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In the news | ACM SIGOPS
Best Paper Award in ACM SOSP 2019
For the paper, ‘Efficient and Scalable Thread-Safety Violation Detection â Finding thousands of concurrency bugs during testing.’
In the news | Gizmodo
Microsoft made a smartphone app that can administer driving tests without an instructor
The HAMS project (short for Harnessing AutoMobiles for Safety) uses a smartphone mounted to the windshield of a vehicle thatâs positioned so that its front-facing camera can see and monitor the driver, while its rear-facing camera can monitor the road…
In the news | Hindustan Times
Microsoft’s AI-based ‘HAMS’ automates driver license tests in India
Microsoft Research has developed a smartphone-based driving test system that leverages the power of Artificial Intelligence to make a fair analysis of a driver’s ability before issuing him or her a license. The system has already been deployed at Dehradun…
In the news | Microsoft News
Microsoft Research AI project automates driver’s license tests in India
What if your driverâs license test will now be conducted by a smartphone attached to your carâs windshield and without an evaluator present in the vehicle? This is not science fiction. It is already happening.
Awards | Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Manik Varma awarded Bhatnagar prize for engineering
Manik Varma, Principal Researcher, received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize for Science and Technology (SSB) in engineering sciences. This is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research,…
In the news | Microsoft News Center India
ALTBalaji partners with Microsoft and Eko India Financial Services to pilot a cloud coordinated content distribution network that saves cellular data
Mumbai, September 24, 2019: Leading homegrown OTT platform, ALTBalaji has announced a consumer benefitting alliance with Microsoft and Indian fintech company, Eko India Financial Services Pvt. Ltd. The association will allow the digital SVOD platform’s subscribers to use Microsoft’s BlendNet…
In the news | IEEE Spectrum
The Ultimate Optimization Problem: How to Best Use Every Square Meter of the Earth’s Surface
Lucas Joppa, founder of Microsoft’s AI for Earth program, is taking an engineering approach to environmental issues.
In the news | Scientifc American
A Planetary Computer to Avert Environmental Disaster
Investment in technology solutions aimed at environmental outcomes is sorely needed to accelerate the pace, scale and effectiveness of our response to climate change.
In the news | The Economic Times
Eros Now ties up with Microsoft to develop OTT technology
MUMBAI: Eros Now, the video on demand platform by Eros International Plc. has tied up with software giant Microsoft to develop an enhanced online video platform. Eros Now is collaborating with Microsoft to use its cloud platform Azure to build…