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Empowering people with AI with Dr. Cecily Morrison
| Cecily Morrison
Episode 60, January 23, 2019 – Dr. Morrison gives us an overview of what she calls the “pillars” of inclusive design, shares how her research is positively impacting people with health issues and disabilities, and tells us how having a…
In the news | edugeek
Code Jumper Aims to Jumpstart Computer Science Interest for Kids Who Are Blind
Microsoft announced plans to transfer the research and technology behind Code Jumper, a physical programming language that is designed to be inclusive of children who are blind or low vision, to the American Printing House for the Blind.
In the news | FT Tech Tonic
FT Tech Tonic: AI and software’s ‘singular moment’
John Thornhill talks to Chris Bishop, director of Microsoft’s Cambridge research lab, about the potential for exponential growth in the development of software, thanks to machine learning.
In the news | Microsoft Innovation Stories
With Code Jumper, experts look to jumpstart computer science interest for kids who are blind
WORCESTER, United Kingdom — It’s a warm day in early June and a group of students have gathered in the IT classroom at New College Worcester to show off their coding skills. But instead of poking at tablet screens or…
Influencing mainstream software—Applying programming language research ideas to transform spreadsheets
| Andy Gordon and Simon Peyton Jones
Spreadsheets are the world’s most widely used programming language, by several orders of magnitude. We asked ourselves whether it would be possible to apply programming language research ideas to make spreadsheets a better programming language? If we could, that would…
Machine learning and the learning machine with Dr. Christopher Bishop
Episode 52, November 28, 2018 – Dr. Christopher Bishop talks about the past, present and future of AI research, explains the No Free Lunch Theorem, talks about the modern view of machine learning (or how he learned to stop worrying…
In the news | ETH News
ETH and Microsoft: Hunting for talent
Es war ein Spitzentreffen der besonderen Art. Microsoft-Chef Satya Nadella und ETH-Präsident Lino Guzzella diskutierten an der ETH über den Wettbewerb zwischen Wirtschaft und Forschung.
In the news | Inside IT & Inside Channels
Microsoft expands partnership with ETH Zurich
Microsoft will wie schon in den vergangenen Jahren weiterhin in eine Forschungszusammenarbeit mit der ETH und der EPFL investieren. Um dies zu bekräftigen stattete am 30. Oktober sogar CEO Satya Nadella persönlich der ETH einen Besuch ab.
In the news | Microsoft Switzerland
ETH, EPFL and Microsoft are extending their research collaboration
ETH, EPFL and Microsoft are extending their highly successful research collaboration, which has been known as the Swiss Joint Research Center since its inception in 2013. The projects selected for the upcoming third research phase will be announced at the…