Christopher Bishop

March 11, 2025

I sat down with Dr. Chris Bishop, a Microsoft technical fellow and the director of Microsoft Research AI for Science, to sink into the details of what AI is actually unlocking for science, and what kind of AI is doing…

October 15, 2024

Christopher Bishop, Technical Fellow and Director of Microsoft Research AI for Science, discusses how the deep learning technology that underpins the AI revolution is advancing at an extraordinary pace, with many of the most exciting and impactful applications of this…

February 13, 2024

2023 was a major year for generative AI, as it went from research labs to real life with millions of people using it through popular tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. This year, AI is expected to become more accessible,…

September 26, 2022

Deep Learning wird in der kommenden Dekade einen transformierenden Einfluss auf die Naturwissenschaften haben. Die Technologie wird die Fähigkeiten zur Modellierung und Vorhersage natürlicher Phänomene drastisch verbessern. Mit Emulatoren werden molekülgetreue Modellierungen komplexer Systeme in künstlichen neuronalen Netzen möglich, die…

September 26, 2022

Microsoft verstärkt seine Forschungsaktivitäten im Bereich Künstliche Intelligenz und eröffnet dazu ein Research Lab in Berlin. Geleitet wird es von Frank Noé, der bislang als Professor für Mathematische Modellierung in den Biowissenschaften am Fachbereich Mathematik & Informatik der Freien Universität Berlin tätig…

August 24, 2022

Microsoft’s head of AI4Science sees machine learning partially supplanting simulation. Artificial intelligence has become an indispensable tool in many scientists’ lives, such that its use by researchers now has its own moniker—AI4Science—used by conferences and laboratories. Last month, Microsoft announced its own…

November 18, 2021

Novartis is collaborating with Microsoft to apply machine learning to medicinal chemistry — part of an effort to leverage AI to bring treatments to patients more efficiently. There’s a misconception about drug hunting that can mask one of the biggest…

November 18, 2021

Here’s a cooking story unlike any you’ve heard before. That’s because the chefs are chemists, the ingredients are molecules, and the main course is a new medication designed to defeat illness. At least, that’s Luca Finelli’s snackable description to explain…

July 20, 2021

Microsoft Research will open a new lab in Amsterdam led by Max Welling, a physicist who specializes in molecular simulation, looking to further unlock the potential of machine learning in areas such as climate change and healthcare. The company announced the…