Ethnography for Artificial Intelligence
An introduction to ethnography for Artificial Intelligence as well as conversational analysis and its relevance to AI.
Fairness in Machine Learning
Machine learning is increasingly being adopted by various domains: governments, credit, recruiting, advertising, and many others. Fairness and equality are critical aspects, especially in light of anti-discriminatory laws in these domains. Opaque machine learning models:…
Computational Pragmatics
Defining pragmatics has not been easy. We discuss the major themes that have been dealt with in the field: The macro perspective: Speech Act Theory The micro perspective: Cooperative Principles and Implicature Merging the macro…
Fundamentals of User Studies
Overview of important methods and techniques applied in user studies from the perspective of academic research, and also from the perspective of product development. The talk is ended with two examples of projects done at…
The Making of Project Sangam
Microsoft Research India started project MEC to understand the adoption of quality educational content in India and how technology can help uplift this adoption rate. The platform saw great adoption in India, Middle East, and…
Automatic Speech Recognition – An Overview
An overview of how Automatic Speech Recognition systems work and some of the challenges.