Awards | El Economista
Diego Jimenez Hernandez and Enrique Seira awarded the prestigious Citabanamex top prize in the research category for their paper "Should the Government Sell You Goods? Evidence from the Milk Market in Mexico".
In the news | 30th Anniversary Generations of Inspirational and Impactful Research Panel Series
To mark the 30th anniversary of Microsoft Research, Eric Horvitz, Chief Scientific Officer, co-moderates a series of panel discussions on the “Generations of Inspirational and Impactful Research”. The panelists, comprised of current and past Microsoft Research Scientists and Engineers from…
12月11日,微软亚洲研究院举办了2021理论学术研讨会,来自学术界和产业界的理论研究专家齐聚一堂,分享了最新的研究成果。研讨会上,微软亚洲研究院宣布成立理论中心,通过搭建国际学术交流与合作枢纽,促进理论研究与大数据和人工智能技术的深度融合,在推动理论研究进步的同时,加强跨学科研究合作,助力打破 AI 发展瓶颈,实现计算机技术跨越式发展。 理论中心由微软亚洲研究院高级研究员陈卫博士担任主任、高级研...
Deep neural networks (DNN) have recently achieved remarkable success in various fields. When training these large-scale DNN models, regularization techniques such as L2 Normalization, Batch Normalization, Dropout, etc. are indispensable modules to prevent model overfitting and improve model generalization. Among…
On December 11th, Microsoft Research Asia (MSR Asia) held the 2021 Theory Workshop, where theoretical research experts from academia and the industry came together to share their latest research results. At the workshop, MSR Asia announced the establishment of its…
| Marc Brockschmidt and Megan Stanley
The drug development process is an iterative one that consists of discovery, design, and testing. Historically, drugs were derived from plants and discovered through trial-and-error experiments. Fortunately, this drug discovery process now occurs in a lab, with each iteration of…
This is a guest post from our close partners, Semantic Machines By Zachary Tellman Conversational interfaces are an idea that is forever on the cusp of transforming the world. The potential is undeniable: everyone has innate, untapped conversational expertise. We…
How do you solve a problem like corruption? In this Societal Resilience case study, learn about our development of data tools that could bring new levels of transparency to public procurement data, building on collaborations with the World Bank and…
In the news | Machine-learning system flags remedies that might do more harm than good
The system could help physicians select the least risky treatments in urgent situations, such as treating sepsis.