{"id":548625,"date":"2019-05-03T19:54:50","date_gmt":"2019-05-04T02:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-group&#038;p=548625"},"modified":"2023-07-20T17:44:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T00:44:45","slug":"cognitive-research","status":"publish","type":"msr-group","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/cognitive-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Cognitive Research Technologies"},"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  has-background- card-background--full-bleed\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1920x720-header-Cognitives-Services-Place.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"a close up of a logo\" style=\"object-position: 72% 50%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1920x720-header-Cognitives-Services-Place.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1920x720-header-Cognitives-Services-Place-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1920x720-header-Cognitives-Services-Place-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1920x720-header-Cognitives-Services-Place-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/1920x720-header-Cognitives-Services-Place-1600x600.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading h2\" id=\"cognitive-research-technologies\">Cognitive Research Technologies<\/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>This set of innovative APIs and SDKs provides researchers and developers with an early look at emerging cognitive capabilities. Early adopters who do not need market-ready technology can discover, try and provide feedback on new cognitive research technologies before they are generally available. Explore these research projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"gesture\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/gesture\/\">Gesture<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incorporate gesture-based controls into your apps. Quickly define and implement customized hand gestures, creating a more natural user experience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"knowledge-exploration\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/knowledge-exploration\/\">Knowledge Exploration<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Knowledge <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enable interactive search experiences over structured data via natural language inputs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"conversation-learner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/conversation-learner\/\">Conversation Learner<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Language<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Teach new behaviors to task-oriented conversational interfaces through example interactions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"personality-chat\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/personality-chat\/\">Personality Chat<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Language<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enhance your bot&#8217;s conversational capabilities, by handling small talk, in line with a distinct chosen personality.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 id=\"\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"graduated-projects\">Graduated projects<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about these innovative research projects that graduated into full-fledged Microsoft services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"anomaly-finder\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/anomaly-finder\/\">Anomaly Finder<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Knowledge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Anomaly Finder API helps you to monitor data over time and detect anomalies with machine learning that adapts to your unique data by automatically applying a statistical model.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"custom-decision\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/custom-decision\/\">Custom Decision<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Knowledge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A cloud-based, contextual decision-making API that sharpens with experience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"local-insights\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/local-insights\/\">Local Insights<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Search<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Score the attractiveness of a location, based on how many of a particular amenity are within a specific distance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"ink-analysis\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/project\/ink-analysis\/\">Ink Analysis<\/a><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Vision<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cloud APIs to understand digital ink content created by users through document layout analysis and handwriting and shape recognition<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Cognitive Research Technologies: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Cognitive-Research-Technologies-Terms-of-Use.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Terms of Use<\/a> | <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/stackoverflow.com\/questions\/tagged\/microsoft-cognitive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stack Overflow<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This set of innovative APIs and SDKs provides researchers and developers with an early look at emerging cognitive capabilities. 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