Researching software and systems that bridge the linguistic divide between people and machines to make communicating with computers as natural as speaking with family and friends.
Key insights from the Large Language Models session at the Global India AI Summit, featuring Dr. Kalika Bali, Principal Researcher, Microsoft in discussion with CEO BHASHINI, Amitabh Nag.
Karya, a social impact organization, is employing rural Indians at 20x the minimum wage to build ethical datasets for low-resourced languages in India, verified with Azure OpenAI Service. At the same time, the material they’re…
Kalika Bali, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Labs India, speaking on Evaluating Speech Data and Technology for Indian Languages Language Technologies for All: Enabling Linguistic Diversity and Multilingualism Worldwide (Day 2 – Afternoon session) **Applying language…
Thousands of languages thrive across the globe, yet modern speech technology — with all of its benefits — supports just over a hundred. Computational linguist Kalika Bali dreams of a day when technology acts as…
Investigating vulnerabilities in LLMs; A novel total-duration-aware (TDA) duration model for text-to-speech (TTS); Generative expert metric system through iterative prompt priming; Integrity protection in 5G fronthaul networks:
AI-agent-based tool for tuning and optimizing system prompts, and particularly those of Microsoft Copilot offerings. It is used to replace manual adaptation of prompts — requiring extensive human labor — in scenarios such as when…
Microsoft Research Africa, Nairobi is looking for a full-time Senior Researcher to join the dynamic, multidisciplinary team at Microsoft Research Africa, Nairobi. The ideal candidate will have deep ML/NLP/Generative AI research experience, a proven track…
