In the news | VICE/Motherboard
Immersing yourself in an alternative universe is VRâs selling point. But how do the avatars that populate these worlds impact our experiences and our behaviour?
A key tenet of AI research states that intelligent machines should be able to make decisions and learn from environmental feedback similar to humans. To this end, much effort has been made in the area of reinforcement learning (RL). Despite…
By John Roach, Writer, Microsoft Research Eight computer scientists at Microsoft research labs around the world have been honored as Fellows of the Association of Computing Machinery, the world’s largest computing society. The organization also named five Microsoft researchers to…
Awards | ACM
Eight computer scientists at Microsoft research labs around the world have been honored as Fellows of the Association of Computing Machinery (opens in new tab), the world’s largest computing society. The honors recognize the individuals’ significant contributions and impact to computer…
In the news | ACM
The 2016 Fellows have been cited for numerous contributions in areas including cloud computing, computer security, data science, Internet routing and security, large-scale distributed computing, mobile computing, spoken-language processing and theoretical computer science.
Five Microsoft researchers have been named as Distinguished Members of the Association of Computing Machinery (opens in new tab), the world’s largest computing society. The honors recognize the individuals’ significant contributions and impact to computer science across a range of…
In the news | Asia Faculty Summit
Gaining an in-depth understanding of users is critical for building artificial intelligence systems. With the rapid development of positioning, sensing and social networking technologies, large quantities of human behavioral data are now readily available.
In the news | Huffington Post
Desney Tan: Students and young professionals often ask: "What do I have to do to be successful?" "What do I have to do to have a good life?" It's an amazingly important question. It's a profound question and one that…
In the news | GeekWire
By 2027 we will have ubiquitous virtual reality systems that will provide such rich multisensorial experiences that will be capable of producing hallucinations which blend or alter perceived reality. Using this technology, humans will retrain, recalibrate and improve their perceptual…