Research
Below please find an index of news and awards that recognize Microsoft researchers’ contribution to scientific research and commitment to advancing computer science.
US tech giant Microsoft has partnered with Start-Up Nation Central to help Israeli agrifood tech startups augment their AI-powered models for sustainable farming solutions and get exposure to global markets. Microsoft and Start-Up Nation Central…
Lester Mackey, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research, has been named Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS). Dr. Mackey received the award for deep theoretical work in statistical machine learning with impactful applications.
The International World Wide Web Conference Committee (IW3C2) announced today that the 2023 Seoul Test of Time Award will be presented to the authors of the paper “A Contextual-Bandit Approach to Personalized News Article Recommendation;”…
As the surge of interest in artificial intelligence applications continues unabated since last fall’s launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, one can trace it spreading from the tech industry itself to every corner of corporate America. McKinsey’s new…
Eric Horvitz, Microsoft’s first Chief Scientific Officer and one of the leading voices within the rapidly-evolving sector of artificial intelligence, has spent a lot of time thinking about what it means to be human.
Leading Microsoft’s Future of Work Initiative, Jaime explores how everything from AI to hybrid work changes the way people get things done. Together, Jaime and our hosts discuss how we might best use AI, get…
Join us for a fireside chat featuring Juan Lavista Ferres, VP, Chief Data Scientist and Lab Director of the Microsoft AI For Good Lab, and Carrie Stokes, USAID’s Chief Geographer and Director of the GeoCenter…
The ACM SIGecom Test of Time Award recognizes the author or authors of an influential paper or series of papers published between ten and twenty-five years ago that has significantly impacted research or applications exemplifying…
Amid economic uncertainty and the transition to flexible work, leaders are under pressure to increase productivity in flexible work and do more with less. At the same time, next-generation AI is changing the game for how organizations gain…
Today, Microsoft is expanding our Cybersecurity Skills Initiative (opens in new tab) to Argentina, Chile, Indonesia, and Spain, and delivering grants to nonprofits to help skill people for the cybersecurity workforce. With this expansion, we are now…