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Machine Learning Estimation of Heterogeneouse Treatement Effects: the Microsoft EconML Library Talk
One of the biggest promises of machine learning is the automation of decision making in a multitude of application domains. A core problem that arises in most data-driven personalized decision scenarios is the estimation of heterogeneous treatment effects: what is…
(Th)Inking with data — tapping into the potential of the digital pen
| Nathalie Henry Riche
Whether at work or at home, people are regularly gathering and interpreting information to build their base of knowledge and gain a deeper understanding of the world around them. In this endeavor, they encounter data in many shapes and forms—lines…
Introducing TORC: A rigid haptic controller that renders elastic objects
| Mar Gonzalez Franco and Eyal Ofek
Oxymorons of haptics might be the new normal Consumer virtual reality (VR) systems can immerse users in wonderous virtual worlds, rich in sights and sounds. However, how many times have you reached for an object in VR or augmented reality…
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Microsoft’s Azure Cognitive Services adds reinforcement learning for recommendations and doodle recognition AI
Microsoft has released Decision, a suite of decision-making recommendations, automated transcription services, and AI that recognizes and digitizes drawings. The suite will include Personalizer, a reinforcement learning service for recommendations or personalization designed to improve user engagement.
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Microsoft’s TORC will let you feel squeezable objects in AR and VR
Focusing on potential AR and VR applications, Microsoft researchers today announced TORC, short for Touch Rigid Controller, a small, physically solid device that uses haptics to replicate the elasticity of squeezed objects.
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Microsoft makes a push to simplify machine learning
Continuing its strategy of democratizing access to AI, Microsoft released new machine learning products that range from no-code tools to hosted notebooks, with a number of new APIs and other services in-between.
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Microsoft extends its Cognitive Services with personalization service, handwriting recognition APIs and more
Microsoft's new pre-built machine learning models for its Cognitive Services platform include an API for building personalization features, a form recognizer for automating data entry, a handwriting recognition API, and an enhanced speech recognition service that focuses on transcribing conversations.
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Microsoft’s Azure Cognitive Services adds reinforcement learning for recommendations and doodle recognition AI
Microsoft is introducing new ways to deploy AI with Azure Cognitive Services, its prebuilt service to make it easier for people without the technical knowledge of a machine learning engineer or data scientist…
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Microsoft extends its Cognitive Services with personalization service, handwriting recognition APIs and more
As part of its rather bizarre news dump before its flagship Build developer conference next week, Microsoft today announced a slew of new pre-built machine learning models for its Cognitive Services platform. These include an API...