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Superfast Microsoft AI is first to predict air pollution for the whole world
An artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by Microsoft can accurately forecast weather and air pollution for the whole world — and it does it in less than a minute. The model, called Aurora, is one of a slew of AI…
Introducing Aurora: The first large-scale foundation model of the atmosphere
| Wessel Bruinsma, Megan Stanley, Ana Lucic, Richard Turner, and Paris Perdikaris
Aurora, a new AI foundation model from Microsoft Research, can transform our ability to predict and mitigate extreme weather events and the effects of climate change by enabling faster and more accurate weather forecasts than ever before.
Research Focus: Week of May 13, 2024
Welcome to Research Focus, a series of blog posts that highlights notable publications, events, code/datasets, new hires and other milestones from across the research community at Microsoft. Large language models (LLMs) have shown remarkable performance in generating text similar to…
Abstracts: March 21, 2024
| Chang Liu and Gretchen Huizinga
Senior Researcher Chang Liu discusses M-OFDFT, a variation of orbital-free density functional theory (OFDFT) that leverages deep learning to help identify molecular properties in a way that minimizes the tradeoff between accuracy and efficiency.
Research Forum Episode 2: Transforming health care and the natural sciences, AI and society, and the evolution of foundational AI technologies
Research advances are driving real-world impact faster than ever. Episode 2 of Microsoft Research Forum explores how AI is transforming health care and the natural sciences, the intersection of AI and society, and the evolution of foundational AI technologies.
ViSNet: A general molecular geometry modeling framework for predicting molecular properties and simulating molecular dynamics
| Tong Wang, Bin Shao, and Tie-Yan Liu
Molecular geometry modeling is a powerful tool for understanding the intricate relationships between molecular structure and biological activity – a field known as structure-activity relationships (SAR). The main premise of SAR is that the biological activity of a molecule is…
In the news | Microsoft News Center
3 big AI trends to watch in 2024
2023 was a major year for generative AI, as it went from research labs to real life with millions of people using it through popular tools like ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot. This year, AI is expected to become more accessible,…
Research Focus: Week of February 5, 2024
Research Focus: New Research Forum series explores bold ideas in the era of AI; LASER improves reasoning in language models; Cache-Efficient Top-k Aggregation over High Cardinality Large Datasets; Six Microsoft researchers named 2023 ACM Fellows.
Microsoft Research Forum: New series explores bold ideas in technology research in the era of AI
Microsoft Research Forum (opens in new tab) is a new series of conversations that explore recent advances, bold new ideas, and important discussions within the global research community. Leading Microsoft researchers will share insights into their work, followed by live…