Algorithms
Learning Invariant Feature Points
In this talk, I will present a novel Deep Network architecture that implements the full feature point-handling pipeline, that is, detection, orientation estimation, and feature description. While previous works have successfully tackled each one of…
Dr. TLA+ Series – Raft
The presentation slide and the complete schedule of Dr. TLA+ Series are available at https://github.com/tlaplus/DrTLAPlus In this talk, we will discuss Raft and its TLA+ spec. Raft is a consensus algorithm for managing a replicated…
Network Oblivious Transfer
Microsoft fellowship program supports women in computing
By Susan Dumais, Distinguished Scientist, Microsoft Research Women are woefully under-represented in computing-related fields. Despite earning more than half of all baccalaureate degrees throughout North America, women make up fewer than 20 percent of graduates…
System Design for Cloud Services – Afternoon Session
1:00pm Rethinking Systems Management with Game Theory Benjamin Lee, Duke University Data Markets in the Cloud: Pricing, Privacy, and Versioning Adam Wierman, California Institute of Technology How to Think about Hyperscale Architecture Doug Burger, Microsoft…
Microsoft Research Faculty Summit opens
By Harold Javid, General Chair, Faculty Summit Microsoft Research’s annual Faculty Summit opened Wednesday with a series of talks about how technological innovation can benefit both business and society. In a fireside chat with Jeannette M. Wing,…