Research at Microsoft 2020: Addressing the present while looking to the future
Microsoft researchers pursue the big questions about what the world will be like in the future and the role technology will play. Not only do they take on the responsibility of exploring the long-term vision of their research, but they…
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Microsoft commits more than $110M in additional support for nonprofits, workers and schools in Washington state
As our community heads into the 10th month of Covid-related shutdowns and restrictions, we must move swiftly to reignite the local economy and ensure the safety of those who are key to the region’s recovery. As part of Microsoft’s continued…
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Microsoft Puts Money, Tech Behind Helping Washington Workers, Nonprofits, Schools
Redmond-based Microsoft Corp. yesterday committed to spending an additional $110 million-plus to help Washington state recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding will go toward paying the wages of local vendors affected by the closure of the company’s massive campus and…
A/B Testing Across Products
Imagine a purely hypothetical scenario where the Bing team wants to implement an icon that allows customers to view content in Microsoft News. Imagine that the Bing team, not knowing how this would affect user experience, wants to A/B test…
‘Seeing’ on tiny battery-powered microcontrollers with RNNPool
| Oindrila Saha, Shikhar Jaiswal, Aayan Kumar, Harsha Simhadri, and Prateek Jain
Computer vision has rapidly evolved over the past decade, allowing for such applications as Seeing AI, a camera app that describes aloud a person’s surroundings, helping those who are blind or have low vision; systems that can detect whether a…
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Microsoft: Turning Excel into a Turing-complete programming language
Excel might be the world's most widely used programming language; Microsoft is on a journey to turn it into a better and more powerful programming language, without losing what makes it Excel.
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Microsoft: Turning Excel into a Turing-complete programming language
Excel might be the world's most widely used programming language; Microsoft is on a journey to turn it into a better and more powerful programming language, without losing what makes it Excel. Spreadsheets do more than just calculations; they help…
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Microsoft Is Going Big On Reinforcement Learning. Here’s How
When it comes to research in new-age technologies, Microsoft has been striving hard to stay ahead of its competitors. From recommendations to gaming, the tech giant has been using popular techniques like reinforcement learning to create efficient products for customers that match their interests.