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Awards | ACM
Four Microsoft researchers named as 2021 ACM Fellows
Four Microsoft researchers were among those honored for 2021: Nikolaj Bjorner, Tie-Yan Liu, Ryen White, and Tom Zimmermann. ACM Fellows includes the top 1% of ACM members for their outstanding accomplishments in computing and information technology and/or outstanding service to…
Research at Microsoft 2021: Collaborating for real-world change
Over the past 30 years, Microsoft Research has undergone a shift in how it approaches innovation, broadening its mission to include not only advancing the state of computing but also using technology to tackle some of the world’s most pressing…
Awards | Newsweek
Ranveer Chandra included in Newsweek’s inaugural list of America’s Greatest Disruptors
Ranveer Chandra is among the 50 luminaries and leaders who are included in Newsweek’s inaugural list of America’s Greatest Disruptors. The list features visionaries, innovators, pioneers and change makers who are using technology to transform business, health, culture and society…
In the news | Microsoft ALT Innovation
Tech Minutes: Watch For
Learn how the Watch For platform leverages deep-learning, computer vision, and high efficiency AI infrastructure to identify interesting moments in video content. Presented by Weishung Liu, Senior Program Manager, from Microsoft Research, Redmond.
Awards | The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (Supercomputing'21)
Deepak Narayanan and Amar Phanishayee receive best student paper award
The Super Computing 2021 organizers selected Deepak Narayanan and Amar Phanishayee’s paper, Efficient Large-Scale Language Model Training on GPU Clusters Using Megatron-LM, as the best student paper for its quality and potential impact.
Toward nanoscale DNA writers: Unlocking scalable DNA data writing technology
| Karin Strauss and Bichlien Nguyen
Editor’s note: The researchers would like to acknowledge co-authors Christopher Takahashi, Gagan Gupta, Jake Smith, Richard Rouse, Paul Berndt, Sergey Yekhanin, David Ward, Siena Ang, Patrick Garvan, Hsing-Yeh Parker, Rob Carlson, Douglas Carmean, and Luis Ceze for their contributions to…
In the news | Fast Company
ElectionGuard named to Fast Company “AI and Data: Next Big Things in Tech” list
Microsoft and InfernoRed – For securing the democratic process | These companies partnered to create ElectionGuard (opens in new tab), an open-source system that keeps data encrypted even while it’s being processed, allowing people to check that their vote has…
In the news | Tech Ninja
Best OpenSource AutoML frameworks in 2021
Included in the curated list of OpenSource AutoML frameworks, Microsoft FLAML is a robust AutoML framework with a lightweight Python library that automatically finds accurate machine learning models.
Awards | ISO.org
ISO and IEC expert group wins another prestigious Technology & Engineering Emmy Award
Gary Sullivan, Chair of the ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29, and Microsoft Research Principal Standards Program Manager, is part of the expert group behind the structure of multimedia files such as MP4 and 3GP. They were honored with the prestigious Technology…