On Welsh Corgis, Computer Vision, and the Power of Deep Learning
Can you tell the difference between the two breeds of corgis? If you’re like many, you probably are barely even aware that such dogs exist, let alone the fact that there are two—and only two—kinds…
CodaLab Demo
Watch a demonstration of CodaLab by Evelyne Viegas, director, Microsoft Research, and Isabella Guyon, president, Chalearn.
Opening Keynote: Faculty Summit 2014
Harry Shum, executive vice president of Microsoft’s Technology and Research group, opens the Faculty Summit by highlighting major efforts at Microsoft Research. Two of significance are the integration of Microsoft Academic Search into Bing with…
Nikolai Tillmann Demonstrates the Code Hunt Game
Nikolai Tillmann, Development Lead, Tools for Software Engineers group, Microsoft, demonstrates Code Hunt, an educational coding game. http://codehunt.com http://www.microsoftfacultysummit.com
Deep learning enables large-scale computer image recognition
Trishul Chilimbi, Partner Research Manager for Microsoft Research, discusses Project Adam, and how deep neural networks have enabled large-scale computer image recognition with astounding accuracy.
Introducing Project Adam: a new deep-learning system
Project Adam is a new deep-learning system modeled after the human brain that has greater image classification accuracy and is 50 times faster than other systems in the industry.
New Hope for People Living with Paralysis
Learn how Nilanjan Banerjee from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, uses the Lab of Things as the platform to interconnect wearable sensors like gloves, headbands, and capacitive sensors built into clothing, bedsheets, and wheelchair…
Consuming Sports: Information, Interaction, and Innovation
People increasingly are consuming live sports with a second screen in their hands — a phone, a tablet, or a computer — because they need more information to stay focused. We see a new virtual…