Doug Burger
Technical Fellow and Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research
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The Shape of Things to Come
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Technical advances are moving at such a rapid pace that it can be challenging to define the tomorrow we’re working toward. In The Shape of Things to Come, Microsoft Research leader Doug Burger and experts from across disciplines tease out…
In the news | National Academy of Engineering
Doug Burger elected to National Academy of Engineering
Academy membership honors individuals who have made outstanding contributions to engineering research, practice, or education. Burger was elected for accelerating cloud-scale computing and networking infrastructures with field-programmable systems.
In the news | TheSequence
The Sequence Chat: Doug Burger- Technical Fellow, Microsoft Research About Building Autonomous Agents, AutoGen and the Future of Generative AI
One of the collaborators in the AutoGen project, shares insights about its vision, architecture and the future of autonomous agents.
In the news | BigTechWire
Microsoft With Autogen, Microsoft Simplifies Putting Large Language Models to Real Work
In the ever-expanding world of artificial intelligence (AI), Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4 have shown enormous potential. However, the challenge lies in efficiently implementing these LLMs in complex, real-world applications. Microsoft Research’s Autogen framework aims to change that, making…
In the news | Wired
Meet the Customizable Processor Speeding Up the Deep Learning Revolution
“For data scientists, having the right tooling is critically important, and with Azure, we give data scientists an option for accelerated AI,” says Ted Way, senior program manager of Azure Machine Learning (opens in new tab). “From a machine-learning perspective, we…
In the news | Fast Company
This is Microsoft’s AI pipeline, from research to reality
FPGA technology allows Microsoft to deliver highly efficient deep learning as a service in a way that addresses specific customer requests. “A lot of the problems that they want to solve are around image analysis,” says Ted Way, senior program…
In the news | Fast Company
This is Microsoft’s AI pipeline, from research to reality
It’s not enough to have brilliant researchers and a bunch of popular products. You’ve got to have a system–or several systems–for melding raw technology into experiences that make a difference for businesses and consumers.
An initiative called Project Brainwave lets developers in Microsoft's data centers use field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), which can be customized even after they've been plugged into servers.