Will machines one day be as creative as humans?
Recent methods in artificial intelligence enable AI software to produce rich and creative digital artifacts such as text and images painted from scratch. One technique used in creating these artifacts are generative adversarial networks (GANs).…
New Microsoft Research Podcast invites you to log on, tune in and geek out
Microsoft Research Podcast Subscribe and listen on iTunes, android or email I’ve spent the better part of the last decade investigating the impact of digital media and technology on culture from an academic perspective. I…
AI and Our Future With Machines with Dr. Eric Horvitz
Episode 2, December 4, 2017 – When it comes to artificial intelligence, Dr. Eric Horvitz is as passionate as he is accomplished. His contributions to the field, and service on the boards of nearly every…
Snippets from the Revolution – An Interview with Dr. Jaime Teevan
Episode 1, November 28, 2017 – Dr. Jaime Teevan has a lot to say about productivity in a fragmented culture, and some solutions that seem promising, if somewhat counterintuitive. Dr. Teevan is a Microsoft researcher,…
Building Scale VR: Automatically Creating Indoor 3D Maps and its Application to Simulation of Disaster Situations
It is useful to simulate disaster situations by reconstructing actual buildings in a virtual space to enable people using the buildings to learn how to act in a disaster situation before it occurs. Therefore, we…