Making better use of the crowd
By Jennifer Wortman Vaughan, Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research Over the last decade, computer scientists have harnessed crowds of Internet users to solve tasks that are notoriously difficult to crack with computers alone, such as determining whether an image contains a…
In the news | The Windows Club
Microsoft moves a step towards a fully functional road safety AI in India
With an estimated 1.25 million fatalities each year, road accidents are definitely right up there when it comes to the top causes of deaths in the world. It is particularly important to know, middle-income and low-income countries bear a disproportionate…
Top PhD students gather at Microsoft Research Asia PhD Forum 2016
By Lily Sun, Research Program Manager, Microsoft Research Asia Since its inception in 1998, Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) has anointed nearly 400 top researchers with the coveted honor of “Microsoft Research Fellow.” Some of them recently returned to Beijing, sharing…
Awards | AAAS
Philip Bernstein named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Philip Bernstein has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (opens in new tab) (AAAS). The association’s Section on Information, Computing and Communication selected Bernstein for his distinguished contributions to database systems, particularly data integration and…
Interpreting visual art with sound for a more inclusive experience
By Vanessa Ho, Microsoft News Center Staff. Follow her on Twitter. A well-known Scottish landscape painter, Keith Salmon creates ethereal, moody abstracts of skylines and mountains inspired by the rugged highlands in his country. Trained in fine arts and sculpture,…
In the news | Microsoft Translator Blog
Microsoft Translator launching Neural Network based translations for all its speech languages
Microsoft Translator is now powering all speech translation through state-of-the-art neural networks. All speech translation apps that use this service, such as Skype Translator and the Microsoft Translator app for mobile devices, are now using neural network technology.
传承 • 创新 • 责任：微软亚洲研究院院友会成立
2016年11月14日，北京 —— 微软亚洲研究院院友会成立仪式在中关村微软大厦举行。曾经在微软亚洲研究院实习、工作过的近200位来自海内外企业界和学术界的院友代表和研究院同仁齐聚一堂，共同回顾了微软亚洲研究院建院18年来在与中国共同成长的过程中所取得的丰硕成果，以及微软亚洲研究院深耕科研、大胆创新、培育人才、开放融合的文化传承；院友以业界权威的前瞻视角展望和分享了对于科技创新与发展机遇...
Events in Seoul foster artificial intelligence discussion and collaboration
By Miran Lee, Principal Research Program Manager, Microsoft Research Asia More than 1,700 students and faculty members attended the 18th annual Computing in the 21st Century Conference 2016 last week in Seoul. It was the second time the conference, organized…
Awards | Universal Scientific Education and Research Network
Lucas Joppa awarded 2016 USERN Prize
The Universal Scientific Education and Research Network (opens in new tab) recognized Lucas Joppa with the 2016 USERN Prize (opens in new tab) in Formal Science at a ceremony in Tehran, Iran. The early career award recognizes scientists under the age of 40…