PipeDream: A more effective way to train deep neural networks using pipeline parallelism
| Amar Phanishayee
Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have facilitated tremendous progress across a range of applications, including image classification, translation, language modeling, and video captioning. DNN training is extremely time-consuming, needing efficient multi-accelerator parallelization. In “PipeDream: Generalized Pipeline Parallelism for DNN Training,” published…
Awards | International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
Microsoft researchers recognized for great impact on ISSRE community
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, the ISSRE committee promoted an initiative to identify the most influential papers, called “Highlights from 30 years of ISSRE”. Putting It All Together: Using Socio-technical Networks to…
In the news | Fierce Healthcare
Microsoft announces cancer research project with The Jackson Laboratory
Announced Sunday, Jackson Laboratory researchers developed a tool called the Clinical Knowledgebase, or CKB, using Microsoft AI to help the global medical and scientific communities keep up with the sheer volume of data generated by advances in genomic research. (Microsoft)
In the news | Geekwire
Microsoft and Jackson Lab tackle cancer genetics with ‘human-computer symbiosis’
The rise of therapies that target tumors based on their genetic profile is revolutionizing how we treat cancer. It’s also creating a data overload. Around 17 million people are diagnosed with cancer each year, and hundreds of cancer studies are…
In the news | The AI Blog
Cancer researchers embrace AI to accelerate development of precision medicine
Biomedical researchers are embracing artificial intelligence to accelerate the implementation of cancer treatments that target patients’ specific genomic profiles, a type of precision medicine that in some cases is more effective than traditional chemotherapy and has fewer side effects.
In the news | Wallpaper
Jenny Sabin’s brainy AI sculpture learns to smile at Microsoft HQ
Pioneering mathematician Ada Lovelace inspires the giant, semi-sentient being that has landed in Microsoft's Redmond campus.
In the news | Microsoft Industry Blogs
Microsoft for Healthcare: new people, products, and partnerships
In healthcare and life sciences, advances in research and technology development are providing a deeper understanding of human health and leading to more effective ways to prevent and treat disease. At the same time, the shifting landscape of the business…
From blank canvas unfolds a scene: GAN-based model generates and modifies images based on continual linguistic instruction
| Shikhar Sharma
When people create, it’s not very often they achieve what they’re looking for on the first try. Creating—whether it be a painting, a paper, or a machine learning model—is a process that has a starting point from which new elements…
Machine teaching, LUIS and the democratization of custom AI with Dr. Riham Mansour
Machine learning is a powerful tool that enables conversational agents to provide general question-answer services. But in domains with more specific taxonomies – or simply for requests that are longer and more complicated than “Play Baby Shark” – custom conversational…