News & features
Research Focus: Week of June 24, 2024
In this issue: RENC makes 5G vRAN servers more energy efficient; CoExplorer uses AI to keep video meetings on track; Automatic bug detection in LLM-powered text-based games; MAIRA-2: Grounded radiology report generation.
AI Models vs. AI Systems: Understanding Units of Performance Assessment
| Anja Thieme and Cecily Morrison
As AI becomes more deeply integrated into every aspect of our lives, it is essential that AI systems perform appropriately for their intended use. We know AI models can never be perfect, so how do we decide when AI performance…
A path to personalization: Using ML to subtype patients receiving digital mental health interventions
| Danielle Belgrave and Anja Thieme
Mental health experiences vary widely from individual to individual. Because of this, effective treatment is about identifying the unique set of tools that will help a person manage their mental health productively. And that rarely happens overnight. People experiencing symptoms…
Data-driven insights for more effective, personalized care in online mental health interventions
| Anja Thieme and Danielle Belgrave
Increases in the occurrence and global effect of mental illness have made the prevention and treatment of mental health problems a public health priority. To address the need for more access to mental health treatment, digital psychotherapy programs, such as…
In the news | Microsoft Innovation Stories
Using AI, people who are blind are able to find familiar faces in a room
Cambridge, United Kingdom – Theo, a 12-year-old boy who is blind, is seated at a table in a crowded kitchen on a gray and drippy mid-December day. A headband that houses cameras, a depth sensor and speakers rings his sandy-brown…
Microsoft collaborates with SilverCloud Health to develop AI for improved mental health
| Danielle Belgrave and Anja Thieme
One in four of us, at some point in our lives, will be affected by a mental health condition. Good mental health and well-being are fundamental to our general health and quality of life. It enables us to build resilience…