News and Awards

Katsu Ikeuchi awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon 

Katsu Ikeuchi, Senior Principal Research Manager, was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. The Orders of the Sacred Treasure are awarded to individuals who have performed duties that are…

Closing the Sustainability Skills Gap: Helping businesses move from pledges to progress 

Today Microsoft is publishing a new report. Thousands of companies around the world have issued climate pledges – but globally, we don’t currently have the workforce with the necessary skills to move from pledges to progress.

Porträt von Frank Noé 

Im Rahmen des Microsoft-Forschungsprogramms „AI4Science“ arbeitet ein globales Team an Standorten in Europa, Asien und den USA an der Frage, was Methoden des maschinellen Lernens zur Lösung naturwissenschaftlicher Probleme beitragen können. Seit Anfang Oktober gibt es auch…

Microsoft Wants AI To Change Your Job—If It Can Work Out the Kinks 

Forecasting Food Insecurity Levels in Near Real-Time Using a Machine Learning Framework 

In this blog, Shahrzad Gholami and colleagues introduce their research recently published in Data & Policy: which demonstrated, in a case study in Malawi, the feasibility and accuracy of an early warning system for food insecurity.

U.S. Department of Commerce appoints Ranveer Chandra to the new Internet of Things Advisory Board 

The U.S. Department of Commerce has appointed 16 experts, including Dr. Ranveer Chandra, for the new Internet of Things Advisory Board (IoTAB), to advise the Internet of Things Federal Working Group. The board represents a…

Smarts for Farms 

The next green revolution may be happening in the server room. What’s new: Microsoft open-sourced AI tools designed to help farmers cut costs and improve yields. How it works: FarmVibes-AI includes systems that analyze overhead…

The Global Music Vault Wants to Safeguard the World’s Songs—But Who Decides What’s Preserved? 

Halfway between Norway and the North Pole lies Svalbard, a demilitarized archipelago sheathed in glacial ice. The remote territory is home to less than 3,000 people, some reindeer and polar bears, and the Arctic World Archive—a…