Leveraging Loanword Constraints for Improving Machine Translation in Low-resource Settings
Translating from high-resource to low-resource languages like Emakhuwa remains a challenge due to limited parallel data, orthographic variation, and frequent loanwords and code-switching. In this talk Felermino will discuss how to apply lexicon-guided neural machine…
Technical Program Manager – MSR India
Microsoft Research India (MSR India) is a leading research lab advancing innovation across the research areas like Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning, Theory, Technology & Empowerment and Systems. We are seeking a Technical Program Manager (TPM)…
The Illusion of Inclusion How LLMs Misrepresent African Languages and Cultural Contexts
Multilingual LLMs have become so powerful, yet African languages remain misrepresented. Despite the progress in African NLP, driven by community-led initiatives, LLMs continue to misrepresent African languages and the meanings they convey. In this talk,…
Microsoft Research India – The lab culture
Watch the founder, former and current leaders, and researchers at the Microsoft Research India lab talk about its unique culture. They reflect on their journeys, growth, and what makes the lab such a great place…
Microsoft Research India – The evolution
Learn about Microsoft Research India’s journey from its inception to becoming a leading research center in computer science in India.
Building Better Language Models Through Global Understanding
Modern language models have achieved remarkable capabilities in English, but human knowledge and experience span thousands of languages, each encoding unique perspectives and problem-solving approaches. From the algorithmic precision required to handle Arabic’s root-pattern morphology…
Against Softmaxing Culture: Understanding Relational Practices in Expert and Ordinary Forms of Work
What can human-AI interaction research learn from the practices of fundi wa simu (phone repair technicians)? In this talk, Daniel will show how everyday practices of collaboration and exchange are structured by multiple and overlapping…
Extending ClimaX for Flood Forecasting
This video showcases the innovative work by the Microsoft Research Africa, Nairobi team on improving flood forecasting in Rwanda. By enhancing the ClimaX model, a transformer-based weather and climate model, the team aims to predict…
Research Focus: Week of May 7, 2025
In this issue: New research on compound AI systems and causal verification of the Confidential Consortium Framework; release of Phi-4-reasoning; enriching tabular data with semantic structure, and more.