Research
Designing technology that is more intuitive, accessible, and useful across the full range of human experiences.
Project Soundscape is a research project that explores the use of innovative audio-based technology to enable people, particularly those with blindness or low vision, to build a richer awareness of their surroundings, thus becoming more…
The explosion of available idea repositories — scientific papers, patents, product descriptions — represents an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate innovation and lead to a wealth of discoveries. Given the scale of the problem and its…
We present SWARM, a wearable affective technology designed to help a user to reflect on their own emotional state, modify their affect, and interpret the emotional states of others. SWARM aims for a universal design…
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) offer a non-verbal and covert way for humans to interact with a machine. They are designed to interpret user’s brain state that can be translated into action or other communication purposes. While…
Dr. Nathalie Riche envisions a future in which all of our data will be accessible, meaningful, compelling and artistic. And as a researcher in human computer interaction and information visualization at Microsoft Research, she’s working…
Microsoft Icecaps is a new open-source NLP toolkit featuring pre-trained models and an emphasis on conversational scenarios
