Most videoconferencing platforms enable attendees to post text, images, files, links etc. in a meeting chat pane or window simultaneously with audio/visual (A/V) modalities. remote This parallel chat is typically open to all meeting invitees and flows concurrently with the…
Despite low confidence users comprising a significant percentage of computer users, they tend to be underrepresented in our research channels. If we want less confident users to achieve more (and perhaps increase their confidence), we must include them in our…
Building stronger semantic understanding into text game reinforcement learning agents
| Matthew Hausknecht, Karthik Narasimhan, and Shunyu Yao
AI agents capable of understanding natural language, communicating, and accomplishing tasks hold the promise of revolutionizing the way we interact with computers in our everyday lives. Text-based games, such as the Zork series, act as testbeds for development of novel…
Breakfast at Muriel’s
Hi, I’m Frazier, part of the Quality Assurance team at Microsoft Soundscape. Today I wanted to share a memorable experience that I had while using Soundscape. I was on the train to London Paddington with Steven Abrams, the Quality Assurance…
高睿：行我所爱，做追逐“月亮”的幸运儿
编者按：在微软已有17年开发经验的高睿最感兴趣的工作就是“摆弄代码”。他说：技术开发是我的目标，我愿意在计算机领域继续做下去，一直做到不能做了为止。而微软亚洲研究院独特的文化是他能够安心、专心地研究技术的重要原因，他喜欢这里开放、包容的环境，也喜欢和优秀科研人共同探索的感觉。 “有多少人只是胆怯地抬头看一眼月亮，又继续低头追逐赖以温饱的六便士。”能够一直追逐自己那轮“月亮”的人，何其有幸，可以坚持...
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Hart and Microsoft announce partnership to make elections more secure, verifiable
AUSTIN, Texas, and REDMOND, Wash. — June 3, 2021 — On Thursday, Hart InterCivic and Microsoft Corp. announced a partnership to incorporate ElectionGuard software developed by Microsoft into Hart’s Verity® voting systems. The partnership makes Hart the first major voting…
Econ2: Causal machine learning, data interpretability, and online platform markets featuring Hunt Allcott and Greg Lewis
In this episode, Senior Principal Researcher Dr. Hunt Allcott speaks with Microsoft Research New England office mate and Senior Principal Researcher Dr. Greg Lewis. Together, they cover the connection between causal machine learning and economics research, the motivations of buyers…
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Microsoft’s Azure IoT platform helps make farming greener as well as smarter
Precision agriculture brings sensors, AI, and farming together to deliver better crops with lower environmental impact. Now it's also helping to track carbon.
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Internet of Things Show – Improving IoT sensors data quality with Verified Telemetry
Data is the new oil. Customers are increasingly using sensors to collect data and use that to make critical business decisions. The quality of data drives the quality of decision and outcomes. Verified Telemetry is a new capability offered as…