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Microsoft on the TIME100 AI list
This morning, TIME released its first “TIME100 Artificial Intelligence” list online, which includes Kevin Scott, Jaime Teevan, Kate Crawford, and Kalika Bali.
News and Awards
Below please find an index of news and awards that recognize Microsoft researchers’ contribution to scientific research and commitment to advancing computer science. You can also view the awards archive for recognition before 2016.
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A system to keep cloud-based gamers in sync
By synchronizing media streams transmitted from the cloud to two devices, researchers could improve cloud gaming and AR/VR applications. Cloud gaming, which involves playing a video game remotely from the cloud, witnessed unprecedented growth during…
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Kathleen Sullivan Named to Insider’s 30 Under 40 in Healthcare List
After leading strategy for a health plan and a pioneering digital-health startup, Sullivan wanted an even bigger arena. Sullivan joined Microsoft in 2017 to help the company’s global research organization find its footing in healthcare.…
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Large Language Models Answer Medical Questions Accurately, but Can’t Match Clinicians’ Knowledge
This article is about how these models could be used in medical scenarios, current limitations and future research areas, and the how the medical community should agree on how to use this technology.
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The Cryptographer Who Ensures We Can Trust Our Computers
Yael Tauman Kalai is a pioneering theoretical computer scientist who’s won impressive awards and changed the way people think about the internet. But as a kid, she wasn’t exactly a model student.
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2022-23 Morison Prize and Lecture with danah boyd, PhD – “Made, Not Found: Grappling with the Vulnerabilities of Data”
MIT announced danah boyd is the recipient of the 2022-23 Morison Prize in Science, Technology, and Society (STS). The Morison Prize recognizes an outstanding individual who combines humanistic values with effectiveness in practical affairs, particularly…
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Microsoft partners with Start-Up Nation Central to tap Israeli agrifood tech
US tech giant Microsoft has partnered with Start-Up Nation Central to help Israeli agrifood tech startups augment their AI-powered models for sustainable farming solutions and get exposure to global markets. Microsoft and Start-Up Nation Central…
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John Langford, Rob Schapire and co-authors receive the 2023 Seoul Test of Time Award
The International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2) announced today that the 2023 Seoul Test of Time Award will be presented to the authors of the paper “A Contextual-Bandit Approach to Personalized News Article Recommendation;”…
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Nicole Immorlica receives SIGecom 2023 Test-of-Time Award
The ACM SIGecom Test of Time Award recognizes the author or authors of an influential paper or series of papers published between ten and twenty-five years ago that has significantly impacted research or applications exemplifying…
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ACM named Yael Tauman Kalai recipient of the 2022 ACM Prize in Computing for breakthroughs in Cryptography
ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, named Yael Tauman Kalai the recipient of the 2022 ACM Prize in Computing for breakthroughs in verifiable delegation of computation and fundamental contributions to cryptography. Kalai’s contributions have helped…