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In the news | Hindustan Times
Microsoft’s AI-based ‘HAMS’ automates driver license tests in India
Microsoft Research has developed a smartphone-based driving test system that leverages the power of Artificial Intelligence to make a fair analysis of a driver’s ability before issuing him or her a license. The system has already been deployed at Dehradun…
In the news | Microsoft News
Microsoft Research AI project automates driver’s license tests in India
What if your driverâs license test will now be conducted by a smartphone attached to your carâs windshield and without an evaluator present in the vehicle? This is not science fiction. It is already happening.
Awards | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Manik Varma awarded Bhatnagar prize for engineering
Manik Varma, Principal Researcher, received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize for Science and Technology (SSB) (opens in new tab) in engineering sciences. This is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for…
In the news | Microsoft News Center India
ALTBalaji partners with Microsoft and Eko India Financial Services to pilot a cloud coordinated content distribution network that saves cellular data
Mumbai, September 24, 2019: Leading homegrown OTT platform, ALTBalaji has announced a consumer benefitting alliance with Microsoft and Indian fintech company, Eko India Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. The association will allow the digital SVOD platform’s subscribers to use Microsoft’s BlendNet…
In the news | IEEE Spectrum
The Ultimate Optimization Problem: How to Best Use Every Square Meter of the Earth’s Surface
Lucas Joppa, founder of Microsoft’s AI for Earth program, is taking an engineering approach to environmental issues.
In the news | The Economic Times
Eros Now ties up with Microsoft to develop OTT technology
MUMBAI: Eros Now, the video on demand platform by Eros International Plc. has tied up with software giant Microsoft to develop an enhanced online video platform. Eros Now is collaborating with Microsoft to use its cloud platform Azure to build…
In the news | Scientifc American
A Planetary Computer to Avert Environmental Disaster
Investment in technology solutions aimed at environmental outcomes is sorely needed to accelerate the pace, scale and effectiveness of our response to climate change.
Microsoft Research Podcast: Inclusive design for all, or ICT4D and 4U! with Dr. Ed Cutrell
Episode 88, September 4, 2019 Dr. Ed Cutrell is a Principal Researcher in the Ability group at Microsoft Research and he’s convinced that great technology should be available to everyone. Working in the fields of Accessibility and Information and…
In the news | PwC UK
How AI can enable a sustainable future
‘When it comes to climate change we need to focus less on the cost of doing nothing, and focus more on the environmental and economic benefits of doing something. New PwC research shows how and why.’ â Lucas Joppa, Microsoft