{"id":3721,"date":"2015-07-01T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/msr_er\/2015\/07\/01\/explore-advances-in-artificial-intelligenceand-much-more\/"},"modified":"2016-07-20T07:29:10","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T14:29:10","slug":"explore-advances-in-artificial-intelligenceand-much-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/explore-advances-in-artificial-intelligenceand-much-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore advances in artificial intelligence\u2014and much more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Tune in to the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit\" src=\"https:\/\/msdnshared.blob.core.windows.net\/media\/MSDNBlogsFS\/prod.evol.blogs.msdn.com\/CommunityServer.Blogs.Components.WeblogFiles\/00\/00\/01\/32\/81\/3858.FacSumm2015_Blog_496x330.jpg\" alt=\"Tune in to the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;font-size: medium\">On July 8&ndash;9, more than 350 academic researchers and educators will join Microsoft researchers and engineers for the sixteenth annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit in Redmond, Washington. The annual Faculty Summit is one of those rare events that brings together a cross-disciplinary collection of academic and industry talent, focused on both advancing the state of the art in computer science and using computing to solve real-world problems. And while attendance at the in-person event is by invitation only, anyone with an Internet connection can catch key portions of the summit at the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/redmond\/events\/fs2015\/virtualfacultysummit.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">online event page<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;font-size: medium\">Our live coverage will include the opening day keynote address by <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/redmond\/events\/fs2015\/speakers.aspx#Wing\" target=\"_blank\">Jeannette Wing<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, corporate VP at Microsoft Research, who was recently honored by the Association for Computing Machinery for transforming the way the world views computing with her seminal views on computational thinking. She will focus on future trends in computing and give us a keen understanding of the innovation that starts with basic scientific research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;font-size: medium\">High on this year&rsquo;s list of topics is artificial intelligence. Not too long ago, AI was the stuff of science fiction. Today, it&rsquo;s moving from the research lab to everyday reality. Also on day one of the summit, online viewers will be treated to a panel discussion on &ldquo;Progress in AI: Myths, Realities, and Aspirations,&rdquo; moderated by <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/redmond\/events\/fs2015\/speakers.aspx#Horvitz\" target=\"_blank\">Eric Horvitz<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> of Microsoft Research and featuring panelists <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/redmond\/events\/fs2015\/speakers.aspx#CBishop\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Bishop<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> of Microsoft Research, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/redmond\/events\/fs2015\/speakers.aspx#Etzioni\" target=\"_blank\">Oren Etzioni<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/redmond\/events\/fs2015\/speakers.aspx#Li\" target=\"_blank\">Fei-Fei Li<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> of Stanford University, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/redmond\/events\/fs2015\/speakers.aspx#Littman\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Littman<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> of Brown University and Josh Tenenbaum of MIT.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;font-size: medium\">On day two, our webcast will feature <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/redmond\/events\/fs2015\/speakers.aspx#lam\" target=\"_blank\">Monica Lam<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, professor of Computer Science at Stanford University on <span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;font-size: medium\">&ldquo;<\/span><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/redmond\/events\/fs2015\/abstracts.aspx#revolution\" target=\"_blank\">A Revolution Against Big-Brother Social Networks<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;font-size: medium\">,&rdquo;<\/span> which focuses on an open social movement led by Omlet, an open messaging service and distributed computing platform that spun out of four years of research at Stanford. We will also bring you the event&rsquo;s closing keynote from <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/redmond\/events\/fs2015\/speakers.aspx#Lee\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Lee<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, corporate VP at Microsoft Research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;font-size: medium\">We hope as you watch these online webcasts that you will not only gain insights into the technological impact, but the scientific and societal implications of all these trends in computing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;font-size: medium\">So fire up your web browser and tune in to the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/redmond\/events\/fs2015\/virtualfacultysummit.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">2015 Faculty Summit<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva;font-size: medium\"><em>&mdash;Harold Javid, Director and General Chair of Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2015<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva\">Learn more<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: verdana, geneva\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/events\/fs2015\/default.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Faculty Summit 2015<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/um\/redmond\/events\/fs2015\/virtualfacultysummit.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: verdana, geneva\">Faculty Summit online streaming<\/span><span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: verdana, geneva\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/research.microsoft.com\/en-us\/groups\/ai\/\" target=\"_blank\">AI research at Microsoft Research<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;font-family: verdana, geneva\"><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.cmu.edu\/afs\/cs\/usr\/wing\/www\/publications\/Wing06.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Read Jeannette Wing&rsquo;s paper on computational thinking<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On July 8&ndash;9, more than 350 academic researchers and educators will join Microsoft researchers and engineers for the sixteenth annual Microsoft Research Faculty Summit in Redmond, Washington. 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