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In the news | Valor Econômico
Brasileiro lidera pesquisa na Microsoft
Pergunte ao brasileiro Henrique Malvar qual seu trabalho atual e ele lhe contará um episódio passado recentemente em Cingapura…
Don’t let data drift derail edge compute machine learning models
| Ganesh Ananthanarayanan, Yuanchao Shu, Nikolaos Karianakis, Kevin Hsieh, and Victor Bahl
Edge computing has come of age, with deployments enabling many applications that process data from IoT sensors and cameras. In 2017, we identified the symbiotic relationship between edge computing and video analytics in an article (opens in new tab), noting…
Awards | IEEE VR 2022
Mar Gonzalez-Franco receives 2022 IEEE VGTC Significant New Researcher award
Mar Gonzalez-Franco received the 2022 IEEE VGTC (opens in new tab) Significant New Researcher award in recognition of her research and leadership contributions in the field of Virtual Reality and spatial computing, in particular for her work on Avatars and…
In the news | Analytics India
Interview with the team behind Microsoft’s µTransfer
Recently, researchers – Edward Hu, Greg Yang, Jianfeng Gao from Microsoft, introduced µ-Parametrization, which offers maximal feature learning even in infinite-width limit.
In the news | USA Today Ag Special Edition
Transforming Agriculture: Technology Companies Stand Poised to Deliver 21st-Centruty Solutions
Advances in digital technologies and telecommunications over the last few decades have dramatically changed many homes and businesses around the world. The vast majority of today’s farms, however, still operate a lot like their 20th century brethren.
Awards | IEEE VGTC Technical Awards
2022 IEEE VGTC Virtual Reality Significant New Researcher award goes to Mar Gonzalez-Franco
The 2022 IEEE VGTC Significant New Researcher Award goes to Mar Gonzalez-Franco of Microsoft, in recognition of her research and incipient leadership in the field of Virtual Reality and spatial computing. Her work has provided new insights on how people…
In the news | TechRadar
Microsoft, OpenAI may have solved a fundamental AI bottleneck
Microsoft and Open AI have developed a new method for optimizing massive AI models that are too expensive to train multiple times, such as GPT-3. A blog post published by Microsoft Research describes a technique called µ-Parametrization (or µP), which…
Awards | National Academy of Engineering
Mary Czerwinski elected to the National Academy of Engineering
The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) has elected 111 new members and 22 international members, including Mary Czerwinski, “For the application of psychological principles to the design and understanding of human computer interaction.” Election to National Academy of Engineering membership…
Awards | National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Gary J. Sullivan, Chair of SC 29 Multimedia Standardization, Congratulates SC 29’s MPEG Systems Group on Two More Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards
MPEG Systems, Working Group 3 of the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29 organization led by Gary Sullivan, Principal Standards Program Manager, is being recognized this year by the National Academy for Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) with two Technology & Engineering…