News and Awards

Microsoft Research today announced DeepSpeed, a new deep learning optimization library that can train massive 100-billion-parameter models. In AI, you need to have larger natural language models for better accuracy. But training larger natural language…

Abigail (Abi) Sellen, Deputy Director and Principal Researcher, was elected as an international member of  the National Academy of Engineering (opens in new tab) (NAE), “for contributions that ensure consideration of human capabilities in the design…

Susan Dumais, Technical Fellow and Director of the Microsoft Research Labs in New England, New York City and Montréal, and adjunct professor at the University of Washington, received the SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award. This is…

Meredith (Merrie) Ringel Morris, Sr. Principal Researcher & Research Manager, and Steven Drucker, Partner Research Manager, were both inducted into the CHI Academy. The CHI Academy is an honorary group of individuals who have made…

Die intelligente Brille werde irgendwann das Smartphone ablösen, sagt Marc Pollefeys. Der Professor für Computer-Vision arbeitet mit Hochdruck daran.

Computer Quantentechnologie soll die IT revolutionieren. Die Versprechungen sind riesig, die Probleme ebenfalls.

The health of people and communities around the world has been improving over time. For example, the steep decline in child and maternal mortality is a key indicator of positive momentum. However, progress has not been…

In this podcast excerpt, Microsoft Healthcare’s head of innovation shares his thoughts on what technology can and can’t do in the healthcare space.