Microsoft Research Podcast

Ideas: Steering AI toward the work future we want 

Microsoft Chief Scientist Jaime Teevan and researchers Jenna Butler, Jake Hofman, and Rebecca Janssen unpack the New Future of Work Report 2025 and explore the ideal AI-driven working world. Plus, is AI a tool or a collaborator? And why the answer matters.

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    Abstracts: May 6, 2024 

    May 6, 2024 | Michel Galley and Gretchen Huizinga

    Researcher Michel Galley explores how he and fellow researchers combined new and existing data to create MathVista, an open-source benchmark for measuring the mathematical reasoning capabilities of foundation models in scenarios that involve text and images.

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    Abstracts: April 16, 2024 

    April 16, 2024 | Gretchen Huizinga and Tusher Chakraborty

    Tusher Chakraborty talks about the paper “Spectrumize: Spectrum-efficient Satellite Networks for the Internet of Things,” including a method for supporting communication between a large IoT-satellite constellation and devices on Earth within a limited spectrum.

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    Abstracts: March 21, 2024 

    March 21, 2024 | Chang Liu and Gretchen Huizinga

    Senior Researcher Chang Liu discusses M-OFDFT, a variation of orbital-free density functional theory (OFDFT) that leverages deep learning to help identify molecular properties in a way that minimizes the tradeoff between accuracy and efficiency.

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    Abstracts: February 29, 2024 

    February 29, 2024 | Lev Tankelevitch and Gretchen Huizinga

    Can how we think about our thinking help us better incorporate generative AI in our lives & work? Explore metacognition’s potential to improve the tech’s usability on “Abstracts,” then sign up for Microsoft Research Forum for more on this & other AI work.

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    What’s Your Story: Nicole Forsgren 

    February 15, 2024 | Johannes Gehrke and Nicole Forsgren

    Partner Research Manager and developer experience expert Nicole Forsgren talks about the future of software engineering with AI, why she loves tech, and her reliance on a spreadsheet and her gut when making career-changing decisions.

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    What’s Your Story: Ivan Tashev 

    February 1, 2024 | Johannes Gehrke and Ivan Tashev

    Partner Software Architect Ivan Tashev talks about applying his expertise in audio signal processing to the design and study of audio components for Microsoft products such as Kinect and shares how a focus on what he can control has fueled professional success.

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    Abstracts: January 25, 2024 

    January 25, 2024 | Gretchen Huizinga, Jordan Ash, and Dipendra Misra

    On “Abstracts,” Jordan Ash & Dipendra Misra discuss the parameter reduction method LASER. Tune in to learn how selective removal of stored data alone can boost LLM performance, then sign up for Microsoft Research Forum for more on LASER & related topics.

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    Abstracts: December 12, 2023 

    December 12, 2023 | Gretchen Huizinga, Tao Qin, and Lijun Wu

    Members of the research community at Microsoft work continuously to advance their respective fields. Abstracts brings its audience to the cutting edge with them through short, compelling conversations about new and noteworthy achievements.  In this episode, Senior Principal Research Manager Tao Qin and Senior Researcher…