The 20th Northwest Probability Seminar, a one-day mini-conference organized by the University of Washington, the Oregon State University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Oregon, and Microsoft Research, was held on October 20,…
Let G be a finite group, and consider the following \emph{product replacement walk} on the set of generating n-tuples of elements of G: randomly pick two of the n elements, say g and h, and…
The (1d) KPZ universality class contains random growth models, directed random polymers, stochastic Hamilton-Jacobi equations (e.g. the eponymous Kardar-Parisi-Zhang equation). It is characterized by unusual scale of fluctuations, some of which appeared earlier in random…
How do you learn programs? View presentation slides here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Program-Synthesis-SLIDES.pdf
How do you search over architectures? View presentation slides here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Neural-Architecture-Search-SLIDES.pdf
Senior Researcher Nicole Immorlica and Managing Director Jennifer Chayes offer closing remarks for Microsoft Research New England 10th Anniversary Symposium.
Senior Researcher Nicole Immorlica and Deputy Managing Director Christian Borgs offer opening remarks for Microsoft Research New England 10th Anniversary Symposium.
This panel will discuss the role of long-term thinking and theory in research: how does it fit into the big picture, and when is it most useful? The panel is moderated by Robbert Dijkgraaf, who…
