Computer Vision
Enabling computers and devices to understand what they see.
Project
ViiBoard: Vision-enhanced Immersive Interaction with Touch Board
ViiBoard uses vision techniques to significantly enhance the user experience on large touch displays (e.g. Microsoft Perceptive Pixel) in two areas: human computer interaction and immersive remote collaboration. Simple Setup ViiBoard uses only an RGBD…
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Partnerships propel computer science
As part of its commitment to basic research, Microsoft invests in creating joint research centers around the world. These collaborative engagements typically involve multi-year research programs across a broad range of projects that push the…
Project
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.
Publication
Fast Feature Pyramids for Object Detection
Project
MSR Image Recognition Challenge (IRC)
Microsoft Research is happy to continue hosting this series of Image Recognition (Retrieval) Grand Challenges. Do you have what it takes to build the best image recognition system? Enter these MSR Image Recognition Challenges to…