Episode 72, April 17, 2019 – We hear a lot these days about “AI for good” and the efforts of many companies to harness the power of artificial intelligence to solve some of our biggest environmental challenges. It’s rare, however, that you find a company willing to bring its environmental bona fides all the way to the C Suite. Well, meet Dr. Lucas Joppa. A former environmental and computer science researcher at MSR who was…
April 2019
Microsoft Research Blog
By Rob Knies, Managing Editor, Microsoft Research How deep is the ocean? Geologically, the answer is straightforward: almost seven miles. This we know from a series of surveys, beginning in the 19th century, of the depth of the Mariana Trench, near Guam in the North Pacific, a boundary between two tectonic plates that is understood to be the deepest point in the world’s oceans. When it comes to understanding what transpires in the ocean, however,…
July 2009
Microsoft Research Blog
People Erin Smith Biofabricationist Erin Smith is an artist whose work focuses on themes of sustainability, waste, and the future of fabrication. Her most recent work has involved bacteria, yeast, and fungi as raw materials, and her recent position as an Artist-in-Residence at Microsoft Research enabled continued experimentation with biomaterial fabrication, and further exploration of the aesthetics and possibilities of sustainable biomaterials in our modern world.
Established: July 26, 2010
SecondLight is a rear projection, optical touch-sensing technology that augments the typical interactions afforded by multi-touch and tangible tabletops with the ability to project and sense both through and beyond the display.
Cindy Kao (cindy-kao), Bichlien Nguyen (bnguy), Asta Roseway (astar), Michael Dickey (michael-dickey)
May 2017
ACM
Rebecca A. Woodgate, Alexander E. Holroyd
October 2011
University of Washington
May 2019
This data set contains 3.7M camera trap images from five locations across the United States, with species-level labels for 28 species. More information about this data set is available in the associated manuscript: Tabak, M. A., Norouzzadeh, M. S., Wolfson, D. W., Sweeney, S. J., VerCauteren, K. C., Snow, N. P., … & Teton, B.…
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May 2019
This data set contains 244,497 images from 140 camera locations in the Southwestern United States, with species-level labels for 22 species, and approximately 66,000 bounding box annotations.
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January 24, 2019
Saket Anand
Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Delhi
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September 23, 2018
Distinguished Scientist, Managing Director Sriram Rajamani
Microsoft Research India
Making critical connections between computing and research to help solve data-intensive scientific challenges Earth and environment research Our Earth, Energy, and Environment collaboration projects focus on the development and adoption of technologies for scientific visualization and data management—especially technologies that accelerate insight in the environmental and earth sciences. Researching and developing technologies for scientific visualization and data management to help accelerate insight and advancements in the environmental and earth sciences. Highlights Layerscape WorldWide Telescope Health…
Since its inception in 2012, the Microsoft Research Artist in Residence Program has hosted a number of artists in residence, including James George, Jason Salavon, Cristina Sirbu, Erin Smith, Aduen Darriba Frederiks, Helene Steiner, and Maja Petrić. The AIR program seeks to build collaborations between researchers/engineers and artists/designers to create beautiful and innovative experiences that inspire new ways of thinking about existing and future scientific challenges.
The AI Centre Postdoctoral Fellow position at Microsoft Research India offers an opportunity for selected candidates to have a hands-on experience in understanding societal problems, identifying feasible solutions, and dealing with challenges in deploying such solutions. Fellows are expected to contribute to various aspects of a project lifecycle spanning ideation, implementation, evaluation, and deployment. Candidates must also be able to collaborate effectively with other researchers, product development teams and external collaborators.
