Responsible AI with Dr. Saleema Amershi
There’s an old adage that says if you fail to plan, you plan to fail. But when it comes to AI, Dr. Saleema Amershi, a principal researcher in the Adaptive Systems and Interaction group at Microsoft Research, contends that if…
The personal web: Connecting information for better search and recommendation
| Paul Bennett and Adam Fourney
In the digital era, almost everyone struggles with the mountains of information they have. Every activity in our lives seemingly generates more information: emails, files, receipts, photos—the list goes on. We have trails of digital information from each of our…
Awards | SIGCHI
Susan Dumais receives 2020 SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award
Susan Dumais, Technical Fellow and Director of the Microsoft Research Labs in New England, New York City and Montréal, and adjunct professor at the University of Washington, received the SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award. This is the highest honor awarded in…
Meredith (Merrie) Ringel Morris, Sr. Principal Researcher & Research Manager, and Steven Drucker, Partner Research Manager, were both inducted into the CHI Academy. The CHI Academy is an honorary group of individuals who have made substantial contributions to the field…
In the news | Bilanz | Das Schweizer Wirtschaftsmagazin
Ein Quantum Hype
Die intelligente Brille werde irgendwann das Smartphone ablösen, sagt Marc Pollefeys. Der Professor für Computer-Vision arbeitet mit Hochdruck daran.
In the news | Bilanz | Das Schweizer Wirtschaftsmagazin
Smarte Brille fuer jedermann
Computer Quantentechnologie soll die IT revolutionieren. Die Versprechungen sind riesig, die Probleme ebenfalls.
At Microsoft's annual Hackathon event, designers and researchers come together to design new products and to work on closing the technology gap. Their mission? To address the limits that gamers who are blind or low vision face and create something…
The January website update for Microsoft Academic includes notes on what features we will be working over the next few months and what updates we have made over the holiday season.