Awards | National Academy of Engineering
Mary Czerwinski elected to the National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 111 new members and 22 international members, including Mary Czerwinski, “For the application of psychological principles to the design and understanding of human computer interaction.” Election to National Academy of Engineering membership…
Awards | National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Gary J. Sullivan, Chair of SC 29 Multimedia Standardization, Congratulates SC 29’s MPEG Systems Group on Two More Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards
MPEG Systems, Working Group 3 of the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 organization led by Gary Sullivan, Principal Standards Program Manager, is being recognized this year by the National Academy for Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) with two Technology & Engineering…
Using reinforcement learning to identify high-risk states and treatments in healthcare
| Mehdi Fatemi, Taylor Killian, and Marzyeh Ghassemi
As the pandemic overburdens medical facilities and clinicians become increasingly overworked, the ability to make quick decisions on providing the best possible treatment is even more critical. In urgent health situations, such decisions can mean life or death. However, certain…
Advancing AI trustworthiness: Updates on responsible AI research
| Mihaela Vorvoreanu and Kathy Walker
Inflated expectations around the capabilities of AI technologies may lead people to believe that computers can’t be wrong. The truth is AI failures are not a matter of if but when. AI is a human endeavor that combines information about…
In the news | MICROSOFT AZURE BLOG
The intersection of edge computing, telecommunications networks, and the cloud
Microsoft believes the telecom edge is the catalyst creating a new world where the telecom and cloud industries join forces to eliminate duplication while creating a new era of latency-sensitive applications and services. In this article, we focus on what’s…
In the news | EricHorvitz.com
A Milestone Reached
Strong democracies are built on an informed and compassionate citizenry. Disinformation campaigns, designed to mislead, persuade, and sow division, can disrupt our understandings, and fan the flames of discontent. We just hit a significant milestone in technologies that can bring…
In the news | Financial Times
Three ways to ensure health tech innovation benefits all
As digital technologies become widespread in our lives, they have enormous potential to influence health and wellbeing. To get the most out of them, we need a new form of innovation focused on those who face the toughest barriers. And…
Microsoft’s Experimentation Platform (ExP) provides a platform used by product teams across Microsoft to run 1,000s of A/B tests every month. From a product perspective this means that we have a big responsibility both as a steward for data-driven decision-making…