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Microsoft’s innovation powerhouse in Asia is fueled by science and research
As a powerhouse of ideas and innovation, the Beijing lab of Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) is a surprisingly placid place. There is a quiet sense of contemplation here, almost as if it were a bastion of academia. And, in a…
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Microsoft establishes Microsoft Research Asia-Shanghai and a new AI Innovation Center
Today, Microsoft announced the establishment of Microsoft Research Asia-Shanghai and the Microsoft-INESA AI Innovation Center at the Shanghai Xuhui District, bringing world-class artificial intelligence (AI) research capabilities to the city.
Today, we are pleased to announce MSRA Collaborative Research 2019 Call For Proposals. The goal is to invite faculty members or researchers in Asia to propose any Open Collaborative Research topics related to current Microsoft research areas to advance the…
The advance of deep neural networks has brought huge advances in image captioning. However, current work is deficient in several ways. It simply generates “vanilla” sentences, which describe the shallow appearance of things (e.g., color, types) in the photo and…
23 April 2018, Hong Kong – Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA), Microsoft’s world-class research arm, and Orient Overseas Container Line Limited (OOCL) announced their partnership in applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) research to improve network operations and achieve efficiencies within the shipping industry. The…
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AI and cargo shipping: Full speed ahead for global maritime trade
As the old saying goes: Time is money. And, that’s never been truer than in the competitive world of international shipping, where unforeseen delays or miscalculations can cost millions of dollars.
Innovation Center for China-U.S. Youth Exchange Launched: Microsoft Honored to Be Cooperator
The launching ceremony of the Innovation Center for China-U.S. Youth Exchange was held at Peking University Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center on 2018 February 2. Speeches were delivered by U.S ambassador to China Terry Branstad, Vice Minister of Education Xuejun Tian,…
In August 2017, Proginn and Juejin, two very popular online communities and agencies for Chinese CS engineers jointly announced a survey report that had over 100,000 Chinese engineers participating. The report highlighted that only 7.38% of participating engineers in the…
MSRA and Microsoft Hong Kong decided to host a joint symposium to share the latest research and technologies with academic customers in disciplines including: medicine, biomed and public health, environment, law, and transportation.