Website: https://computer-vision-in-the-wild.github.io/eccv-2022/ (opens in new tab) Workshop: The research community has recently witnessed a trend in building transferable visual models that can effortlessly adapt to a wide range of downstream computer vision (CV) and multimodal (MM) tasks. We are organizing…
A game-theoretic approach to provably correct and scalable offline RL
| Ching-An Cheng, Tengyang Xie, and Nan Jiang
Despite increasingly widespread use of machine learning (ML) in all aspects of our lives, a broad class of scenarios still rely on automation designed by people, not artificial intelligence (AI). In real-world applications that involve making sequences of decisions with…
In the news | University of Southampton, Optoelectronics Research Centre
Dr Francesca Parmigiani PhD in the Optical Fibre Communications Group, 2006
"Being able to work in a very dynamic environment, with world-class experts in many aspects of photonics, allowed me to flourish and succeed as a well-recognised scientific expert in my field, opening many career doors." What were your highlights of…
Federated learning is a new collaborative learning method that involves multiple decentralized edge devices to build a privacy-preserving shared data model without exchanging locally bound data. This technique is critical to many real-world scenarios where privacy is an issue, such…
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FedX: Unsupervised Federated Learning with Cross Knowledge Distillation
Federated learning is a new collaborative learning method that involves multiple decentralized edge devices to build a privacy-preserving shared data model without exchanging locally bound data.
Awards | GSA Technology Transformation Services
FarmBeats Chosen as One of Four “Applied AI Challenge” Winners
Enabling AI and Data-driven Precision Agriculture with FarmBeats was 1 of 4 winners of the GSA’s Technology Transformation Services (TTS) Applied AI Challenge. The challenge was created to improve how the federal government applies emerging AI and machine learning (ML)…
In the news | Africa Outlook Magazin
The Digital Acceleration of Africa’s Green Revolution
In partnership with Microsoft, the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has launched its new digital tool, the 'AgriBot'. A catalyst for inclusive agricultural transformation, we find out more in a quickfire Q&A with Senior Programme Officer for…
In the news | IANS
How Microsoft AI is helping India fight heat waves
NEW DELHI: Microsoft President and Vice Chair Brad Smith on Thursday visited SEEDS, a disaster response and preparedness non-profit organisation, which is deploying artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the impact of multiple hazards like cyclones, earthquakes or heat waves in…
In the news | Microsoft Stories
AI is helping vulnerable communities in India better understand heat wave dangers
Heat waves are becoming more common and frequent around the planet. A non-profit is now deploying AI to help vulnerable communities fight its consequences.