Artificial Intelligence
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Microsoft Brings World’s Fastest Texting to Windows Phone 8.1
Gaurav Sharma appeared relaxed but focused in his purple hoodie on January 16, 2014. Less than 20 seconds later, Sharma, a 15-year-old from Lakeside High School in Seattle, found himself the owner of a Guinness…
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Provable Non-convex Optimization for Machine Learning Problems
We explore theoretical properties of simple non-convex optimization methods for problems that feature prominently in several important areas such as recommendation systems, compressive sensing, computer vision etc.
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Shape-Writing Enhancements for Windows Phone
On January 16, 2014, Microsoft researchers and Windows Phone engineers set out to challenge the Guinness World Records fastest text message using a touch-screen mobile phone record. Typing on a touchscreen device without having to…
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