{"id":1014303,"date":"2024-03-26T08:16:25","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T15:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=1014303"},"modified":"2024-07-10T12:08:39","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T19:08:39","slug":"iclr-2024","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/iclr-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft at ICLR 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft is proud to be a sponsor of <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/iclr.cc\/Conferences\/2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The International Conference on Learning Representatives (ICLR)<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. This premier gathering of professionals is dedicated to the advancement of the branch of artificial intelligence called representation learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ICLR is globally renowned for presenting and publishing\u202fcutting-edge research on all aspects of deep learning used in the fields of artificial intelligence, statistics and data science, as well as important application areas such as machine vision, computational biology, speech recognition, text understanding, gaming, and robotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:0; padding-top:0\" class=\"wp-block-msr-immersive-section alignfull row has-background has-lighter-gray-background-color has-text-color has-black-color wp-block-msr-immersive-section\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-msr-immersive-section__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"best-paper-award-at-llm-agents-workshop\">Best Paper Award at LLM Agents Workshop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft Research is thrilled to celebrate the exceptional work recognized with the Best Paper Award at ICLR 2024 LLM Agents Workshop. 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This series explores recent research advances, bold new ideas, and important discussions with the global research community. Register to attend upcoming episodes and watch previous episodes available on demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a data-bi-type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/researchforum.microsoft.com\/?OCID=msr_researchforum_Accelerator_ICLR_conference_webpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"microsoft-booth-schedule\">Microsoft booth schedule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Stop by our&nbsp;booth&nbsp;to chat with our experts, see demos of our latest research and find out about&nbsp;career opportunities&nbsp;with Microsoft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Tuesday, May 7<\/th><th>Session title<\/th><th>Speaker(s)<\/th><th>Session type<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>09:30 &#8211; 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