Year 6 (age 11) classroom teachers in the UK will be all too familiar with the challenge of keeping their pupils engaged in that very last summer half term of their primary education before they move onto a new secondary…
In the news | Daily Mail
COVID-19 public health measures such as social distancing led to a nearly 40% decrease in emergency room visits for pink eye
Researchers at Microsoft worked together with Researchers at the University of Washington. During the pandemic, fewer people sought out care for pink eye due to coronavirus-inspired social distancing, increased handwashing and other health measures. Researchers analyzed both emergency department visits…
In the news | Microsoft Transform
Novartis empowers scientists with AI to speed the discovery and development of breakthrough medicines
Here’s a cooking story unlike any you’ve heard before. That’s because the chefs are chemists, the ingredients are molecules, and the main course is a new medication designed to defeat illness. At least, that’s Luca Finelli’s snackable description to explain…
In the news | Fast Company
ElectionGuard named to Fast Company “AI and Data: Next Big Things in Tech” list
Microsoft and InfernoRed - For securing the democratic process | These companies partnered to create ElectionGuard, an open-source system that keeps data encrypted even while it’s being processed, allowing people to check that their vote has been counted while keeping…
In the news | Novartis
The art of drug design in a technological age
Novartis is collaborating with Microsoft to apply machine learning to medicinal chemistry — part of an effort to leverage AI to bring treatments to patients more efficiently. There’s a misconception about drug hunting that can mask one of the biggest…
In the news | Fast Company
ImmuneCODE named to Fast Company “Health: Next Big Things in Tech” list
Microsoft and Adaptive Biotech - For using data to create a test for past COVID-19 infection | The tech giant teamed up with Adaptive Biotech to create ImmuneCODE, an open-source database of immune responses to COVID-19, which they used to…
SynapseML: A simple, multilingual, and massively parallel machine learning library
| Mark Hamilton
Today, we’re excited to announce the release of SynapseML (previously MMLSpark), an open-source library that simplifies the creation of massively scalable machine learning (ML) pipelines. Building production-ready distributed ML pipelines can be difficult, even for the most seasoned developer. Composing…
By Hilary Dwyer, Ph.D. Image credit: iStock My colleague Nancy Perry recently posted about how we’re driving a customer-driven mindset in our organization. Why are we focusing on this? We believe that a key piece of successful product making is…
Awards | NCBI
Soundscape wins Vision Award 2021
The NCBI (National Council for the blind of Ireland) awarded the Microsoft Soundscape app the Visible Difference Industry award which recognizes exemplary contribution by a company or organization in creating an inclusive approach for people who are blind or vision…