{"id":493340,"date":"2018-07-09T11:39:15","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T18:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&p=493340"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:57:01","slug":"msr-ai-breakthroughs","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/msr-ai-breakthroughs\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Research AI Breakthroughs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n

Venue:<\/strong> Microsoft Research Building 99<\/a>
\n14820 NE 36th Street
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Microsoft Research\u2019s AI Breakthroughs workshop is a unique event dedicated to discussing the most exciting research breakthroughs in AI with, you, the best and brightest PhD students.<\/p>\n

This two-day workshop in Redmond, Washington, is a great opportunity to meet and discuss the future of AI with other top students and Microsoft researchers.Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n

Sunday, September 16, 2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
Time (PDT)<\/strong><\/td>\nSpeaker<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6:00 PM\u20138:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/td>\nWelcome Reception<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Monday, September 17, 2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Time (PDT)<\/strong><\/td>\nSpeaker<\/strong><\/td>\nTitle<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9:00 AM\u201310:00 AM<\/td>\nEric Horvitz<\/a><\/td>\nOpening Remarks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:00 AM\u201310:30 AM<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBreak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10:30 AM\u201312:00 PM<\/td>\nChair: Ece Kamar<\/strong><\/td>\nSession 1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nZeyuan Allen-Zhu<\/a><\/td>\nAccelerated Gradient Methods via Linear Coupling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nOfer Dekel<\/a><\/td>\nAI on the Edge: Deploying Machine-learned Models onto Resource-constrained Devices<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nRich Caruana<\/a><\/td>\nFriends Don\u2019t Let Friends Deploy Black-Box Models: The Importance of Intelligibility in Machine Learning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAsli Celikyilmaz<\/a><\/td>\nLearning to Write Better Than Your Teacher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12:00 PM\u20131:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/td>\nLunch<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1:00 PM\u20132:00 PM<\/td>\nChair: Paul Bennett<\/strong><\/td>\nSession 2<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nEce Kamar<\/a><\/td>\nDiscovering Blind Spots of AI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAndy Wilson<\/a> \/ Christian Holz<\/a><\/td>\nInteracting in VR: From Physical to Virtual and Back<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nSean Andrist<\/a><\/td>\nSituated Interaction in the Open World: New Systems and Challenges | slides<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:00 PM\u20132:30 PM<\/td>\n<\/td>\nBreak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2:30 PM\u20133:30 PM<\/td>\nChair: Ofer Dekel<\/strong><\/td>\nSession 3<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nPaul Bennett<\/a> \/ Mark Encarnaci\u00f3n<\/a> \/ Shamsi Iqbal<\/a> \/ Ryen White<\/a><\/td>\nIntelligent Personalized Experiences<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAshish Kapoor<\/a><\/td>\nAI Powered Flying Machines<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nAdith Swaminathan<\/a><\/td>\nA Brief Overview of Reinforcement Learning Research @ MSR AI | slides<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:30 PM\u20133:45 PM<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPoster Session Set Up<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3:45 PM\u20135:30 PM<\/td>\n<\/td>\nPoster Session<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7:00 PM\u20137:30 PM<\/td>\nLucas Joppa<\/a><\/td>\nDinner Talk \u2013 AI for Earth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Tuesday, September 18, 2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n
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9:00 AM\u20132:00 PM<\/td>\n<\/td>\nTeam Introductions \/ Group Workshops<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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