trades just completed one of the trickiest upgrades in modern technology. Now come the really big goals. Earlier this week, ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin and his team successfully finished…
In the news | NHS
Futuristic 3D Holoportation Consultations To Bring Specialist Treatment To Remote Parts Of Scotland
Ground-breaking technology aiming to bring specialist treatment to the most remote parts of Scotland, without the need for travel, has received high praise from patients during successful trials in Glasgow. The West of Scotland Innovation Hub, hosted by NHS Greater…
In the news | C&EN
Bichlien Nguyen is one of the ACS 2022 Talented Twelve
Meet the Talented 12 class of 2022. These early-career researchers are using chemistry to make the world a better place. They’re building better batteries, transforming pollution into products, and deciphering the human genome, to name just a few of their…
In the news | Bloomberg
Microsoft Targets Carbon Removal With Climate Research Effort
Microsoft Corp. has launched a climate research effort in a bid to build a network of participants to tackle some key problems affecting the environment. The Microsoft Climate Research Initiative will at first focus on carbon reduction and removal, carbon accounting and environmental resilience, the…
Awards | Green Good Design
Project Eclipse Chicago deployment recognized with a Green Good Design Award 2022
Project Eclipse recognized with a 2022 Green Good Design Award for their Eclipse Air Sensor Transit Shelters Chicago Deployment. In July 2021, the Project Eclipse team at Microsoft Urban Innovation Research began a partnership with JCDecaux Chicago, LLC and team…
DoWhy evolves to independent PyWhy model to help causal inference grow
| Emre Kiciman and Amit Sharma
Identifying causal effects is an integral part of scientific inquiry. It helps us understand everything from educational outcomes to the effects of social policies to risk factors for diseases. Questions of cause-and-effect are also critical for the design and data-driven…
In the news | WIRED
The Web3 Decentralization Debate Is Focused on the Wrong Question
WEB3 ADVOCATES PROMISE decentralization on an unprecedented scale. Excessive centralization can stymie coordination and erode freedom, democracy, and economic dynamism—decentralization is supposed to be the remedy. But the term on its own is too vague to be a coherent end…
In the news | UW News
Q&A: Making Earth-friendly electronics
The very components that make electronics fast and easy to use also make their disposal an environmental nightmare. Components of smartphones, computers and even kitchen appliances contain heavy metals and other compounds that are toxic to us and harmful to…