{"id":999513,"date":"2024-01-30T04:50:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-30T12:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-story&p=999513"},"modified":"2024-12-13T09:46:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T17:46:08","slug":"jan-2024-brief","status":"publish","type":"msr-story","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/story\/jan-2024-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Forum Brief | January 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Microsoft Research Quarterly Brief | January 2024<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Generative AI is continuing to find new applications across business and the sciences, and researchers are continuing to advance the foundations of AI.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this Forum episode, we explore the latest breakthroughs in AI models, new applications of AI to important scientific challenges, novel approaches to model evaluation and understanding, and many other key research topics.<\/em> Read more about this episode below, and register<\/strong> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> for the series.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Next Era of AI Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At Microsoft Research Forum, the company\u2019s leading researchers convene the science and technology community for a continuous exchange of ideas about research in the era of general AI.\u202fThis new series will explore recent research advances, bold new ideas, and important discussions with the global research community.\u202f<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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“Today we are seeing so much AI research happening at the speed of conversation, to the point where even our top researchers feel that their heads are spinning, but working together, providing openness, providing greater access, we can see that we’ve made tremendous progress.”<\/p>\n\u2013 Peter Lee, CVP, Microsoft Research & Incubations<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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@ the Forum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DIVE INTO OUR COLLECTION OF RESEARCH TALKS AND UPDATES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Keynote: Research in the Era of AI<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Microsoft Research & Incubations CVP Peter Lee discusses how the latest generation of powerful AI models is transforming research at Microsoft, and across the sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Panel Discussion: AI Frontiers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Ashley Llorens joins Microsoft researchers Ece Kamar, Ahmed Awadallah and S\u00e9bastien Bubeck for a conversation about their work at the frontiers of general AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lightning talks<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Watch brief, informative talks from researchers across Microsoft about the latest work that they and their collaborators are conducting to evaluate model capabilities, apply large models to important scientific challenges, improve their reasoning capabilities, and understand their impact on human cognition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Improving Reasoning in Language Models with LASER: Layer-Selective Rank Reduction<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Presented by Dipendra Misra<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Evaluation and Understanding of Foundation Models<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Presented by Besmira Nushi<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Augmenting Human Cognition and Decision Making with AI<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Presented by Jake Hofman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Generative AI Meets Structural Biology: Equilibrium Distribution Prediction<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Presented by Shuxin Zheng<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kahani: Visual Storytelling through Culturally Nuanced Images<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Presented by Sameer Segal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Closing Remarks and Announcements<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Presented by Ashley Llorens<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beyond the Forum<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Research Forum is just a snapshot of the great work happening across the research community at Microsoft. Explore these links to learn more about the work of our researchers and their collaborators, the bold new ideas they\u2019re exploring, and the impact they\u2019ll achieve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Microsoft Research Forum series registration (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Accelerating Foundation Models Research<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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