Jeannette Wing promotes computational thinking at World Computer Congress
Jeannette Wing, corporate vice president at Microsoft Research, says computational thinking is a fundamental, basic ability that all people will be using, just like everyone learns to read, write, and...
View ArticleHow Microsoft beat Google at understanding images with machine learning
Peter Lee and Jian Sun discuss the "ultra-deep learning" approach to successful image recognition and its potential for future applications.
View ArticleMachines, lost in translation: The dream of universal understanding
Microsoft's Vikram Dendi discusses the importance of neural networks in Skype Translator's near-real time speech-to-speech translation in this feature about the future of machine learning.
View ArticleMicrosoft neural net shows deep learning can get way deeper
Deep learning is nowhere close to reaching its potential, but researchers are identifying new ways to build deep neural networks that can get way deeper.
View ArticleNew system for CRISPR gene-editing tool will lead to faster, more effective...
Microsoft researchers Jennifer Listgarten and Nicolo Fusi helped create a machine learning system to predict which part of a gene to target when a scientist wants to knockout -- or shut off -- a gene.
View ArticleComputer vision technologies enhance popular Microsoft Selfie app
Computer vision technologies ranging from face detection to visual recognition have contributed to the Microsoft Selfie app's meteoric rise in popularity, and new features include social sharing.
View ArticleMicrosoft releases CNTK, its open source deep learning toolkit, on GitHub
Researchers say the CNTK could be useful to anyone from deep learning startups to more established companies that are processing a lot of data in real time, and can help drive artificial intelligence...
View ArticleMicrosoft is remaking its research arm to beat Google and Facebook to the...
Besides Skype, other services that have benefited from the recent transformation include cloud productivity tools in Office, faster and more power-efficient servers running Bing, and the...
View ArticleMicrosoft plumbs ocean’s depths to test underwater data center
Microsoft has tested a prototype of a self-contained data center that can operate hundreds of feet below the surface of the ocean, eliminating one of the technology industry’s most expensive problems:...
View ArticleMicrosoft research project puts cloud in ocean for the first time
Microsoft researchers believe placing datacenters under water could solve several problems by introducing a new power source, greatly reducing cooling costs, closing the distance to connected...
View ArticlePredicting ocean chemistry using Microsoft Azure
Introducing LiveOcean: A cloud-based predictive system from the University of Washington and Microsoft Research of ocean acidification properties that may help the shellfish industry survive changing...
View ArticleHow Microsoft and Novartis created Assess MS to more consistently track...
Collaboration between Microsoft Research's Cambridge (U.K.) lab and biotech company Novartis holds the promise of helping doctors more quickly bring better treatments to patients who are suffering from...
View ArticleFetch! New Microsoft Garage app uses artificial intelligence to name that breed
Man's best friend has inspired a new app: Fetch! Using your iPhone camera or photo library, it can identify and classify dogs by breeds and tell you what kind of human personality fits best with...
View ArticleMicrosoft researchers smash homomorphic encryption speed barrier
Microsoft researchers in partnership with academia have dramatically increased the speed of homomorphic encryption systems, which allow software to analyze and modify encrypted data without decrypting it.
View ArticleWorldWide Telescope finds a new home at the American Astronomical Society
Becoming open source and being managed by the American Astronomical Society has allowed WorldWide Telescope to widen its capabilities, inspire scientists, heighten scientific understandings, and enrich...
View ArticleOptical character recognition and offline translation features added to...
The Microsoft Translator app for Android gets the world's first Deep Neural Network-powered offline engine for near online-quality translations, while OCR for iOS delivers translation capabilities for...
View ArticleTime to retire pen and paper? New Microsoft Garage app Plumbago reimagines...
Plumbago, a new app for Windows 8.1 and 10 tablets released through the Microsoft Garage, is a digital notebook with technology that smooths out handwriting so your scribbles are easier to read later.
View ArticleParticipate in Pegasus II: Real-time Internet of Things experiment from the...
Communicate with the Pegasus II craft during flight and receive text messages as it reaches its milestones in space in this Internet of Things experiment based on Microsoft Research's Project Orleans.
View ArticleYong Rui wins IEEE Computer Society 2016 Technical Achievement Award
Yong Rui, assistant managing director of Microsoft Research Asia, is among the recipients of the IEEE Computer Society 2016 Technical Achievement Award for "pioneering contributions to multimedia...
View ArticleUntangling airports using open source tools on Microsoft Azure
With data on thousands of taxiways at different airports and tools available to anyone on GitHub, researchers are developing models to improve aircraft taxiing to reduce pollution and improve airport...
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