Awards | National Academy of Sciences
Jennifer Chayes elected to National Academy of Sciences
Jennifer Chayes, Microsoft Research Emeritus, was elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in computer science. Read more > (opens in new tab)
In the news | Quartz at Work
If you have a hard time saying “no” to meetings, let software do it for you
I probably have a number of bad time-management habits, but I’m painfully aware of only one: a glaring tendency to overcommit to events and meetings, even ones I suspect won’t be that fruitful…
How to better design AI – from ideation to user perception and acceptance
| Mihaela Vorvoreanu, Saleema Amershi, Justin Cranshaw, and Shamsi Iqbal
Designing artificial intelligence systems and features poses new challenges for user experience (UX) practitioners. Traditionally, UX designers rely on sketching and low-fidelity, fast prototyping to imagine and test their ideas. The usual design tools and techniques, however, can’t always meet…
In this blog post we will cover the additions and improvements made to your signed-in experiences on Microsoft Academic. Microsoft Academic can help you build a public profile, track your publications, and present you with new research in your areas…
Microsoft Research Podcast: Froid and the relational database query quandary with Dr. Karthik Ramachandra
Episode 73 | April 24, 2019 In the world of relational databases, structured query language, or SQL, has long been King of the Queries, primarily because of its ubiquity and unparalleled performance. But many users prefer a mix of…
As more companies take a customer-led approach, product teams are eager to understand customer connection and research skills. But giving away these skills can be controversial. In this story, we'll take a look at how this style of collaboration, when…
Froid and the relational database query quandary with Dr. Karthik Ramachandra
Episode 73, April 24, 2019 - In the world of relational databases, structured query language, or SQL, has long been King of the Queries, primarily because of its ubiquity and unparalleled performance. But many users prefer a mix of imperative…
In the news | Microsoft Azure Blog
Dear Spark developers: Welcome to Azure Cognitive Services
Integrating the power of Azure Cognitive Services into your big data workflows on Apache Spark™ Today at Spark + AI Summit 2019, we're excited to introduce a new set of models in the SparkML ecosystem that make it easy to…
In the news | The AI Blog
Machine teaching: How people’s expertise makes AI even more powerful
As the desire to use AI for more scenarios has grown, Microsoft scientists and product developers have pioneered a complementary approach called machine teaching. This relies on people's expertise to break a problem into easier tasks and give machine learning…