Our Genomes, Our Selves?
The initial draft sequence of the human genome, published in 2001, promised to usher the world towards personalized medicine, in which a patient’s genome is used to diagnose, treat, and prevent illness. Almost twenty years…
The magic of collaboration in science & technology
To mark the 30th anniversary of Microsoft Research, Eric Horvitz, Chief Scientific Officer, co-moderates a series of panel discussions on the “Generations of Inspirational and Impactful Research”. The panelists, comprised of current and past Microsoft…
Protein sequence models
Codebase for generative modeling of protein sequence and structure, including code for CNNs and GNNs and custom data handling code.
Democratizing access to AI
Luca Finelli, Head of the Insights Strategy & Design team at Novartis, explains how in collaboration with Microsoft, we hope to democratize AI drug development and empower researchers and medical doctors to solve healthcare challenges…
Panel: Experiments, models, inference and algorithms: Learning from experts who do it all
Research in computational biology and healthcare benefits from the tight integration of data generation, model specification, and inference or learning. Many machine learning (ML) applications in these fields require data that is very expensive and/or…