Imitation learning has proven to be effective for learning sequential decision-making policies directly from expert demonstrations, reducing the need for costly and risky environmental interactions. Behavioral cloning is a simple form of imitation learning and learns a policy by solving…
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AI tool helps detect leprosy using pictures
Ann Aerts, head of the Novartis Foundation, tells us about AI4Leprosy, a diagnostic assistant researchers developed that helps healthcare workers detect leprosy with over 90% accuracy using pictures of a patient’s skin lesion. An international team of scientists — led…
Just Tech: Centering Community-Driven Innovation at the Margins episode 1 with Desmond Patton and Mary L. Gray
In “Just Tech: Centering Community-Driven Innovation at the Margins,” Senior Principal Researcher Mary L. Gray explores how technology and community intertwine and the role technology can play in supporting community-driven innovation and community-based organizations. Dr. Gray and her team are…
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Microsoft to upgrade language translator with new class of AI model
Microsoft is replacing at least some of its natural-language processing systems with a more efficient class of AI model. These transformer-based architectures have been named "Z-code Mixture of Experts." Only parts of these models are activated when they're run since…
In the news | Official Microsoft Blog
Closing the cybersecurity skills gap – Microsoft expands efforts to 23 countries
Cybersecurity continues to be a significant threat for governments, businesses and individuals around the world. From supply chain disruptions to ransomware attacks, cybercriminals have become increasingly sophisticated and the threat landscape more diverse. These cybersecurity challenges are compounded by a…
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Microsoft is working with Nvidia to build confidential GPUs in the cloud
Many organizations, both big and small, utilize the cloud for their data-related needs in storage and AI solutions. In order to secure the privacy and security of sensitive data, it is essential to use confidential computing. For those unaware, this…
Awards | IEEE VR 2022
Mar Gonzalez-Franco receives 2022 IEEE VGTC Significant New Researcher award
Mar Gonzalez-Franco received the 2022 IEEE VGTC Significant New Researcher award in recognition of her research and leadership contributions in the field of Virtual Reality and spatial computing, in particular for her work on Avatars and Haptics. The VGTC Virtual…
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Microsoft wants to bring Nvidia’s GPUs to the cloud to power confidential computing
As part of Microsoft's ongoing commitment to providing a confidential cloud -- where hardware and software can give data owners control over how their data is shared and used -- there's a new announcement relating to Nvidia.
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Interview with the team behind Microsoft’s µTransfer
Recently, researchers – Edward Hu, Greg Yang, Jianfeng Gao from Microsoft, introduced µ-Parametrization, which offers maximal feature learning even in infinite-width limit.