Microsoft Information-Seeking Conversations (MISC) dataset
We introduce the Microsoft Information-Seeking Conversation data (MISC), a set of recordings of information-seeking conversations between human “seekers” and “intermediaries”. MISC includes audio and video signals; transcripts of conversation; affectual and physiological signals; recordings of…
Tech Showcase: Accelerating Research Using Networked FPGAs
Project Catapult connects FPGAs together through a network to create a hyperscale, reconfigurable accelerator fabric. See how to use the Project Catapult cluster at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) for research. Apply for access…
Tech Showcase: Bing Visual Search
Visual search, AKA search by image, is a new way of searching for information using an image or part of an image as the query. Similar to text search, which connects keyword queries to knowledge…
Tech Showcase: DeepFind: Searching within Documents to Answer Natural Language Questions
DeepFindSearching within web documents on mobile devices is difficult and unnatural: ctrl-f searches only for exact matches, and it’s hard to see the search results. DeepFind takes a step toward solving this problem by allowing…