Incentivizing information explorers (when they’d really rather exploit)
Everyone is familiar by now with recommendation systems such as on Netflix for movies, Amazon for products, Yelp for restaurants and TripAdvisor for travel. Indeed, quality recommendations are a crucial part of the value provided…
Autonomous soaring – AI on the fly
The past few years have seen tremendous progress in reinforcement learning (RL). From complex games to robotic object manipulation, RL has qualitatively advanced the state of the art. However, modern RL techniques require a lot…
Minimizing gaps in information access on social networks while maximizing the spread
Lots of important information, including job openings and other kinds of advertising, are often transmitted by word-of-mouth in online settings. For example, social networks like LinkedIn are increasingly used as a way of spreading information…
New Advancements in Spoken Language Processing
Deep learning algorithms, supported by the availability of powerful Azure computing infrastructure and massive training data, constitutes the most significant driving force in our AI evolution journey. In the past three years, Microsoft reached several…
Microsoft’s Semantic Machines Showcases New Conversational AI Technology
This is Microsoft’s vision for the future of intelligent agents, powered by new conversational AI technology from Semantic Machines.
Bayesian Exploration with Heterogeneous Agents
Microsoft @ ICLR 2019
Microsoft is excited to be a diamond sponsor of the Seventh International Conference on Learning Representations May 6–9, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana. We will have over 60 researchers present at ICLR. Stop by our…