Research
Designing technology that is more intuitive, accessible, and useful across the full range of human experiences.
With natural language processing rapidly increasing in popularity, more and more tools have become available to the public to build large systems. Some of these tools are intended for general-purpose NLP, while others focus on…
Project Soundscape is a research project that explores the use of innovative audio-based technology to enable people, particularly those with blindness or low vision, to build a richer awareness of their surroundings, thus becoming more…
The explosion of available idea repositories — scientific papers, patents, product descriptions — represents an unprecedented opportunity to accelerate innovation and lead to a wealth of discoveries. Given the scale of the problem and its…
We present SWARM, a wearable affective technology designed to help a user to reflect on their own emotional state, modify their affect, and interpret the emotional states of others. SWARM aims for a universal design…
Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) offer a non-verbal and covert way for humans to interact with a machine. They are designed to interpret user’s brain state that can be translated into action or other communication purposes. While…
Dr. Nathalie Riche envisions a future in which all of our data will be accessible, meaningful, compelling and artistic. And as a researcher in human computer interaction and information visualization at Microsoft Research, she’s working…
Microsoft Icecaps is a new open-source NLP toolkit featuring pre-trained models and an emphasis on conversational scenarios
