Below please find an index of news and awards that recognize Microsoft researchers’ contribution to scientific research and commitment to advancing computer science.
Despite all the positives of synthetic media–create expression, educational applications, assistive technologies, entertainment–there’s a downside. It’s increasingly hard to detect, which leaves the door open for media to be altered after publication and spread as…
Adaptive Biotechnologies launched a new diagnostic test for COVID-19 that uses machine learning technology from Microsoft to detect prior coronavirus infections. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week issued an emergency use authorization (EUA)…
We built Az Predictor, an intelligent command completion module for Azure Powershell. Az Predictor helps our Azure developers find the cmdlet they are looking for efficiently, identify the required parameters quickly, and experience fewer errors.…
Microsoft’s researchers are using crowdsourcing to improve the amount and quality of data available. Danielle Bragg and her colleagues at the firm’s campus in Massachusetts are developing a smartphone version of “Battleship”, a game in…
Susan Dumais was inducted into the first class of the ACM SIGIR Academy in recognition of her significant, cumulative contributions to the development of the field of information retrieval (IR). Susan is a leader in…
After Etalab helped them to get things off the ground back in 2016, and through close collaboration with the Direction Générale des Finances Publiques (the French public finance department), three researchers, among them Denis Merigoux…
Adaptive Biotechnologies launched a test that uses machine-learning technology from Microsoft to detect prior coronavirus infections, aiming to fill an important gap left by standard antibody screening. The screening, called T-Detect COVID, searches for T-cell…
A majority of the world’s most polluted cities are in India. Air quality data that is accessible to citizens can help tackle the menace.
2020 was the year that challenged healthcare professionals to learn, adapt, and grow as they cared for patients through the COVID-19 pandemic. The concepts of quarantine and social distancing became commonplace, as virtual health and…
Many people use online gaming to socialize, both to relieve stress in a casual setting and to nurture lasting relationships. These goals are best met in healthy online communities that foster trust among their members,…
