编者按：在刚刚结束的由 KDD Cup 2021 和 Open Graph Benchmark 官方联合举办的第一届 OGB Large-Scale Challenge 中，来自微软亚洲研究院的研究员和大连理工大学等高校的实习生们通过借鉴 Transformer 模型的思路，创新性地提出了可应用于图结构数据的 Graphormer 模型，在大规模分子性质预测任务中击败了全球包括 DeepMind...
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Mathematicians welcome computer-assisted proof in ‘grand unification’ theory
Proof-assistant software handles an abstract concept at the cutting edge of research, revealing a bigger role for software in mathematics. Peter Scholze wants to rebuild much of modern mathematics, starting from one of its cornerstones. Now, he has received validation…
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Designing the New Hybrid Meeting Experience—for Everyone
How teams from across Microsoft worked together to help remote and in-person workers see eye to eye. It began with a couple of folding tables from Costco. In November, Greg Baribault, a product leader for Microsoft Teams, and his colleague…
In the news | Protocol
How Microsoft designed a radical future for hybrid meetings
We should probably start by talking about the table. It's a long, wooden conference room table, much like the ones in every office everywhere, but three things about it stand out. All the chairs are on the same side of…
SOLOIST: Pairing transfer learning and machine teaching to advance task bots at scale
| Baolin Peng, Chunyuan Li, Jinchao Li, Lars Liden, and Jianfeng Gao
The increasing use of personal assistants and messaging applications has spurred interest in building task-oriented dialog systems (or task bots) that can communicate with users through natural language to accomplish a wide range of tasks, such as restaurant booking, weather…
Econ4: Uncovering how decision-making shapes individuals and society through behavioral public economics featuring Evan Rose and Hunt Allcott
In this episode, Senior Principal Researcher Hunt Allcott talks with Postdoctoral Researcher Evan Rose about Allcott’s work exploring the everyday decisions people face, like buying fuel-efficient cars or taking out payday loans, and how a clearer understanding of these decisions…
Delight might seem like an unimportant component, but it is the icing on the cake of a remarkable customer experience. For me and my team, delivering delightful UX requires us to collectively reimagine every experience we build. Delightful UX isn’t just a bolt on, and…
In the news | Future from a16z
On Workplace Productivity
What does it mean to be productive? At the beginning of the pandemic, when many workers went remote, some managers were tempted to start counting things — whether hours, objects, or other things. But they’re about 100 years and two…
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Going Hybrid? What will the future workplace look like?
SEATTLE — "Well, we're going to need to be really flexible about thinking about our workspaces as we move forward,” Jaime Teevan, chief scientist for Microsoft’s experiences and devices said. “And actually, you see, something like two-thirds of businesses are…