Human language technologies
Researching software and systems that bridge the linguistic divide between people and machines to make communicating with computers as natural as speaking with family and friends.
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Kalika Bali, Microsoft Research @UNESCO LT4ALL
Kalika Bali, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Labs India, speaking on Evaluating Speech Data and Technology for Indian Languages Language Technologies for All: Enabling Linguistic Diversity and Multilingualism Worldwide (Day 2 – Afternoon session) **Applying language…
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Kalika Bali: The giant leaps in language technology — and who’s left behind | TED
Thousands of languages thrive across the globe, yet modern speech technology — with all of its benefits — supports just over a hundred. Computational linguist Kalika Bali dreams of a day when technology acts as…
Microsoft Research Blog
Research Focus: Week of September 9, 2024
Investigating vulnerabilities in LLMs; A novel total-duration-aware (TDA) duration model for text-to-speech (TTS); Generative expert metric system through iterative prompt priming; Integrity protection in 5G fronthaul networks:
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Auto-Tuning of Copilot Prompts
AI-agent-based tool for tuning and optimizing system prompts, and particularly those of Microsoft Copilot offerings. It is used to replace manual adaptation of prompts — requiring extensive human labor — in scenarios such as when…
Microsoft Research Blog
Research Focus: Week of August 26, 2024
Learn what’s next for AI at Research Forum on Sept. 3; WizardArena simulates human-annotated chatbot games; MInference speeds pre-filling for long-context LLMs via dynamic sparse attention; Reef: Fast succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge regex proofs.
