Research
Driving advances in hardware, devices, and cyber-physical systems that expand the possibilities of computing.
Technology solutions for accessibility have long been created using a narrow utilitarian lens, especially in the Global South due to multi-dimensional challenges and resource constraints—an emphasis on purely functional outcomes supported by sterile cost-benefit analysis…
Model maker and fabricator Lex Story helps bring research to life through prototyping. He discusses his take on failure; the encouragement and advice that has supported his pursuit of art and science; and the sabbatical…
As industries increasingly rely on AI models and complex optimization, computing demands are soaring—just as digital hardware reaches its limits. To meet this challenge, Microsoft Research has developed the Analog Optical Computer (AOC): the world’s first unconventional…
Dr. Pascal O. Zinn, MD, PhD, FAANS Dr. Zinn will discuss his experience leveraging state-of-the-art techniques for decoding the human brain during awake surgeries and complex brain tumor removals. Utilizing electrical brain stimulation, electrocorticography (ECoG)…
Printed circuit boards are abundant—in the stuff we use and in landfills. Researcher Jake Smith and professor Aniruddh Vashisth discuss the development of vitrimer-based PCBs that perform comparably to traditional PCBs but have less environmental…
Host conference: 23rd ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (opens in new tab) June 17-20, 2024 This workshop will bring together researchers and educators to imagine a future of low-cost, widely available digital making for children,…
In this issue: RELEVANCE automatically evaluates creative LLM responses; Recyclable vitrimer-based printed circuit boards; Lean Attention: Hardware-aware scalable attention mechanism; WaveCoder: a fine-tuned code LLM; New AutoGen training course.
Principal PM Manager Weishung Liu shares how a career delivering products and customer experiences aligns with her love of people and storytelling and how—despite efforts to defy the expectations that come with growing up in…
