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Microsoft Research Blog
Data Formulator: A concept-driven, AI-powered approach to data visualization
Visualization is vital for understanding complex data, but existing tools require “tidy data,” adding extra steps. Learn how Data Formulator transforms concepts into visuals, promoting collaboration between analysts and AI agents.
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AI and the Future of Work in Africa
Bringing together thought-leaders from across the continent to discuss the opportunities and challenges presented by generative AI in the future of work in Africa.
Project
Kahani
Kahani: Visual Storytelling is a research prototype that allows the user to create visually striking and culturally nuanced images just by describing them in their local languages.
Microsoft Research Blog
Research Focus: Week of October 23, 2023
In this issue: Kosmos-2.5: A Multimodal Literate Model; Can vine copulas explain complex relationships of weather variables; New system accelerates the adaptive training process; Structural inequalities and relational labor in the influencer industry.
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Abstracts: October 23, 2023
Today on “Abstracts,” Partner Research Manager Andy Gordon & Senior Researcher Carina Negreanu explore new work introducing co-audit, a term for any tool-assisted experience that helps users of generative AI find and fix mistakes in…
Microsoft Research Blog
Understanding the user: How the Enterprise System Usability Scale aligns with user reality
This position research paper was presented at the 26th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (opens in new tab) (CSCW 2023), a premier venue for research on the design and use of…
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