ICSE 2023｜为计算平台的高质量运行保驾护航
ICSE 是软件工程领域公认的权威国际学术顶会。自1975年创办以来，ICSE 大会持续为研究人员和相关从业者输送着软件工程领域中最新的理论创新、技术趋势与研究成果。本届 ICSE 大会接受了多篇来自微软亚洲研究院的成果，在云计算高速发展的当下，更需要研究员们不断深耕，发掘研究洞见，为云平台的高质量运行保驾护航。 论文链接：https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/resea...
Awards | Ivan Tashev receives 2022 IEEE SPS Industrial Innovation Award
Ivan Tashev receives 2023 IEEE SPS Industrial Innovation Award
Dr. Ivan Tashev named recipient of the IEEE Signal Processing society “Industrial Innovation Award” for 2022 with citation “For outstanding contributions to microphone array and speech enhancement systems.”
MIT announced danah boyd is the recipient of the 2022-23 Morison Prize in Science, Technology, and Society (STS). The Morison Prize recognizes an outstanding individual who combines humanistic values with effectiveness in practical affairs, particularly in science and technology. danah…
In the news | Microsoft FLAML on GitHub
Surpassing 1 Million Downloads – A Retrospective and a Look into the Future
This week, FLAML has reached a significant milestone: 1 million downloads. Originating as an intern research project within Microsoft Research, FLAML has grown into an open-source library used widely across the industry and supported by an active community. As we…
Using generative AI to imitate human behavior
| Tim Pearce, Tabish Rashid, Anssi Kanervisto, Dave Bignell, Mingfei Sun, Raluca Stevenson, Sergio Valcarcel Macua, Shanzheng Tan, Ida Momennejad, Katja Hofmann, and Sam Devlin
Diffusion models have been used to generate photorealistic images and short videos, compose music, and synthesize speech. In a new paper, Microsoft Researchers explore how they can be used to imitate human behavior in interactive environments.
Inferring rewards through interaction
| Jessica Maghakian, Akanksha Saran, Cheng Tan, and Paul Mineiro
In reinforcement learning, handcrafting reward functions is difficult and can yield algorithms that don’t generalize well. IGL-P, an interaction-grounded learning strategy, learns personalized rewards for different people in recommender system scenarios.
Awards | Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS)
Lester Mackey named IMS Fellow
Lester Mackey, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research, has been named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). Dr. Mackey received the award for deep theoretical work in statistical machine learning with impactful applications.
In the news | The Times of Israel
Microsoft partners with Start-Up Nation Central to tap Israeli agrifood tech
US tech giant Microsoft has partnered with Start-Up Nation Central to help Israeli agrifood tech startups augment their AI-powered models for sustainable farming solutions and get exposure to global markets. Microsoft and Start-Up Nation Central are working together to identify…
Collaborators: Gov4git with Petar Maymounkov and Kasia Sitkiewicz
| Gretchen Huizinga, Petar Maymounkov, and Kasia Sitkiewicz
Collaboration is key to bringing ideas from lab to life. In the first episode of the #MSRPodcast series “Collaborators,” learn how GitHub’s Kasia Sitkiewicz and Protocol Labs’ Petar Maymounkov are teaming up to make open-source collaborative work better.