Abstracts: Zero-shot models in single-cell biology with Alex Lu
The emergence of foundation models has sparked interest in applications to single-cell biology, but when tested in zero-shot settings, they underperform compared to simpler methods. Alex Lu shares insights on why more research on AI…
Abstracts: Aurora with Megan Stanley and Wessel Bruinsma
A new Nature paper explores Aurora, an AI model that redefines weather prediction with application to other environmental domains such as tropical cyclones. Hear from senior researchers Megan Stanley and Wessel Bruinsma as they share…
A Foundation Model for the Earth System
Dion: Distributed Orthonormalized Updates
Collaborators: Healthcare Innovation to Impact
In this discussion, Matthew Lungren, Jonathan Carlson, Smitha Saligrama, Will Guyman, and Cameron Runde explore how teams across Microsoft are working together to generate advanced AI capabilities and solutions for developers and clinicians around the…
Fireside chat with Jeana Jorgensen and Sarah Bird
Dana Bazazeh hosted the WiDS@Microsoft fireside chat with Jeana Jorgensen, Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Learning at Microsoft, and Sarah Bird, Chief Product Officer of Responsible AI at Microsoft. Jeana Jorgensen is the Corporate Vice President of…
Neural Representation Learning in the Wild: Toward Generalizable Representations and Scalable Citizen Science for Brain-Computer Interfaces
This talk will explore how large-scale self-supervised learning, combined with our latest multimodal neurotechnology—the newly released Muse integrating EEG and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS)—and an open citizen science platform, accelerates the development of robust and…