In the news | The Economic Times
AI: the access key to inclusion?
Microsoft Research India plans to expand its Shiksha Copilot, aimed at improving learning outcomes with engaging content, with multimodal, multilingual and multi-device dimensions to help teachers with vision impairments create lesson plans. “The possibilities for AI to positively impact accessibility…
In the news | The Seattle Times
Can AI spot the next bomb cyclone far in advance? Microsoft hopes so
Microsoft unveiled Aurora in June, an AI model that draws on atmospheric data. The company said in a blog post introducing the model that a team of researchers developed it to forecast in the most challenging conditions, for regions without…
Rust自动形式化证明、LLMs图模式理解、机械臂动作模仿
编者按：欢迎阅读“科研上新”栏目！“科研上新”汇聚了微软亚洲研究院最新的创新成果与科研动态。在这里，你可以快速浏览研究院的亮点资讯，保持对前沿领域的敏锐嗅觉，同时也能找到先进实用的开源工具。 本期内容速览 01. 自我进化实现Rust自动形式化证明 02. 基于图模式的理解基准测试 03. IGOR: 通过学习统一的动作表示空间让机械臂模仿人类动作 论文链接：https://arxiv.org/p...
Awards | ACM MobiCom
ACM MobiCom Best Community Paper Award
CosMAC won the Best Community Paper Award at ACM MobiCom 2024!
“It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future” – Yogi Berra (perhaps apocryphal) How well can experiments be used to predict the future? At Microsoft’s Experimentation Platform (ExP), we pride ourselves on ensuring the trustworthiness of our experiments.…
Ideas: The journey to DNA data storage
| Karin Strauss, Bichlien Nguyen, Jake Smith, and Sergey Yekhanin
Research manager Karin Strauss and members of the DNA Data Storage Project reflect on the path to developing a synthetic DNA–based system for archival data storage, including the recent open-source release of its most powerful algorithm for DNA error correction.
对话松下康之：以具身智能突破人工智能与物理世界的边界
2024年10月，松下康之（Yasuyuki Matsushita）博士在离开近十年之后重返微软亚洲研究院。再次加入，松下康之有了一个全新的身份——微软亚洲研究院（东京）负责人。在此之前，他曾于2003年至2015年间在微软亚洲研究院任职，主要研究方向包括计算机视觉、机器学习和优化等，随后他转赴大阪大学担任教授。 作为微软研究院全球化战略的一部分，微软亚洲研究院东京实验室的成立将进一步巩固微软研究...
In the news | Microsoft Source
AI agents — what they are, and how they’ll change the way we work
An agent can tackle certain tasks with you or for you, from acting as a virtual project manager to handling more complex assignments like reconciling financial statements to close the books. Microsoft 365 Copilot is already a personal assistant that…
Introducing Yasuyuki Matsushita: Tackling societal challenges with AI at Microsoft Research Asia – Tokyo
Yasuyuki Matsushita rejoins Microsoft to lead the new Microsoft Research Asia - Tokyo lab. Learn more about his journey and his perspective on the Tokyo lab's role in evolution of AI.