In the news | Engineering and Technology
Today Turing's idea has become an important starting point for thinking about systems that build themselves from a basic set of parts.
A year ago, the Microsoft Azure for Research project began as a small effort to help external researchers and scientists (and even Microsoft) understand how the cloud generally—and Microsoft Azure specifically—could accelerate research insights. Microsoft Azure for Research facilitates scholarly…
In the news | The Guardian
Microsoft's GPS-enabled navigation headset provides directions and live transport information, and 'paints a picture of the world through sound.'
In the news | The Telegraph
Microsoft's 3D audio technology means that the sound is directional, so if the attraction in question is several metres ahead to the right, the sound will appear to come from that direction.
Posted by Rob Knies In theory, the logic behind cloud computing seems undeniable: lots of data-center servers providing lots of computing power and storage to lots of customers. It’s the beauty of scale: Everybody wins—right?In practice, as you might guess,…
In recent months, we’ve heard a lot about deep neural networks and deep learning—take Project Adam, for example—and the sometimes eye-popping results they can have in addressing longstanding computing problems. The field of image recognition also is benefiting rapidly from…
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have become one of the hottest trends in higher education, providing access to high-quality classes from such elite universities as Stanford and MIT. MOOCs thus offer a new opportunity for self-directed learning for millions of…
Posted by Rob Knies For years now, Microsoft researchers have been working with academics and scientists to unlock the riddles of quantum computing, a field that aims to merge the mysterious properties of quantum mechanics with computing. If achieved, a…
In the news | Wired Magazine
These abstract artworks weren’t created by an artist — they were painted by an algorithm. These abstract artworks weren’t created by an artist — they were painted by an algorithm.