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In the news | Microsoft ALT Innovation

Learn how the Watch For platform leverages deep-learning, computer vision, and high efficiency AI infrastructure to identify interesting moments in video content. Presented by Weishung Liu, Senior Program Manager, from Microsoft Research, Redmond.

Awards | The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (Supercomputing'21)

The Super Computing 2021 organizers selected Deepak Narayanan and Amar Phanishayee’s paper, Efficient Large-Scale Language Model Training on GPU Clusters Using Megatron-LM,  as the best student paper for its quality and potential impact.

A diagram showing the end-to-end DNA data storage process. First, software encodes digital bits, ones and zeros, into an electronic representation of DNA sequences, represented by the letters G, C, A, and T. Then, the sequences are written into physical molecules using DNA synthesis and are preserved. A single chain of synthetic DNA is shown with G, C, A, and T, representing the DNA being preserved. Data stored in DNA molecules is retrieved using random access, and then sequenced to read the synthetic DNA. Software, then, decodes the information back into digital bits.
Microsoft Research Blog

| Karin Strauss and Bichlien Nguyen

Editor’s note: The researchers would like to acknowledge co-authors Christopher Takahashi, Gagan Gupta, Jake Smith, Richard Rouse, Paul Berndt, Sergey Yekhanin, David Ward, Siena Ang, Patrick Garvan, Hsing-Yeh Parker, Rob Carlson, Douglas Carmean, and Luis Ceze for their contributions to…

In the news | Fast Company

Microsoft and InfernoRed – For securing the democratic process | These companies partnered to create ElectionGuard, an open-source system that keeps data encrypted even while it’s being processed, allowing people to check that their vote has been counted while keeping…

In the news | Tech Ninja

Included in the curated list of OpenSource AutoML frameworks, Microsoft FLAML is a robust AutoML framework with a lightweight Python library that automatically finds accurate machine learning models.

Awards | ISO.org

Gary Sullivan, Chair of the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29, and Microsoft Research Principal Standards Program Manager, is part of the expert group behind the structure of multimedia files such as MP4 and 3GP.  They were honored with the prestigious Technology…

In the news | MSR Tech Minutes: Future of Haptics in Virtual Reality

Rendering haptics, or touch-sensing, in virtual reality and mixed reality (VR/MR) is crucial for rich, immersive experiences. Discover what Microsoft researchers believe to be the future of haptics in VR. Presented by Eyal Ofek (Principal Researcher) and Mike Sinclair (Senior…

Awards | ACM – SOSP

Daniel Berger’s paper, Kangaroo: Caching Billions of Tiny Objects on Flash, was selected as a best paper by the SOSP’21 organizers for its quality and potential impact.

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Microsoft Research Blog

| Ashley Llorens

For 30 years, Microsoft Research has brought together great minds from around the world to take on the biggest research challenges facing society. As we enter our fourth decade, the need for collaborative research—and the opportunities it presents—have never been…