{"id":1015125,"date":"2024-03-22T07:42:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T14:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&p=1015125"},"modified":"2024-07-04T06:33:29","modified_gmt":"2024-07-04T13:33:29","slug":"swiss-joint-research-centre-spring-workshop","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/swiss-joint-research-centre-spring-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Swiss Joint Research Centre | Spring Workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

This was an invite-only workshop.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 10th<\/sup> Swiss Joint Research Centre Workshop brought together PhD students and postdocs working on collaborative research engagements with Microsoft via the Microsoft Swiss Research Centre their academic and Microsoft supervisors as well as the wider research community. This event continued in the tradition of the annual Swiss JRC Workshops<\/a>. PhD students and postdocs presented project updates and discussed their research with their supervisors and other attendants. In addition, Microsoft speakers will provided updates on relevant Microsoft projects and initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Microsoft\u2019s Event Code of Conduct<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft\u2019s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. This includes virtual events Microsoft hosts and participates in, where we seek to create a respectful, friendly, and inclusive experience for all participants. As such, we do not tolerate harassing or disrespectful behavior, messages, images, or interactions by any event participant, in any form, at any aspect of the program including business and social activities, regardless of location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We do not tolerate any behavior that is degrading to any gender, race, sexual orientation or disability, or any behavior that would violate Microsoft\u2019s Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination Policy, Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, or Standards of Business Conduct<\/a>. In short, the entire experience must meet our culture standards. We encourage everyone to assist in creating a welcoming and safe environment. Please report (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> any concerns, harassing behavior, or suspicious or disruptive activity. Microsoft reserves the right to ask attendees to leave at any time at its sole discretion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Report a concern<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

*agenda may be subject to change<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 1 I April 9, 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Time CET (UTC+1)<\/th>Agenda<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
11:00<\/td>Welcome & Introductions<\/strong>
Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
11:10<\/td>Azure Research in Confidential Computing<\/strong> [Slides<\/a>]
Cedric Fournet, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
11:40<\/td>Software-Inspired Techniques for Digital Hardware Security<\/strong>
Flavien Solt, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
12:00<\/td>Lunch Break<\/td><\/tr>
12:45<\/td>Tyche: Rethinking Trust in Systems<\/strong> [Slides<\/a>]
Charley Castes, EPFL<\/td><\/tr>
13:05<\/td>Security Monitors on RISC-V<\/strong>
Mark Kuhne, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
13:25<\/td>Protecting the ICRC on the Cloud<\/strong>
Ivan Puddu, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
13:45<\/td>TRUST & PRIVACY – Swiss Perspective<\/strong>
Marc Holitscher, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
14:10<\/td>Fundamentally Understanding DRAM Reliability & Enabling Fast and Secure Memory<\/strong> [Slides<\/a>]
Giray Yaglikci, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
14:30<\/td>Coffee Break (Foyer)<\/td><\/tr>
15:15<\/td>Generation of a synthetic dataset for learning physics-based optimal inference of 4D flow MRI
<\/strong>Pietro Dirix, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
15:35<\/td>Accelerating Foundation Models Research<\/strong>
Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
16:00<\/td>Invariant Federated Learning: Decentralized Training of Robust Privacy-Preserving Models
<\/strong>Valentin Hartmann, EPFL<\/td><\/tr>
16:20<\/td>Close Day 1<\/strong>
Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
18:00<\/td>Dinner, L\u00b4Oro di Napoli <\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Day 2 I April 10, 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Time CET (UTC+1)<\/th>Agenda<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
9:00<\/td>Welcome & Introductions
<\/strong>Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
9:10<\/td>Transforming the Natural Sciences with AI<\/strong>
Bonnie Kruft, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
09:35<\/td>Neural Quantum States for Electronic Structure of materials
<\/strong>Gabriel Pescia, EPFL<\/td><\/tr>
10:00<\/td>Modeling Retrosynthesis with Markov Bridges<\/strong> [Slides<\/a>]
Arne Scheuing, EPFL<\/td><\/tr>
10:20<\/td>Probabilistic Data Structures in Adversarial Settings
<\/strong>Mia Filic, ETH Zurich [Slides<\/a>]<\/td><\/tr>
10:40<\/td>Coffee Break (Foyer)<\/td><\/tr>
11:00<\/td>Collaborative Human Robot Motion Planning with Mixed Reality
<\/strong>Florian Kennel-Maushart, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
11:20<\/td>Smart Controllable Models (SCM)<\/strong> [Slides<\/a>]
Gherardi Beno\u00eet Valentin, Friedrich Wilke Grosche, Zen Wei, EPFL<\/td><\/tr>
11:40<\/td>Digitalization of Clothed Humans with Expressive Behaviors from Videos<\/strong> [Slides<\/a>]
Chen Guo, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
12:00<\/td>Mixed Reality for Shared Autonomy
<\/strong>Mike Allenspach, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
12:20<\/td>Intelligent Software Adaptation to Improve Wellbeing and Optimize Cognition using Ubiquitous Non-Contact Physiological and Behavioural Sensing
<\/strong>Bj\u00f6rn Braun, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
12:40<\/td>EPFL Smart Kitchen: Platform to analyze natural human motion<\/strong> [Slides<\/a>]
Haozhe Qi, EPFL<\/td><\/tr>
13:00<\/td>Close & Thanks
<\/strong>Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
13:10<\/td>Lunch<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Visiting Microsoft Switzerland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft Switzerland<\/strong>
The Circle\u200b Postfach\u200b 8058 Z\u00fcrich-Flughafen
View map (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Visitor access<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All guests are required to bring a government-issued, photo I.D. with them and present it to building security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customer parking is in P6. There are 38 E-Charing Stations (own cost) on the 6th floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After arriving, take the exit stairs to level 0, cross tram tracks and the road, and walk along Building 02 until you reach the stairs which will take you to Nordplatz. The entrance is by The Circle Nr. 2. Take the elevator to the 10th floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arriving by bus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you arrive at the train station, follow the bus sign. Cross the street. Arriving at the main square, take a left. You will arrive at the North Square. Microsoft is located on the 10th floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\"A<\/a>
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Accommodations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hyatt Regency Zurich Airport The Circle (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> \u2013 walking directions (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> to workshop venue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

L’oro Di Napoli (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> – walking directions (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> from workshop venue <\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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This was an invite-only workshop.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 10th<\/sup> Swiss Joint Research Centre Workshop brought together PhD students and postdocs working on collaborative research engagements with Microsoft via the Microsoft Swiss Research Centre their academic and Microsoft supervisors as well as the wider research community. This event continued in the tradition of the annual Swiss JRC Workshops<\/a>. PhD students and postdocs presented project updates and discussed their research with their supervisors and other attendants. In addition, Microsoft speakers will provided updates on relevant Microsoft projects and initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft\u2019s Event Code of Conduct<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft\u2019s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. This includes virtual events Microsoft hosts and participates in, where we seek to create a respectful, friendly, and inclusive experience for all participants. As such, we do not tolerate harassing or disrespectful behavior, messages, images, or interactions by any event participant, in any form, at any aspect of the program including business and social activities, regardless of location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We do not tolerate any behavior that is degrading to any gender, race, sexual orientation or disability, or any behavior that would violate Microsoft\u2019s Anti-Harassment and Anti-Discrimination Policy, Equal Employment Opportunity Policy, or Standards of Business Conduct<\/a>. In short, the entire experience must meet our culture standards. We encourage everyone to assist in creating a welcoming and safe environment. Please report<\/a> any concerns, harassing behavior, or suspicious or disruptive activity. Microsoft reserves the right to ask attendees to leave at any time at its sole discretion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
Report a concern<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

*agenda may be subject to change<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 1 I April 9, 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Time CET (UTC+1)<\/th>Agenda<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
11:00<\/td>Welcome & Introductions<\/strong>
Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
11:10<\/td>Azure Research in Confidential Computing<\/strong> [Slides<\/a>]
Cedric Fournet, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
11:40<\/td>Software-Inspired Techniques for Digital Hardware Security<\/strong>
Flavien Solt, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
12:00<\/td>Lunch Break<\/td><\/tr>
12:45<\/td>Tyche: Rethinking Trust in Systems<\/strong> [Slides<\/a>]
Charley Castes, EPFL<\/td><\/tr>
13:05<\/td>Security Monitors on RISC-V<\/strong>
Mark Kuhne, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
13:25<\/td>Protecting the ICRC on the Cloud<\/strong>
Ivan Puddu, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
13:45<\/td>TRUST & PRIVACY - Swiss Perspective<\/strong>
Marc Holitscher, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
14:10<\/td>Fundamentally Understanding DRAM Reliability & Enabling Fast and Secure Memory<\/strong> [Slides<\/a>]
Giray Yaglikci, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
14:30<\/td>Coffee Break (Foyer)<\/td><\/tr>
15:15<\/td>Generation of a synthetic dataset for learning physics-based optimal inference of 4D flow MRI
<\/strong>Pietro Dirix, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
15:35<\/td>Accelerating Foundation Models Research<\/strong>
Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
16:00<\/td>Invariant Federated Learning: Decentralized Training of Robust Privacy-Preserving Models
<\/strong>Valentin Hartmann, EPFL<\/td><\/tr>
16:20<\/td>Close Day 1<\/strong>
Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
18:00<\/td>Dinner, L\u00b4Oro di Napoli <\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Day 2 I April 10, 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Time CET (UTC+1)<\/th>Agenda<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
9:00<\/td>Welcome & Introductions
<\/strong>Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
9:10<\/td>Transforming the Natural Sciences with AI<\/strong>
Bonnie Kruft, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
09:35<\/td>Neural Quantum States for Electronic Structure of materials
<\/strong>Gabriel Pescia, EPFL<\/td><\/tr>
10:00<\/td>Modeling Retrosynthesis with Markov Bridges<\/strong> [Slides<\/a>]
Arne Scheuing, EPFL<\/td><\/tr>
10:20<\/td>Probabilistic Data Structures in Adversarial Settings
<\/strong>Mia Filic, ETH Zurich [Slides<\/a>]<\/td><\/tr>
10:40<\/td>Coffee Break (Foyer)<\/td><\/tr>
11:00<\/td>Collaborative Human Robot Motion Planning with Mixed Reality
<\/strong>Florian Kennel-Maushart, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
11:20<\/td>Smart Controllable Models (SCM)<\/strong> [Slides<\/a>]
Gherardi Beno\u00eet Valentin, Friedrich Wilke Grosche, Zen Wei, EPFL<\/td><\/tr>
11:40<\/td>Digitalization of Clothed Humans with Expressive Behaviors from Videos<\/strong> [Slides<\/a>]
Chen Guo, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
12:00<\/td>Mixed Reality for Shared Autonomy
<\/strong>Mike Allenspach, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
12:20<\/td>Intelligent Software Adaptation to Improve Wellbeing and Optimize Cognition using Ubiquitous Non-Contact Physiological and Behavioural Sensing
<\/strong>Bj\u00f6rn Braun, ETH Zurich<\/td><\/tr>
12:40<\/td>EPFL Smart Kitchen: Platform to analyze natural human motion<\/strong> [Slides<\/a>]
Haozhe Qi, EPFL<\/td><\/tr>
13:00<\/td>Close & Thanks
<\/strong>Evelyne Viegas, Microsoft<\/td><\/tr>
13:10<\/td>Lunch<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n

Visiting Microsoft Switzerland<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft Switzerland<\/strong>
The Circle\u200b Postfach\u200b 8058 Z\u00fcrich-Flughafen
View map<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Visitor access<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All guests are required to bring a government-issued, photo I.D. with them and present it to building security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customer parking is in P6. There are 38 E-Charing Stations (own cost) on the 6th floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After arriving, take the exit stairs to level 0, cross tram tracks and the road, and walk along Building 02 until you reach the stairs which will take you to Nordplatz. The entrance is by The Circle Nr. 2. Take the elevator to the 10th floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Arriving by bus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once you arrive at the train station, follow the bus sign. Cross the street. Arriving at the main square, take a left. You will arrive at the North Square. Microsoft is located on the 10th floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arriving by bus<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Accommodations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hyatt Regency Zurich Airport The Circle<\/a> \u2013 walking directions<\/a> to workshop venue<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dinner<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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