Phong Surface: Efficient 3D Model Fitting using Lifted Optimization
Realtime perceptual and interaction capabilities in mixed reality require a range of 3D tracking problems to be solved at low latency on resource-constrained hardware such as head-mounted devices. Indeed, for devices such as HoloLens 2…
Hope Speech and Help Speech: Surfacing Positivity Amidst Hate
Tackling online attacks targeting certain individuals, groups of people, or communities is a major modern-day web challenge. Research efforts in hate speech detection thus far have largely focused on identifying and subsequently filtering out negative…
Harnessing high-fidelity simulation for autonomous systems through AirSim
Robots and autonomous systems are playing a significant role in modern times, in both academic research and industrial applications. Handling the constant variability and uncertainty present in the real world is a major challenge for…
Accessible systems for sign language computation with Dr. Danielle Bragg
Many computer science researchers set their sights on building general AI technologies that could impact hundreds of millions – or even billions – of people. But Dr. Danielle Bragg, a senior researcher at MSR’s New…