Human-computer interaction
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Office of Applied Research
The Office of Applied Research is helping to ensure that Microsoft is doing cutting edge research towards our core product interests, supporting the applied research community within Microsoft, and building bridges between product groups and…
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Microsoft Rocketbox avatar library
The Microsoft Rocketbox Avatar library consists of 115 characters and avatars fully rigged and with high definition that was developed over the course of 10 years. The diversity of the characters and the quality of…
Video
Designing Computer Vision Algorithms to Describe the Visual World to People Who Are Blind or Low Vision
A common goal in computer vision research is to build machines that can replicate the human vision system (for example, detect an object or scene category, describe an object or scene, or locate an object).…
Webinar
Designing computer vision algorithms to describe the visual world to people who are blind or low vision webinar
In this webinar with Dr. Danna Gurari, Assistant Professor in the School of Information at University of Texas at Austin, and Dr. Ed Cutrell, Senior Principal Researcher in the Microsoft Research Ability Group, learn how…
Project
Multi-Domain Task-Completion Dialog Challenge II
As part of the Ninth Dialog System Technology Challenge (DSTC9), Microsoft Research and Tsinghua University are hosting Multi-domain Task-oriented Dialog Challenge II, aiming to solve two tasks in the multi-domain task completion setting. End-to-end…
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Microsoft Rocketbox Avatar Library
The Microsoft Rocketbox Avatar library consists of 115 characters and avatars fully rigged and with high definition that was developed over the course of 10 years. The diversity of the characters and the quality of…
Microsoft Research Blog
Data-driven insights for more effective, personalized care in online mental health interventions
Increases in the occurrence and global effect of mental illness have made the prevention and treatment of mental health problems a public health priority. To address the need for more access to mental health treatment,…
