Kinect Identity: Player recognition in Xbox
Introducing how Kinect performs player identity recognition in Xbox, what we call “Kinect Identity.” A primary challenge in developing a natural user interface for the Kinect is how to seamlessly recognize a player’s identity to…
Mobile Indoor Navigation
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could easily find a particular store in a crowded shopping mall, or locate an office in an unfamiliar building, using just your cell phone? Feng Zhao, assistant managing director…
Pursue the most important problem
Washington Research Foundation Entrepreneurship Professor Oren Etzioni of the University of Washington reflects on his approach to his research on fundamental challenges of artificial intelligence.
Predictive Analytics for Traffic
Machine Learning and Intelligence for Sensing, Inferring, and Forecasting Traffic Flows Machine learning and intelligence are being applied in multiple ways to addressing difficult challenges in multiple fields, including transportation, energy, and healthcare. Research scientists…
Trajectory Preprocessing
Advancing the State of the Art: 20th Anniversary and Beyond
At Microsoft Research, we are celebrating over 20 years of turning ideas into products that continuously improve the way people interact with technology. We advance the state of the art in computer science through exploration…