Artificial Intelligence
Building intelligent machines that complement human reasoning and extend what people can do.
Podcast
Examining the social impacts of artificial intelligence with Dr. Fernando Diaz
Episode 30, June 27, 2018 – Dr. Diaz shares his insights on the kinds of questions we need to be asking about artificial intelligence and its impact on society. He also talks about how algorithms…
Tool
Frigatebird
Project Frigatebird is aimed at enabling small fixed-wing UAVs to travel long distances by soaring — taking advantage of rising air regions the way human sailplane pilots and bird species like frigatebirds do — using…
Microsoft Research Blog
Probabilistic predicates to accelerate inference queries
Imagine having to narrow down a video of passing vehicles captured on a traffic camera to red SUVs that are exceeding the speed limit. Such queries over images, videos and text are an increasingly common…
Microsoft Research Blog
Microsoft Research Montreal welcomes Fernando Diaz, Principal Researcher and lead of the new Montreal FATE Research Group
Microsoft Research Montreal further bolsters its research force this month, welcoming Fernando Diaz to the Montreal FATE (Fairness, Accountability, Transparency and Ethics in AI) research group as Principal Researcher. Diaz, whose research area is the…
Video
Bits and Joules: Empowering energy consumers through IoT & AI
The Energy vertical is going through a paradigm shift from centralised conventional generation and distributed consumption to non-conventional distributed generation (with renewables and battery technologies) and distributed consumption. This change is posing challenges and driving…
