Minimizing trial and error in the drug discovery process
| Alex Gaunt, Marc Brockschmidt, and Miltos Allamanis
In 1928, Alexander Fleming accidentally let his petri dishes go moldy, a mistake that would lead to the breakthrough discovery of penicillin and save the lives of countless people. From these haphazard beginnings, the pharmaceutical industry has grown into one…
In the news | Forbes Insights
How AI Can Stop Wildlife Poaching
Forbes 2019 | Interview with Shahrzad Gholami on how she is developing AI applications for social good and how AI can help solve grand societal and environmental challenges.
Machine learning and the learning machine with Dr. Christopher Bishop
Episode 52, November 28, 2018 - Dr. Christopher Bishop talks about the past, present and future of AI research, explains the No Free Lunch Theorem, talks about the modern view of machine learning (or how he learned to stop worrying…
In the news | Medscape
How Microsoft Aims to Help ‘Solve the Problem’ of Cancer
Software giant Microsoft has entered the healthcare arena, and improving cancer care and diagnostics is high on its list, company executives told Medscape Medical News during a recent visit to the Seattle headquarters. One of the company's predictions: "Ten years…
NeurIPS Conference Analytics
The Microsoft Academic Graph makes it possible to gain analytic insights about any of the entities within it: publications, authors, institutions, topics, journals, and conferences. In this series, we present analytic insights about current conferences, which we hope will help you prepare for attending each event. All…
Hyperscale cloud reliability and the art of organic collaboration
What does it take to build one of the most reliable hyperscale clouds on the planet? It clearly requires astronomical investments and a vast organization that operates at global scale in near seamless coordination. Yet the breakthroughs that fuel this…
Great reads from Microsoft Research
Whether you're looking for help in leveling up your user researcher knowledge, or just a quick read to help pass the time, here's a list of books compiled by our user researchers. Enjoy.