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Awards | Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
Gary J. Sullivan named a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)
Microsoft’s Gary J. Sullivan was recognized as a Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) among the 12 notable members who received this award in 2022. According to SMPTE, “The Fellow Grade of membership is awarded…
In the news | Radical Xchange
Plurality: Technology for Collaborative Diversity and Democracy
We are about to embark on a journey and hope you will join us. Over the past half decade we have, in collaboration with so many of you, been developing an alternative to the usual narratives about the future of…
In the news | BBC
Project Origin: Securing Trust in Media
Project Origin is part of a wide collaboration between media and tech organisations to develop signals that can be tied to media content to allow audiences to determine where content has come from and check for any manipulation or changes…
In the news | IT Pro
Using AI and machine learning to kickstart climate change fightback
Fighting climate change with carbon capture or geoengineering means harnessing the power of AI and sophisticated data modelling. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning may increase the chances of reducing carbon emissions through carbon capture or geo engineering…
In the news | NHS
Futuristic 3D Holoportation Consultations To Bring Specialist Treatment To Remote Parts Of Scotland
Ground-breaking technology aiming to bring specialist treatment to the most remote parts of Scotland, without the need for travel, has received high praise from patients during successful trials in Glasgow. The West of Scotland Innovation Hub, hosted by NHS Greater…
In the news | Microsoft Source
Microsoft launches Project AirSim, an end-to-end platform to accelerate autonomous flight
Josh Riedy knew it wasn’t real – that he wasn’t actually hovering near the top of a wind turbine in North Dakota, hundreds of feet off the ground. But it didn’t matter when he looked down. His stomach still dropped…
Introducing the Microsoft Climate Research Initiative
Addressing and mitigating the effects of climate change requires a collective effort, bringing our strengths to bear across industry, government, academia, and civil society.
In the news | Quanta Magazine
Can Computers Be Mathematicians?
Artificial intelligence has bested humans at problem-solving challenges like chess and Go. Is mathematics research next? Steven Strogatz speaks with mathematician Kevin Buzzard to learn about the effort to translate math into language that computers understand.
Awards | Web Science Trust
Scott Counts, Eric Horvitz awarded the inaugural Web Science Trust Test of Time Award
The Web Science Trust (WST) awarded the inaugural Web Science Trust Test of Time Award to Mumum De Choudhury (Georgia Tech), Scott Counts and Eric Horvitz the authors of “Social media as a measurement tool of depression in populations”. The award…