{"id":493619,"date":"2018-11-12T09:35:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T17:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-group&#038;p=493619"},"modified":"2021-12-06T16:30:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T00:30:10","slug":"ktx","status":"publish","type":"msr-group","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/ktx\/","title":{"rendered":"Knowledge Technologies and Intelligent Experiences (KTX)"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"mb-3 moray-highlight\">\n\t<div class=\"card-img-overlay mx-lg-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"card-background bg-gray-200 has-background- card-background--full-bleed\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- Foreground -->\n\t\t<div class=\"card-foreground d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 px-g px-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Container -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 align-self-center\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Card wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 w-lg-col-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Card -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card material-md-card py-5 px-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-redmond\/\" class=\"icon-link icon-link--reverse mb-2\" data-bi-cN=\"Return to Microsoft Research Lab - Redmond\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-glyph glyph-chevron-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReturn to Microsoft Research Lab &#8211; Redmond\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 id=\"knowledge-technologies-and-intelligent-experiences-ktx\" class=\"h2\">Knowledge Technologies and Intelligent Experiences (KTX)<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The Knowledge Technologies and Intelligent Experiences Group (KTX) advances science in areas such as productivity, digital assistants, and search, and we apply our research to important scenarios that further our vision and align with product objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research interests in KTX span many areas, including machine learning, natural language processing, knowledge extraction and representation, information retrieval, and human-computer interaction. We develop significant new advances in these areas and infuse these advances into Microsoft\u2019s experiences and devices, to empower our users to achieve more. We also publish our research findings at top-tier venues in computer science and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Current examples of our work include enhancing people\u2019s productivity by developing intelligent assistance around email, tasks, and the collaborative creation of documents, and developing new interaction experiences around multiple devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"recent-products\">Recent products<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/blog\/2018\/11\/07\/collaborate-with-others-and-keep-track-of-to-dos-with-new-ai-features-in-word\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Intelligent Placeholders in Word<\/a> <ul><li>Press: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/platform\/amp\/2018\/11\/7\/18071582\/microsoft-word-to-do-feature-documents-mac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Verge<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2018\/11\/07\/microsoft-word-to-do-lists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Engadget<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.outlook.com\/Actions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Outlook Actionable Messages<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> <ul style=\"text-align: left\"><li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.office.com\/blogs\/create-more-engaging-conversations-with-new-actionable-messages-updates-announced-at-microsoft-build\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Create engaging conversations with new Actionable Messages | Microsoft Build<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/crm\/2016\/12\/05\/now-in-preview-relationship-insights-for-dynamics-365\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dynamics 365 Relationship Assistant<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> <ul style=\"text-align: left\"><li>Press: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2016\/09\/26\/microsoft-brings-new-ai-powered-features-to-office-365-and-dynamics-365\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TechCrunch<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/venturebeat.com\/2016\/09\/26\/microsoft-will-release-a-relationship-assistant-for-dynamics-crm-in-november\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VentureBeat<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/Get-insights-into-what-you-re-working-on-with-Smart-Lookup-debf2083-5ac0-4739-8667-ae2467bec044?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smart Lookup<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> in Word, PowerPoint, Outlook <ul style=\"text-align: left\"><li>Press: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3018186\/software-productivity\/office-2016s-smart-lookup-is-the-next-best-thing-to-a-personal-research-assistant.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PCWorld<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> <\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Knowledge Technologies and Intelligent Experiences (KTX) develops new AI technologies and AI-powered user experiences that enable individuals, teams, and enterprises to achieve more. We perform research and advanced development on projects that make and utilize progress in areas such as machine learning, natural language processing, knowledge extraction and representation, human-computer interaction and collaboration, data mining (including text mining), search, and digital assistants. We collaborate extensively with colleagues at Microsoft and beyond to build more intelligent products and apply our research in practice at scale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr_group_start":"","footnotes":""},"research-area":[13556,13545,13554,13555],"msr-group-type":[243694],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-493619","msr-group","type-msr-group","status-publish","hentry","msr-research-area-artificial-intelligence","msr-research-area-human-language-technologies","msr-research-area-human-computer-interaction","msr-research-area-search-information-retrieval","msr-group-type-group","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_group_start":"","msr_detailed_description":"","msr_further_details":"","msr_hero_images":[],"msr_research_lab":[199565],"related-researchers":[{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"Ryen W. 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