{"id":1130175,"date":"2025-03-20T10:43:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=1130175"},"modified":"2025-04-29T08:10:58","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T15:10:58","slug":"microsoft-at-iclr-2025","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/microsoft-at-iclr-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft at ICLR 2025"},"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\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/iclr.cc\/\">The Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (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. We are pleased to share Microsoft has 38 accepted papers at this year\u2019s conference.<\/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<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading h4\" id=\"committee-members\">Committee member(s):<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Secretary: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/kahofman\/\">Katja Hofmann<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-border\" style=\"grid-template-columns:40% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Forum-hero_Ensuring_Societal_Benefit-1400x788-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Research Forum | Episode 5 - abstract background with colorful circles\" class=\"wp-image-1131570 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Forum-hero_Ensuring_Societal_Benefit-1400x788-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Forum-hero_Ensuring_Societal_Benefit-1400x788-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Forum-hero_Ensuring_Societal_Benefit-1400x788-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Forum-hero_Ensuring_Societal_Benefit-1400x788-1-1066x600.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Forum-hero_Ensuring_Societal_Benefit-1400x788-1-655x368.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Forum-hero_Ensuring_Societal_Benefit-1400x788-1-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Forum-hero_Ensuring_Societal_Benefit-1400x788-1-640x360.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Forum-hero_Ensuring_Societal_Benefit-1400x788-1-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Forum-hero_Ensuring_Societal_Benefit-1400x788-1-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Forum-hero_Ensuring_Societal_Benefit-1400x788-1.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"microsoft-research-forum\">Microsoft Research Forum<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for a continuous exchange of ideas about science and technology research in the era of general AI. 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_ICLR2025_conference_webpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\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>Thursday, April 24<\/th><th>Session title<\/th><th>Speaker(s)<\/th><th>Session type<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>13:30 &#8211; 14:00<\/td><td>MSR Asia Introduction and Opportunities & Foundation Models for Digital Healthcare<\/td><td>Xinxing Xu, Microsoft Research Asia<\/td><td>Lightning Talk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14:00 &#8211; 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