Artificial Intelligence
Pursuing computing advances to create intelligent machines that complement human reasoning to augment and enrich our experience and competencies.
Project
Conversational Intelligence
Intelligent agents that can handle human language play a growing role in personalized, ubiquitous computing and the everyday use of devices. Agents need to be able to communicate and collaborate with humans in ways that…
Microsoft Research Blog
Watch the livestream of the 2017 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit—The Edge of AI
By Evelyne Viegas, Program Co-Chair of Faculty Summit and Director, Microsoft We are looking forward to another informative Microsoft Research Faculty Summit (July 17-18, 2017) where this year’s theme is The Edge of AI. The event…
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Design – On the Human Side
This session addresses what is human about artificial intelligence. The session will inspect this question from three very different perspectives. Alex Taylor will discuss human perspectives on AI; Anab Jain will comment on how design…
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Probabilistic Machine Learning and AI
How can a machine learn from experience? Probabilistic modelling provides a mathematical framework for understanding what learning is, and has therefore emerged as one of the principal approaches for designing computer algorithms that learn from…
Group
Next Generation Productivity
The Productivity group focuses on maintaining Microsoft’s leadership in workplace productivity. Our group leverages recent advances in artificial intelligence, the increasing availability of data, and emerging platforms that offer low-friction ways for people to connect.…
Publication
Robust Optimization for Non-Convex Objectives
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Video Abstract: Zo AI
Zo is a sophisticated machine conversationalist with the personality of a 22-year-old with #friendgoals. She hangs out on Kik and Facebook and is always interested in a casual conversation with her growing crowd of human…
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Video Abstract: Project Malmo – Experimentation Platform for the Next Generation of AI Research
Project Malmo is an open source AI experimentation platform that supports fundamental AI research. With the platform, Microsoft provides an experimentation environment in which promising approaches can be systematically and easily compared, and that fosters…
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Video Abstract: Microsoft Translator live
Microsoft Translator live enables users to hold translated conversations across two or more languages, with up to 100 participants participating at the same time using PowerPoint, iOS, Android, Windows and web endpoints. Businesses, retail stores,…
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Video Abstract: InstaFact—Bringing Knowledge to Office Apps
This demo shows how InstaFact brings the information and intelligence of the Satori knowledge graph into Microsoft’s productivity software. InstaFact can automatically complete factual information in the text a user is writing or can verify…
