Microsoft Research Summit 2022
Location: Virtual
David Alvarez-Melis
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research New England
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Ava Amini (Soleimany)
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research New England
Sessions presenting
Track: Precision Health — From Discovery to Delivery
Alberto Arribas Herranz
Europe Lead for Corporate Environmental Sustainability Science, Microsoft
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Panel discussion and research talk: Computational advances in climate risk assessment
Jeremy Avigad (opens in new tab)
Professor of Philosophy and Mathematical Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Ahmed Awadallah
Senior Principal Research Manager, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Keynote with guests: Toward AI that empowers more people more of the time
Lightning talks: Training and inference efficiency
Lightning talks: Skills acquisition and new capabilities
Chris Bailey
JD Candidate, University of Illinois
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Research talk: Correct computational law and civil procedure with the Lean Proof Assistant
Jiang Bian
Principal Research Manager, Microsoft Research Asia
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Carlo Bifulco (opens in new tab)
CMO, Genomics, Providence Health
Sessions presenting
Track: Precision Health — From Discovery to Delivery
Beth Blauer (opens in new tab)
Associate Vice Provost for Public Sector Innovation, Johns Hopkins University
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Panel discussion: From science to policy: Decision-making under uncertainty for global emergencies
Geff Brown (opens in new tab)
Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Privacy and Regulatory Affairs
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Panel discussion: From privacy research to policy, regulations and standards
Bill Buxton
Partner Researcher, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Panel discussion: Is the future of the metaverse work or play?
Gustau Camps-Valls (opens in new tab)
Professor, University of Valencia
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Panel discussion and research talk: Computational advances in climate risk assessment
Ranveer Chandra
Managing Director, Research for Industry; Partner Manager, Networking Research; CTO, Agri-Food, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Lightning talks: Sustainably nourishing the world
Track: Future of the Cloud
Nishanth Chandran
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research India
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Melissa Chase
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Research talk: Differentially private fine-tuning of large language models
Lightning talks: Responsible AI: The challenge of big models
Research talks: An investigation into user expectations for differential privacy
Lightning talks: The identity revolution: Centering trust on people
Panel discussion: From privacy research to policy, regulations and standards
Yejin Choi (opens in new tab)
Brett Helsel Professor of Computer Science, University of Washington, AI2
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Scott Counts
Senior Principal Research Manager, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Panel discussion: Towards climate-smart cities: IoT networks for air pollution sensing
Rachel Cummings (opens in new tab)
Assistant Professor, Columbia University
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Research talks: An investigation into user expectations for differential privacy
Marc-Alexandre Côté
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Montréal
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Madeleine Isabelle Daepp
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Panel discussion: Towards climate-smart cities: IoT networks for air pollution sensing
Qi Dai
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research Asia
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Leonardo de Moura
Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Sam Devlin
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Cambridge
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Panel discussion: From AI research to application in AAA-games
Eleanor Dillon
Principal Economist, Microsoft Research New England
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Panel discussion and research talk: Computational advances in climate risk assessment
Mischa Dohler (opens in new tab)
Chief Architect, Advanced Technology Group, Ericsson Inc
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Panel discussion: Is the future of the metaverse work or play?
Susan Dumais
Technical Fellow and Managing Director, Microsoft Research New England, NYC, and Montréal
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Rebecca Finlay (opens in new tab)
CEO, Partnership on AI
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Panel discussion: From privacy research to policy, regulations and standards
Simon Frost
Principal Data Scientist, Microsoft Health Futures
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Panel discussion: From science to policy: Decision-making under uncertainty for global emergencies
Esha Ghosh
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Lightning talks: The identity revolution: Centering trust on people
Sharon Gillett
Technical Advisor and Sr. Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Research New England
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Lightning talks: Sustainably nourishing the world
Panel discussion and research talk: Computational advances in climate risk assessment
Panel discussion: Towards climate-smart cities: IoT networks for air pollution sensing
Panel discussion: From science to policy: Decision-making under uncertainty for global emergencies
Research talk: Correct computational law and civil procedure with the Lean Proof Assistant
Mar Gonzalez-Franco
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Panel discussion: Is the future of the metaverse work or play?
Song Han (opens in new tab)
Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Michael Hansen
Senior Director, Biomedical Signal Processing, Microsoft Health Futures
Sessions presenting
Track: Precision Health — From Discovery to Delivery
Kenn Harper (opens in new tab)
Vice President and General Manager, Nuance, a Microsoft company
Sessions presenting
Track: Precision Health — From Discovery to Delivery
Panel discussion: Ambient clinical intelligence, the next frontier of AI
Yuxiong He
Partner Research Manager, DeepSpeed, Microsoft
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Eric Horvitz
Technical Fellow and Chief Scientific Officer, Microsoft
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Panel discussion: From science to policy: Decision-making under uncertainty for global emergencies
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Jessica Hullman (opens in new tab)
Associate Professor, Northwestern University
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Research talks: An investigation into user expectations for differential privacy
Katsu Ikeuchi
Senior Principal Research Manager, Microsoft
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Kori Inkpen
Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Panel discussion: Is the future of the metaverse work or play?
Uma Jayaram (opens in new tab)
GM of SEED, Electronic Arts
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Panel discussion: From AI research to application in AAA-games
Thomas Karagiannis
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Cambridge
Sessions presenting
Track: Future of the Cloud
Panel discussion: Emerging computing technologies in academia and industry
Pieter Kasselman (opens in new tab)
Principal Identity Standards Architect, Microsoft Security
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Panel discussion: From privacy research to policy, regulations and standards
Katie Kelly (opens in new tab)
Principal PM, Microsoft Mesh
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Panel discussion: Is the future of the metaverse work or play?
Najat Khan (opens in new tab)
Chief Data Science Officer and Global Head, Strategy & Operations, Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Sessions presenting
Track: Precision Health — From Discovery to Delivery
Keynote with guests: Accelerating precision health through scientific innovation and discovery
Jim Kleewein (opens in new tab)
Technical Fellow, Microsoft 365
Sessions presenting
Track: Future of the Cloud
Panel discussion: Emerging computing technologies in academia and industry
Yaa Kumah-Crystal (opens in new tab)
Clinical Director HealthIT, Pediatric Endocrinology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Sessions presenting
Track: Precision Health — From Discovery to Delivery
Panel discussion: Ambient clinical intelligence, the next frontier of AI
Yasuo Kuniyoshi (opens in new tab)
Director of AI Center, Professor at School of Info Sci & Tech, The University of Tokyo
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Cornelia Kutterer (opens in new tab)
Senior Director, Head of Responsible Tech & Competition, Microsoft European Government Affairs
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Panel discussion: From privacy research to policy, regulations and standards
Qingwei Lin
Sr. Principal Research Manager, Microsoft Research Asia
Sessions presenting
Track: Future of the Cloud
Research talk: Cloud Intelligence/AIOps – Infusing AI into cloud computing
Tie-Yan Liu
Distinguished Scientist, Assistant Managing Director, Microsoft Research AI4Science
Sessions presenting
Ashley Llorens
Vice President, Distinguished Scientist & Managing Director, Microsoft Research Outreach
Sessions presenting
Plenary: The fifth paradigm of scientific discovery
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Keynote with guests: Toward AI that empowers more people more of the time
Gabrielle Loisel (opens in new tab)
Writer and educator, Botnik Studios
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Keynote with guests: Toward AI that empowers more people more of the time
Alex Long (opens in new tab)
Program Associate, The Wilson Center
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Panel discussion: From science to policy: Decision-making under uncertainty for global emergencies
Scott Lundberg
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Heather Macbeth (opens in new tab)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Fordham University
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
David Maltz
Technical Fellow & CVP, Microsoft Azure
Sessions presenting
Track: Future of the Cloud
Panel discussion: Emerging computing technologies in academia and industry
Sara Malvar
Senior Research Software Development Engineer, Microsoft Research
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Youichiro Miyake (opens in new tab)
General Manager, AI Division, SQUARE ENIX
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Panel discussion: From AI research to application in AAA-games
Ida Momennejad
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research NYC
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Greg Moore
Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research & Incubations
Sessions presenting
Plenary: The future of human health
Track: Precision Health — From Discovery to Delivery
Panel discussion: Ambient clinical intelligence, the next frontier of AI
Subhabrata Mukherjee
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Karthik Narasimhan (opens in new tab)
Assistant Professor, Princeton University
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Leonardo Nunes
Principal Research Engineer, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Michael Ogletree (opens in new tab)
Director, Air Pollution Control Division, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Panel discussion: Towards climate-smart cities: IoT networks for air pollution sensing
Ozan Oktay
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Health Futures
Sessions presenting
Track: Precision Health — From Discovery to Delivery
Christian Paquin
Principal Program Manager, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Lightning talks: The identity revolution: Centering trust on people
Francesca Parmigiani
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Cambridge
Sessions presenting
Track: Future of the Cloud
Jared Pelo (opens in new tab)
Chief Clinical Product Officer, DAX, Nuance, a Microsoft company
Sessions presenting
Track: Precision Health — From Discovery to Delivery
Panel discussion: Ambient clinical intelligence, the next frontier of AI
Joe Petro (opens in new tab)
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Nuance, a Microsoft company
Sessions presenting
Anthony Philippakis (opens in new tab)
Chief Data Officer, Institute Scientist, Broad Institute
Sessions presenting
Track: Precision Health — From Discovery to Delivery
Keynote with guests: Accelerating precision health through scientific innovation and discovery
Hoifung Poon
Senior Director, Microsoft Health Futures
Sessions presenting
Track: Precision Health — From Discovery to Delivery
Jonathan Protzenko
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Research talk: Correct computational law and civil procedure with the Lean Proof Assistant
Colin Raffel (opens in new tab)
Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Ant Rowstron
Distinguished Engineer, Deputy Lab Director, Microsoft Research Cambridge
Sessions presenting
Plenary: Emerging foundations for planet-scale computing
Track: Future of the Cloud
Research talk: Computing at the speed of light
Research talk: Low-latency, real-time insights from space
Research talk: Storing data for millennia
Research talk: Cloud Intelligence/AIOps – Infusing AI into cloud computing
Panel discussion: Emerging computing technologies in academia and industry
Kevin Scott
Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Technology & Research
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Keynote with guests: Toward AI that empowers more people more of the time
John Sheehan (opens in new tab)
Technical Fellow, Corporate Vice President Health and Standards, Microsoft Azure
Sessions presenting
Track: Future of the Cloud
Panel discussion: Emerging computing technologies in academia and industry
Ted Shepherd
Grantham Professor of Climate Science, University of Reading
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Panel discussion and research talk: Computational advances in climate risk assessment
Ruihua Song
Associate Professor, Renmin University of China
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Ioan Stefanovici
Principal Research Manager, Microsoft Research Cambridge
Sessions presenting
Track: Future of the Cloud
Jun Takamatsu
Senior Researcher, Microsoft
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Desney Tan
Vice President and Managing Director, Microsoft Health Futures
Sessions presenting
Track: Precision Health — From Discovery to Delivery
Keynote with guests: Accelerating precision health through scientific innovation and discovery
Panel discussion: Ambient clinical intelligence, the next frontier of AI
Jaime Teevan
Chief Scientist and Technical Fellow, Microsoft
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Lightning talks: Empowering mathematicians with technology
Panel discussion: From AI research to application in AAA-games
Lightning talks: AI for visual content creation
Research talk: Numerical weak AI and symbolic strong AI
Panel discussion: Is the future of the metaverse work or play?
Adam Trischler
Principal Research Manager, Microsoft Research Montréal
Sessions presenting
Track: Efficient Large-Scale AI
Keynote with guests: Toward AI that empowers more people more of the time
Mihaela Vorvoreanu
Director, UX Research and Responsible AI Education, Microsoft, AETHER
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Lightning talks: Responsible AI: The challenge of big models
Xiting Wang
Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Asia
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Lightning talks: Responsible AI: The challenge of big models
Cameron Webb (opens in new tab)
Senior Policy Advisor for Equity, White House COVID-19 Response Team
Sessions presenting
Max Welling
Vice President and Distinguished Scientist, Microsoft Research AI4Science
Sessions presenting
Daniel M. Westervelt (opens in new tab)
Assistant Research Professor, Columbia University
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Panel discussion: Towards climate-smart cities: IoT networks for air pollution sensing
Andy Wilson
Researcher, Microsoft Research Redmond
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Panel discussion: Is the future of the metaverse work or play?
Chenfei Wu
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research Asia
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Fangzhao Wu
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research Asia
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Lightning talks: Responsible AI: The challenge of big models
Yingce Xia
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research Asia
Sessions presenting
Track: Precision Health — From Discovery to Delivery
Jia Xing (opens in new tab)
Associate Professor, Tsinghua University
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Panel discussion and research talk: Computational advances in climate risk assessment
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Kevin Yang
Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research New England
Sessions presenting
Track: Precision Health — From Discovery to Delivery
Xiaoyuan Yi
Researcher, Microsoft Research Asia
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Lightning talks: Responsible AI: The challenge of big models
Greg Zaverucha
Principal Software Development Engineer, Microsoft
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Lightning talks: The identity revolution: Centering trust on people
Dongmei Zhang
Distinguished Scientist, Deputy Managing Director, Microsoft Research Asia
Sessions presenting
Haiyan Zhang
General Manager, Gaming AI, Microsoft Gaming
Sessions presenting
Track: Amplifying Human Productivity and Creativity
Panel discussion: From AI research to application in AAA-games
Huishuai Zhang
Senior Researcher, Microsoft
Sessions presenting
Track: Building User Trust Through Privacy, Identity, and Responsible AI
Research talk: Differentially private fine-tuning of large language models
YY (Yuanyuan) Zhou (opens in new tab)
Qualcomm Chair Professor, University of California, San Diego (UCSD)
Sessions presenting
Track: Future of the Cloud
Panel discussion: Emerging computing technologies in academia and industry
Naomi Zimmerman (opens in new tab)
Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Sessions presenting
Track: Enabling a Resilient and Sustainable World
Panel discussion: Towards climate-smart cities: IoT networks for air pollution sensing