Awards | British Computer Society
Ahmed Awadallah awarded the 2020 Karen Sparck Jones Award
Ahmed Awadallah received the 2020 Karen Sparck Jones Award (opens in new tab) presented by the British Computer Society (BCS). This award is given to researchers within 10 years of their PhD who have contributed significantly to information retrieval and/or…
Awards | International Association for Pattern Recognition
Katsu Ikeuchi receives IAPR Fellow Award
Katsushi Ikeuchi received the IAPR Fellow Award 2020 for his fundamental contributions to computer vision applied to robotics and man-machine interaction. The prestigious IAPR Fellow Award was introduced in 1994 and since then is biennially conferred on persons to acknowledge…
In the news | Microsoft Anti-Corruption Technology and Solutions
Tackling corruption with transparency and technology
Part 1: Making a difference with data A fundamental question when attempting to tackle any sufficiently complex problem is, “How can data make a difference?” While this question applies to all problem areas across business, government, and society, it especially…
In the news | Cambridge Independent
Addenbrooke’s and Microsoft Research Cambridge create world first AI technology to speed up radiography preparations
Addenbrooke’s is becoming the first hospital in the world to use artificial intelligence technology from Microsoft to cut waiting times for cancer patients and potentially improve survival rates.
Awards | Indian Academy of Sciences
Manik Varma elected as Indian Academy of Sciences Fellow
Manik Varma was elected as a Fellow (opens in new tab) of the Indian Academy of Sciences 2021.
Written by Aleksander Fabijan (Microsoft), Benjamin Arai (Microsoft), Pavel Dmitriev (Outreach.io), and Lukas Vermeer (Booking.com) At the time when we published the Experimentation Evolution Model in 2017 [1], we never expected such an interest in it. Practitioners from hundreds of…
In the news | customers.microsoft.com
Machine translation speaks Volkswagen – in 40 languages
In the news | The Times of India
Transport min opens automated driving test track in Aurangabad
PATNA: State transport minister Sheela Kumari on Wednesday said that advanced training methods for efficient and transparent testing of candidates aspiring for a driving license would help to reduce road accidents in the state.
Unadversarial examples: Designing objects for robust vision
| Hadi Salman
Many of the items and objects we use in our daily lives were designed with people in mind. In October, the Reserve Bank of Australia put out into the world its redesigned $100 banknote. Some design elements remained the same—such…