Artificial Intelligence
Pursuing computing advances to create intelligent machines that complement human reasoning to augment and enrich our experience and competencies.
Publication
Bandits with Switching Costs: T 2/3 Regret
Microsoft Research Blog
Enabling Cross-Lingual Conversations in Real Time
Sometimes, a dream needs but a nudge to propel it toward reality. That is exactly what Eric Rudder and Peter Lee delivered to Microsoft’s Machine Translation team about a year ago. Rudder, then Microsoft’s chief…
Project
Real-Time RGB-D Camera Relocalization
We introduce an efficient camera relocalization approach which can be easily integrated into real-time 3D reconstruction methods, such as KinectFusion. Our approach makes use of compact encoding of whole image frames which enables both online…
Video
Skype Translator: Breaking down language barriers
Peter Lee, Microsoft Research VP, shares insights and a sneak peek into the Skype Translator, derived from decades of research in speech recognition, automatic translation, and machine learning technologies. The Skype Translator is now being…
Project
Benchmark for Robotic Indoor Navigation
An experimental protocol for evaluating autonomous navigation systems in indoor environments. Introduction Robot navigation is one of the most studied problems in robotics and the key capability for robot autonomy. Navigation techniques have become more…
Publication
Neural Network Dropout Training
Event
Latin American Faculty Summit 2014
Microsoft Research hosted the ninth annual Latin American Faculty Summit in Viña del Mar, Chile, May 7 to 9, 2014. The theme of the 2014 summit was Advancing Science and Technology Through Computing Research.
Group
Algorithms and Data Sciences
“Big Data” is currently an explosive phenomenon, triggered by proliferation of data in ever increasing volumes, rates, and variety. The Big Data revolution changes the perspective of many research areas in how they address both…