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Designing technologies that expand access, opportunity, and digital inclusion in underserved communities around the world.
Karya, a social impact organization, is employing rural Indians at 20x the minimum wage to build ethical datasets for low-resourced languages in India, verified with Azure OpenAI Service. At the same time, the material they’re…
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…
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…
Technology solutions for accessibility have long been created using a narrow utilitarian lens, especially in the Global South due to multi-dimensional challenges and resource constraints—an emphasis on purely functional outcomes supported by sterile cost-benefit analysis…
Patients need reliable health information, but the digital age overwhelms them with excess and often inaccurate information. Patients trust medical professionals the most, but time constraints restrict this communication. To bridge this gap, we at…
This seminar was hosted by Microsoft Research Africa, Nairobi together with the Microsoft AI for Good team in July 2024. Knowing where people live is critical for urban planning, disaster management, and more broadly, for…
AgriAdvisor is a pilot demo created in collaboration with TomorrowNow.org, Tomorrow.io and Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO). This AI copilot provides small-scale farmers with real-time, reliable weather and agronomic guidance that can help…
Printed circuit boards are abundant—in the stuff we use and in landfills. Researcher Jake Smith and professor Aniruddh Vashisth discuss the development of vitrimer-based PCBs that perform comparably to traditional PCBs but have less environmental…
