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Announcing recipients of the AFMR Minority Serving Institutions grant
Microsoft announces the AFMR Minority Serving Institutions grant recipients, advancing AI research focused on today’s most significant technical and societal challenges. The grant provides funding and access to Azure-hosted foundation models.
GHDDI and Microsoft Research use AI technology to achieve significant progress in discovering new drugs to treat global infectious diseases
| Tie-Yan Liu and Tao Qin
The Global Health Drug Discovery Institute and Microsoft Research are using AI to innovate in life sciences by accelerating the development of new treatments for global infectious diseases like tuberculosis and COVID. Find out how.
AI Frontiers: A deep dive into deep learning with Ashley Llorens and Chris Bishop
| Ashley Llorens and Christopher Bishop
In this episode of “AI Frontiers,” AI4Science Director Chris Bishop talks about the state of deep learning; his new textbook, “Deep Learning: Foundations and Concepts,” and the impact the field is having on the natural sciences.
Abstracts: December 12, 2023
| Gretchen Huizinga, Tao Qin, and Lijun Wu
Members of the research community at Microsoft work continuously to advance their respective fields. Abstracts brings its audience to the cutting edge with them through short, compelling conversations about new and noteworthy achievements. In this episode, Senior Principal Research Manager…
NeurIPS 2023 highlights breadth of Microsoft’s machine learning innovation
We’re proud to have 100+ accepted papers At NeurIPS 2023, plus 18 workshops. Several submissions were chosen as oral presentations and spotlight posters, reflecting groundbreaking concepts, methods, or applications. Here’s an overview of those submissions.
In the news | IEEE
Karin Strauss, 2024 IEEE Fellow
Congratulations to Karin Strauss, Senior Principal Research Manager in AI4Science, who was recently named as a 2024 IEEE Fellow!
Accelerate Foundation Models Research: Supporting a global academic research ecosystem for AI
A diverse research ecosystem is essential to realizing the promise of AI. Accelerate Foundation Models Research aims to expand access to powerful models, engaging academics outside of computer science to pursue a broad range of important opportunities.
In the news | Metaverse Post
Microsoft’s DeepSpeed4Science Advances AI in Scientific Research
Microsoft recently launched DeepSpeed4Science initiative to apply deep learning in natural sciences, including drug development and renewable energy. DeepSpeed, an open-source AI framework, aims to accelerate and scale up deep learning processes.
In the news | WinBuzzer
Microsoft Announces DeepSpeed4Science Initiative for AI Based Scientific Research
Microsoft has introduced the DeepSpeed4Science initiative through its DeepSpeed team. The initiative focuses on the application of deep learning in the natural sciences, targeting areas such as drug development and renewable energy. The DeepSpeed system, an open-source AI framework from…