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AI Residency: Gaining skills in machine learning through mentorship and real-world applications
| Patricia Gillespie
In September last year, the Microsoft AI Residency program graduated its first class. The second class is already settled in and undertaking an exciting range of projects, and recruitment for the third class is underway! The AI Residency program is…
In the news | Microsoft Vancouver Blog
Connection is Everything, a Hackathon Story
Microsoft’s annual Hackathon is a company-wide event that encourages employees to partner with colleagues from different teams and dream up projects that normally would never land on their desks.
In the news | MSPowerUser
VROOM: Microsoft Research envisions a workplace filled with Telepresence Robots and AR headsets (video)
Microsoft Research have posted a video on a project called VROOM for Virtual Robot Overlay for Online Meetings. Microsoft imagines users being able to visit locations via a telepresence robot and being represented remotely via an avatar which overlays the…
Awards | National Academy of Engineering
Abigail Sellen elected to National Academy of Engineering
Abigail (Abi) Sellen, Deputy Director and Principal Researcher, was elected as an international member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), “for contributions that ensure consideration of human capabilities in the design of computer systems.” The NAE membership honors those who…
In the news | Bilanz | Das Schweizer Wirtschaftsmagazin
Ein Quantum Hype
Die intelligente Brille werde irgendwann das Smartphone ablösen, sagt Marc Pollefeys. Der Professor für Computer-Vision arbeitet mit Hochdruck daran.
In the news | Bilanz | Das Schweizer Wirtschaftsmagazin
Smarte Brille fuer jedermann
Computer Quantentechnologie soll die IT revolutionieren. Die Versprechungen sind riesig, die Probleme ebenfalls.
In the news | Microsoft Innovation Stories
Using AI, people who are blind are able to find familiar faces in a room
Cambridge, United Kingdom – Theo, a 12-year-old boy who is blind, is seated at a table in a crowded kitchen on a gray and drippy mid-December day. A headband that houses cameras, a depth sensor and speakers rings his sandy-brown…
In the news | ZDNet
Microsoft opens up Rust-inspired Project Verona programming language on GitHub
Microsoft recently created a stir after revealing it was taking some ideas from the popular Rust programming language to create a new language for ‘safe infrastructure programming’ under the banner Project Verona.
The road less traveled: With Successor Uncertainties, RL agents become better informed explorers
| Sebastian Tschiatschek and Katja Hofmann
Imagine moving to a new city. You want to get from your new home to your new job. Unfamiliar with the area, you ask your co-workers for the best route, and as far as you can tell … they’re right!…