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Designer-centered reinforcement learning
| Batu Aytemiz, Mikhail Jacob, Sam Devlin, and Katja Hofmann
In video games, nonplayer characters, bots, and other game agents help bring a digital world and its story to life. They can help make the mission of saving humanity feel urgent, transform every turn of a corner into a gamer’s…
LAMBDA: The ultimate Excel worksheet function
| Andy Gordon and Simon Peyton Jones
Ever since it was released in the 1980s, Microsoft Excel has changed how people organize, analyze, and visualize their data, providing a basis for decision-making for the millions of people who use it each day. It’s also the world’s most…
Awards | IEEE
3 Microsoft researchers elevated to IEEE Fellow for 2021
Steve Hodges, Ivan Tashev and Tom Zimmermann were elevated to the level of IEEE Fellow for 2021. The accomplishments that are being honored are a result of important contributions that led to the advancement or application of engineering, science and…
In the news | The Health-Tech Podcast
The Health-Tech Podcast: #166: Aditya Nori, Lead in Health Intelligence at Microsoft Research Cambridge
On this weeks Sunday Session I chat to Aditya Nori, lead of the Health Intelligence theme at Microsoft Research Cambridge, where their mission is to transform the practice of medicine via trusted and human-centred AI. In the past, Aditya has…
Awards | ACM
4 Microsoft Researchers named Fellows of the ACM
Andy Gordon, Dave Maltz, Meredith Ringel Morris and Tony Hoare (retired Microsoft) were named as one of the 95 2020 ACM Fellows for their contributions to computing. Andy is recognized for his contributions to programming languages: their principles, logic, usability,…
In the news | The Times
Inner Eye AI identifies tumours to speed up treatment of cancer
A hospital in Cambridge is the first to use artificial intelligence technology developed by Microsoft to treat cancer patients faster, helping to cut the treatment backlog and save lives. Addenbrooke’s is the first hospital in the world to use Inner…
In the news | Cambridge Independent
Addenbrooke’s and Microsoft Research Cambridge create world first AI technology to speed up radiography preparations
Addenbrooke’s is becoming the first hospital in the world to use artificial intelligence technology from Microsoft to cut waiting times for cancer patients and potentially improve survival rates.
In the news | TechRepublic
Microsoft: Turning Excel into a Turing-complete programming language
Excel might be the world’s most widely used programming language; Microsoft is on a journey to turn it into a better and more powerful programming language, without losing what makes it Excel.
In the news | TechRepublic
Microsoft: Turning Excel into a Turing-complete programming language
Excel might be the world’s most widely used programming language; Microsoft is on a journey to turn it into a better and more powerful programming language, without losing what makes it Excel. Spreadsheets do more than just calculations; they help…