In the news | Cyberscoop
From the NSA to Silicon Valley, a new kind of encryption is going commercial
Encryption as we know it is on the brink of a major advancement: Mathematics teams Microsoft and a range of startup firms are pushing ahead with research that could make it possible for technology companies to encrypt data while it's…
In the news | Microsoft Innovation Stories
With Code Jumper, experts look to jumpstart computer science interest for kids who are blind
WORCESTER, United Kingdom — It’s a warm day in early June and a group of students have gathered in the IT classroom at New College Worcester to show off their coding skills. But instead of poking at tablet screens or…
AAAI Conference Analytics
The Microsoft Academic Graph makes it possible to gain analytic insights about any of the entities within it: publications, authors, institutions, topics, journals, and conferences. In this series, we present analytic insights about current conferences, which we hope will help you prepare for attending each event. All…
Winning combination: 2019 Microsoft Research Ada Lovelace and PhD Fellowships support top talent
| Sandy Blyth
Microsoft Research is proud to announce the 2019 winners of the Ada Lovelace Fellowship and PhD Fellowship. The Ada Lovelace Fellowship is a new fellowship for Microsoft Research, established to support diverse talent getting doctorates in computing-related fields by providing…
Microsoft Ability Initiative: A collaborative quest to innovate in image captioning for people who are blind or with low vision
| Meredith Ringel Morris
Microsoft is committed to pushing the boundaries of technology to improve and positively influence all parts of society. Recent advances in deep learning and related AI techniques have resulted in significant strides in automated image captioning. However, current image captioning…
Building contextually intelligent assistants with Dr. Paul Bennett
Episode 59, January 16, 2019 - Dr. Bennett brings us up to speed on the science of contextually intelligent assistants, explains how what we think our machines can do actually shapes what we expect them to do, and shares how…