In the news | Forbes
Prazosin Might Be A Treatment For COVID-19. More Data Is Urgently Needed
Amidst all of the unproven and ineffective treatments being promoted for coronavirus treatment, a new possibility has just emerged. Scientists around the globe are devoting enormous resources to trying to develop new treatments for COVID-19, the pandemic that is sweeping…
In the news | Microsoft Transform
How international health care organizations are using bots to help fight COVID-19
As the coronavirus pandemic began spreading across Europe earlier this year, the number of calls to Emergency Medical Services Copenhagen quickly ramped up. The organization, which provides emergency care for about one-third of Denmark’s population, saw calls to its emergency…
In the news | New York Times
You Can’t Spell Creative Without A.I.
Advances in software applications that process human language lie at the heart of the debate over whether computer technologies will enhance or even substitute for human creativity.
In response to the rapid publications on COVID-19, Microsoft Academic Services have made several changes in the way scholarly articles are processed.
Bringing virtual reality to people who are blind with an immersive sensory-based system
| Ed Cutrell and Eyal Ofek
Virtual reality (VR) is an incredibly exciting way to experience computing, providing users with intuitive and immersive means of interacting with information that attempts to mirror the way we naturally experience the world around us. In the past few years,…
In the news | VentureBeat
Microsoft claims its AI framework spots fake news better than state-of-the-art baselines
In a [study] (opens in new tab) published this week on the preprint server Arxiv.org, Microsoft and Arizona State University researchers propose an AI framework — Multiple sources of Weak Social Supervision (MWSS) — that leverages engagement and social media signals…
Happy and productive at work: Predicting opportune moments to switch tasks and take breaks
| Shamsi Iqbal, Daniel McDuff, Mary Czerwinski, and Jaime Teevan
Consider the last time you struggled to complete a task at work. Perhaps you got stuck trying to solve a tricky problem, unable to break out of that unproductive state, or maybe you were so engrossed in an activity unrelated…
In the news | Microsoft Research Blog
Happy and productive at work: Predicting opportune moments to switch tasks and take breaks
This research builds upon a large body of prior work, including investigations into the effects of interruption, understanding and supporting long-term emotional well-being, and the design and development of tools to support productivity and well-being.
In the news | Providence News
Swedish and Microsoft partner to build the COVID-19 Emergency Response (CERA) app
Like many systems around the nation, Swedish Health Services found itself with overwhelmed with the increasing number of COVID-19 patients. Microsoft and Swedish joined forces over the past two weeks to build an app that helps hospital staff monitor resources…