Leading labs with Dr. Jennifer Chayes
Episode 45, October 10, 2018 - Dr. Chayes shares her passion for the value of undirected inquiry, talks about her unlikely journey from rebel to researcher, and explains how she believes her research philosophy – more botanist than boss –…
In the news | GeekWire
How Microsoft and Adaptive Biotech became ‘a single team’ to build groundbreaking AI diagnostic
Every day, thousands of people cross the 520 bridge between Seattle and Bellevue, Wash. But for some of those people, the daily journey is more than just a commute: It is part of a years-long project to create a completely…
Microsoft Research presents its latest advances in computer systems at OSDI 2018
| Srinath Setty
Researchers from Microsoft Research will present their latest advances in computer systems at the USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation 2018 — the biennial flagship conference for systems research — October 8–10 in Carlsbad, California. These advances cover…
The Microsoft Infer.NET machine learning framework goes open source
| Yordan Zaykov
It isn’t every day that one gets to announce that one of the top-tier cross-platform frameworks for model-based machine learning is open to one and all worldwide. We’re extremely excited today to open source Infer.NET on GitHub under the permissive…
In the news | Microsoft Accessibility Blog
Water Music: Navigating toward increased independence through Soundscape
Imagine you’re paddling on the lake, you feel the warm sun on your face, listen quietly to the calm ripples of the water. You can hear a sound beacon, in 3D, on the water, just in front of you and…
The future is fusion with Asta Roseway
Episode 44, October 3, 2018 - Asta Roseway gives an inside look at one of the most unconventional labs at Microsoft Research. Located at the intersection of science, technology and art, it’s a lab that insists that technology, like art,…
In the news | Forbes
Microsoft Expands AI Offerings At Ignite 2018
Microsoft expanded its AI application footprint at the recent Microsoft Ignite conference in Orlando, regaining the market pole position for usable AI tools—from Outlook 365 to Machine Learning Services on the Microsoft Azure Cloud.