Making ‘micromoments’ work for you
| Shamsi Iqbal
Imagine you’ve been asked to write a crucial document for your company, perhaps a detailed outline of its long-term strategy. You’re excited, but don’t know when you’ll find the time to write it. As you sit in a meeting later…
In the news | Microsoft Research Blog
Making “micromoments” work for you
The concept of microtasks is not new and is most commonly associated with crowdwork. In crowdwork, tasks are short and independent in nature, and workers don't have to worry about how the tasks are created or how they contribute to…
This blog is part 1 of a 3-part series where we will introduce the changes that have been made in this iteration of the site and highlight the search experience, and new data insights. In today’s blog, we will cover…
Holograms, spatial anchors and the future of computer vision with Dr. Marc Pollefeys
Episode 71, April 10, 2019 - On today’s podcast, Dr. Pollefeys brings us up to speed on the latest in computer vision research, including his innovative work with Azure Spatial Anchors, tells us how devices like Kinect and HoloLens may…
Rapidly enabling autonomy at scale with simulation
| Ashish Kapoor
Autonomous Systems have attracted a lot of attention as they promise to improve efficiency, reduce cost and most importantly take on tasks that are too dangerous for humans. However, building a real-world autonomous system that would operate safely at scale…
In the news | Counterfactual
Introduction to EconML Packages (meta-learners)
In recent years, research in the fusion of econometrics and machine learning has been booming. For example, related Tutorials are held in KDD2018 and NeurIPS2018. As one of the trends, Microsoft Research has published a package called EconML, and I…