{"id":427314,"date":"2017-10-07T07:19:00","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T14:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=427314"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:57:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:57:39","slug":"computing-in-the-21st-century-2017","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/computing-in-the-21st-century-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Computing in the 21st Century 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p><strong>Venues:<\/strong> Global Theater, Harbin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/computing-21st-century-2016\/\">2016, Seoul<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2015\/en.html\">2015, Beijing<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2014\/flash\/jj_e.html\">2014, Beijing<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2013\/flash\/jj_e.html\">2013, Hefei<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2012\/flash\/xsjs_en.html\">2012, Tianjin<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2011\/index_en.html\">2011, Beijing<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2010\/index_en.html\">2010, Shanghai<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2009\">2009, Tokyo & Kyoto<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2008\/ENindex.html\">2008, Beijing & Singapore<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2007\/EN_index.htm\">2007, Nanjing & Seoul<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2006\/bj_en.htm\">2006, Beijing & Taipei<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2005\/EN_hz.htm\">2005, Hangzhou & Hong Kong<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/it.sohu.com\/s2004\/21CC.shtml\">2004, Beijing & Chengdu<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/events\/21ccc_2003\">2003, Beijing & Xi\u2019an<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/events\/21ccc_2002\">2002, Beijing & Guangzhou<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com.cn\/GB\/paper39\/4474\/503252.html\">2001, Beijing & Shanghai<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/events\/21ccc_2000\">2000, Beijing<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/events\/21ccc_1999\">1999, Beijing<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/event\/21ccc-2017\/\">Event Official Chinese Site<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-asia\/\">Microsoft Research Asia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contact us<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>+86\u00a010\u00a059179399<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-427320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21ccc-2017-home-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21ccc-2017-home-banner.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21ccc-2017-home-banner-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21ccc-2017-home-banner-768x298.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21ccc-2017-home-banner-1024x397.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dear friends,<\/p>\n<p>Back in 1995, Bill Gates published his first book, <em>The Road Ahead<\/em>. It was easy to understand and full of wisdom. People regarded it, at the time, as the best primer on what life would be like in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century. In the book, Bill Gates summarized the implications of the personal computing revolution and described a future profoundly changed by the arrival of a global information superhighway. In the 20 years since, an information superhighway has been realized, and to some extent, today\u2019s world has developed even further beyond what Bill Gates had imaged. We can foresee that the next stop on this information superhighway will be a new era dominated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>When you reflect on the history of human innovation, from the discovery of how to make fire to the invention of the wheel, and from the creation of the printing press to the mastery of flight, you can see that these weren\u2019t just solitary innovations, but accelerators that super-charged human progress in countless ways. And now, we are beginning to witness what may be the biggest accelerator of all time: AI. This is because AI not only extends human physical capabilities but also has the potential to bring new possibilities to the entire industry. We are the first generation of humans to coexist with AI. Where is our road headed?<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Research Asia\u2019s biggest annual event, the Computing in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Conference, will be held in Harbin, China on October 19, 2017, featuring the theme: AI, The Road Ahead. The conference is one of the largest and most influential conferences in the field of computer science education and research in China and the Asia Pacific region. To date, 18 sessions have been held in China, Japan, Korea, and Singapore, among other countries and territories, with a combined audience of more than 40,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the conference is co-organized by Microsoft Research Asia and Harbin Institute of Technology, and features global computer science pioneers and AI industry leaders as keynote speakers and panelists. These include: Prof. John E. Hopcroft (Turing Award winner, NAS Fellow, and NAE Fellow), Prof. Raymond J. Mooney (ACL Fellow, ACM Fellow, and AAAI Fellow), Prof. Lise Getoor (AAAI Fellow and Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz.) and Prof. Shang-Hua Teng (two-time G\u00f6del Prize winner, ACM Fellow, and Sloan Fellow). In addition, Dr. Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft, and Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft, Chairman of Microsoft\u2019s Asia-Pacific R&D Group, and Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia, will also be onsite to share their ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial Intelligence is attracting an increasing amount of public attention today. After years of research, the ideas and plots once thought to belong only to science fiction are gradually being realized in the real world. We hope you will be inspired at the conference this year, especially on where AI will be headed in the short term and the long term.<\/p>\n<p>AI undoubtedly marks the road to the future, and we sincerely invite you to join hands with us and explore its possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Conference Chairman<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24144\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/chin-yew-lin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><strong>Chin-Yew Lin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Asia<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24087 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/PL-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"126\" \/><strong>Peter Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research<br \/>\nFellow of ACM<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1422\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1422\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1421\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1421\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1422\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Peter Lee is Corporate Vice President, AI & Research, at Microsoft. He is responsible for incubating research projects that lead to new products and services. Examples of past and current projects include: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1512.03385\">deep neural networks<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> for computer vision and the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2014\/12\/skype-translator-is-the-most-futuristic-thing-ive-ever-used\/\">simultaneous language translation feature in Skype<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>; new <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/science-and-technology\/21652051-even-after-moores-law-ends-chip-costs-could-still-halve-every-few-years-beyond\">silicon<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/24\/technology\/microsoft-makes-a-bet-on-quantum-computing-research.html\">post-silicon<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> computer <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/09\/microsoft-bets-future-chip-reprogram-fly\/\">architectures for Microsoft\u2019s cloud<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>; <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/business\/2016\/02\/03\/microsoft-builds-underwater-data-center-lee-interview.cnn\">experimental under-sea datacenters<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>; <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7d59O6cfaM0\">augmented-reality experiences<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> for HoloLens and VR devices; <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/7\/7\/12114480\/dna-storage-ok-go-microsoft-university-washington-twist-bioscience\">digital storage in DNA<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>; social chatbots <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/08\/04\/science\/for-sympathetic-ear-more-chinese-turn-to-smartphone-program.html\">XiaoIce<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/tech\/elements\/ive-seen-the-greatest-a-i-minds-of-my-generation-destroyed-by-twitter\">Tay<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><u>;<\/u> and <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/microsoft-research-peter-lee-healthcare-next-2017-2\">healthcare innovation<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. Previously, he was an Office Director at DARPA, where he led efforts that created operational capabilities in advanced machine learning, crowdsourcing, and big-data analytics, such as the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/darpa-network-challenge\/\">DARPA Network Challenge<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/travel\/news\/careless-tourists-ruin-it-for-everyone-at-cambridge-college\/ar-BBzhl7k\">Nexus 7<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. He was formerly the Head of <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.cmu.edu\/\">Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s computer science department<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. A thought leader in technological innovation, Dr. Lee served on President\u2019s <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2016\/04\/13\/announcing-presidents-commission-enhancing-national-cybersecurity\">Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, led a study for the National Academies <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nap.edu\/catalog\/23393\/continuing-innovation-in-information-technology-workshop-report\">on the impact of federal research investments on economic growth<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, and testified before the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/science.house.gov\/legislation\/hearings\/full-committee-hearing-networking-and-information-technology-research-and\">US House Science and Technology Committee<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2012\/9\/five-years-of-the-america-competes-act-progress-challenges-and-next-steps\">US Senate Commerce Committee<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. He is widely quoted on industry trends and innovation in the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/15\/magazine\/silicon-valley-tries-to-re-make-the-idea-machine.html?_r=0\">New York Times<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/s\/520011\/three-questions-for-microsofts-new-head-of-research-peter-lee\/\">MIT Technology Review<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/01\/microsoft-neural-net-shows-deep-learning-can-get-way-deeper\/\">Wired<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/3030164\/the-chief-of-microsoft-research-on-big-ideas-failure-and-its-new-skunkworks-group\">Fast Company<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/technology-quarterly\/2016-03-12\/after-moores-law\">The Economist<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2016\/03\/tay-the-neo-nazi-millennial-chatbot-gets-autopsied\/\">ArsTechnica<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/business\/2016\/02\/03\/microsoft-builds-underwater-data-center-lee-interview.cnn\">CNN<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, several <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/234382\/the-imagineers-of-war-by-sharon-weinberger\/9780385351799\/\">books<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1424\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1424\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1423\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tKeynote Abstract\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1423\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1424\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Artisanal AI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scientists and technologists are pursuing the dream of artificial intelligence like never before. The progress of research is clearly accelerating, and this is leading more and more people, including business leaders and scholars, to become optimistic about the prospects for practical applications of AI. At Microsoft, AI is being infused into almost every product and service, providing tremendous benefits to users. However, creating and deploying such applications of AI require a great deal of specialized expertise and hand-crafted solutions. In this sense, one might say that we are in an era of \u201cartisanal AI.\u201d In this presentation, I will explain more about the artisanal nature of today\u2019s AI applications, and lay out prospects for a more industrialized future.<\/p>\n<p>[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/artisanal-ai\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24088 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/JH-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>John Hopcroft<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Computer Science Department, Cornell University<br \/>\n1986 Turing Award Recipient, Fellow of AAAS, Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of ACM<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1426\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1426\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1425\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1425\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1426\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>John E. Hopcroft is the IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Computer Science at Cornell University. His research centers on theoretical aspects of computer science. He was dean of Cornell\u2019s College of Engineering from 1994 to 2001.<\/p>\n<p>In 1992 he was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation, and served through May 1998. He serves on Microsoft\u2019s Technical Advisory Board for Research Asia, and the advisory boards of IIIT Delhi and Seattle University\u2019s College of Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (1989) and National Academy of Sciences (2009), and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>He has received the A.M. Turing Award (1986), IEEE Harry Goode Memorial Award (2005), Computing Research Association\u2019s Distinguished Service Award (2007), ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award (2009), IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2010), and China\u2019s Friendship Medal (2016), China\u2019s highest recognition for a foreigner. In addition, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has designated him an Einstein professor.<\/p>\n<p>He has honorary degrees from Seattle University, the National College of Ireland, the University of Sydney, St. Petersburg State University in Russia, Beijing University of Technology, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and is an honorary professor of the Beijing Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Chongqing University, Yunnan University, and Peking University.<\/p>\n<p>He received his BS (1961) from Seattle University and his MS (1962) and PhD (1964) in electrical engineering from Stanford University.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1428\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1428\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1427\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tKeynote Abstract\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1427\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1428\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The AI Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is an information revolution taking place driven by artificial intelligence. The revolution started with the support vector machine model 15 or 20 years ago but has recently been driven by deep learning. Deep learning has had tremendous success in many application areas but little is known as to why it works so effectively.<\/p>\n<p>This talk will review the basics of machine learning and then present some interesting research directions in deep learning.<\/p>\n<p>[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/the-ai-revolution\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24089 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/LG-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Lise Getoor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor, Computer Science Department, University of California Santa Cruz<br \/>\nFellow of AAAI<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1430\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1430\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1429\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1429\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1430\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Lise Getoor is a professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research areas include machine learning, data integration and reasoning under uncertainty, with an emphasis on graph and network data. She has over 200 publications and extensive experience with machine learning and probabilistic modeling methods for graph and network data. She is a Fellow of the Association for Artificial Intelligence, an elected board member of the International Machine Learning Society, serves on the board of the Computing Research Association (CRA), and was co-chair for ICML 2011. She is a recipient of an NSF Career Award and eleven best paper and best student paper awards. In 2014, she was recognized by KDD Nuggets as one of the emerging research leaders in data mining and data science based on citation and impact. She received her PhD from Stanford University in 2001, her MS from UC Berkeley, and her BS from UC Santa Barbara, and was a professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Maryland, College Park from 2001-2013.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1432\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1432\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1431\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tKeynote Abstract\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1431\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1432\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Big Graph Data Science: Making Useful Inferences from Graph Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graph data (e.g., communication data, financial transaction networks, data describing biological systems, collaboration networks, organization hierarchies, social media, etc.) is ubiquitous. While this observational data is useful, it is usually noisy, often only partially observed, and only hints at the actual underlying social, scientific or technological structures that gave rise to the interactions. One of the challenges in big data analytics lies in being able to reason collectively this kind of extremely large, heterogeneous, incomplete, and noisy interlinked data.<\/p>\n<p>In this talk, I will describe some common inference patterns needed for graph data including: collective classification (predicting missing labels for nodes), link prediction (predicting edges), and entity resolution (determining when two nodes refer to the same underlying entity). I will describe some key capabilities required to solve these problems, and finally I will describe probabilistic soft logic (PSL), a highly scalable open-source probabilistic programming language being developed within my group to solve these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/big-graph-data-science-making-useful-inferences-from-graph-data\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24090 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/RM-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"123\" \/><strong>Raymond Mooney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Texas at Austin and Director, the UT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory<br \/>\nFellow of ACM and Fellow of AAAI<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1434\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1434\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1433\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1433\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1434\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Raymond J. Mooney is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Illinois at Urbana\/Champaign. He is an author of over 160 published research papers, primarily in the areas of machine learning and natural language processing. He was the President of the International Machine Learning Society from 2008-2011, program co-chair for AAAI 2006, general chair for HLT-EMNLP 2005, and co-chair for ICML 1990. He is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Association for Computational Linguistics and the recipient of best paper awards from AAAI-96, KDD-04, ICML-05 and ACL-07.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1436\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1436\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1435\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tKeynote Abstract\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1435\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1436\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Deep Learning Revolution: Progress, Promise, and Profligate Promotion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New machine learning methods for &#8220;deep&#8221; neural networks have demonstrated remarkable performance on a number of challenging AI problems and led to a recent &#8220;revolution&#8221; in AI research.<\/p>\n<p>I will briefly review the history of machine learning, the basics of deep learning (including convolutional and recurrent networks), and their recent successful applications to problems in computer vision, speech and natural language processing, and game playing. I will also discuss the unfortunate &#8220;hype&#8221; that has accompanied this progress and the limitations of current methods and the overall deep learning paradigm. The goal is to present a balanced high-level picture of the current state of machine learning.<\/p>\n<p>[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/the-deep-learning-revolution-progress-promise-and-profligate-promotion\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24091 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/TENG-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"123\" \/>Shang-Hua TENG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>University Professor and Seeley G. Mudd Professor, Computer Science and Mathematics Department, University of South California<br \/>\nFellow of ACM<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1438\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1438\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1437\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1437\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1438\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Shang-Hua Teng is currently a University Professor and Seely Mudd Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Southern California (USC), where he was the chair of the Computer Science Department from 2009-2012. He received his Ph.D. of Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. Before USC, he taught at BU, UIUC, University of Minnesota, and MIT.<\/p>\n<p>Teng has twice won the prestigious G\u00f6del Prize in theoretical computer science, first in 2008, for developing the theory of smoothed analysis, and then in 2015, for designing the groundbreaking nearly-linear time Laplacian solver for network systems. Both are joint work with Dan Spielman of Yale \u2014 his long-time collaborator. Citing him as, &#8220;one of the most original theoretical computer scientists in the world&#8221;, the Simons Foundation named Teng a 2014 Simons Investigator, for pursuing long-term curiosity-driven fundamental research. He and his collaborators also received the best paper award at ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC) for what&#8217;s considered to be the &#8220;first improvement in 10 years&#8221; of a fundamental optimization problem &#8212; the computation of maximum flows and minimum cuts in a network. In addition, he is known for his joint work with Xi Chen and Xiaotie Deng that characterized the complexity for computing an approximate Nash equilibrium in game theory, and his joint papers on market equilibria in computational economics. He and his collaborators also pioneered the development of well-shaped Delaunay meshing algorithms for arbitrary three-dimensional geometric domains, which settled a long-term open problem in numerical simulation, also a fundamental problem in computer graphics. Software based on this development was used at the University of Illinois for the simulation of advanced rockets. Teng is also interested in mathematical board games. With his former Ph.D. student Kyle Burke, he designed and analyzed a game called Atropos, which is played on the Sperner&#8217;s triangle and based on the beautiful, celebrated Sperner&#8217;s Lemma. In 2000 at UIUC, Teng was named on the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students for his class, &#8220;Network Security and Cryptography&#8221;. He has worked and consulted for Microsoft Research, Akamai, IBM Almaden Research Center, Intel Corporation, Xerox PARC, and NASA Ames Research Center, for which he received fifteen patents for his work on compiler optimization, Internet technology, and social networks.<\/p>\n<p>Teng&#8217;s recent research interests include algorithmic theory for Big Data and network science, spectral graph theory, social-choice-theoretical approaches to community identification, and game-theoretical frameworks for understanding the interplay between influence processes and social networks. With a four-year old daughter, he has also become intensely interested in the learning theory for early childhood bilingual acquisition.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1440\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1440\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1439\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tKeynote Abstract\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1439\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1440\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Scalable Algorithms for Big Data and Network Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the age of Big Data, efficient algorithms are in higher demand now more than ever before. While Big Data takes us into the asymptotic world envisioned by our pioneers, the explosive growth of problem size has also significantly challenged the classical notion of efficient algorithms: Algorithms that used to be considered efficient, according to polynomial-time characterization, may no longer be adequate for solving today&#8217;s problems. It is not just desirable, but essential, that efficient algorithms should be scalable. In other words, their complexity should be nearly linear or sub-linear with respect to the problem size. Thus, scalability, not just polynomial-time computability, should be elevated as the central complexity notion for characterizing efficient computation.<\/p>\n<p>In this talk, I will discuss a family of algorithmic techniques for the design of provably-good scalable algorithms, focusing on the emerging Laplacian Paradigm, which has led to breakthroughs in scalable algorithms for several fundamental problems in network analysis, machine learning, and scientific computing. These techniques include local network exploration, advanced sampling, sparsification, and graph partitioning. Network analysis subject include four recent applications: (1) Sampling from Graphic Models (2) Network Centrality Approximation (3) Social-Influence Maximization (4) Random-Walk Sparsification.<\/p>\n<p>Solutions to these problems exemplify the fusion of combinatorial, numerical, and statistical thinking in network analysis.<\/p>\n<p>[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/scalable-algorithms-for-big-data-and-network-analysis\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24092 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HON-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"124\" \/>Hsiao-Wuen Hon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group and Microsoft Research Asia<br \/>\nFellow of IEEE<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1442\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1442\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1441\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1441\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1442\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon is corporate vice president of Microsoft, chairman of Microsoft\u2019s Asia-Pacific R&D Group, and managing director of Microsoft Research Asia. He drives Microsoft\u2019s strategy for research and development activities in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as collaborations with academia.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hon has been with Microsoft since 1995. He joined Microsoft Research Asia in 2004 as deputy managing director, stepping into the role of managing director in 2007. He founded and managed Microsoft Search Technology Center from 2005 to 2007 and led development of Microsoft\u2019s search products (Bing) in Asia-Pacific. In 2014, Dr. Hon was appointed as chairman of Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Microsoft Research Asia, Dr. Hon was the founding member and architect of the Natural Interactive Services Division at Microsoft Corporation. Besides overseeing architectural and technical aspects of the award-winning Microsoft Speech Server product, Natural User Interface Platform and Microsoft Assistance Platform, he was also responsible for managing and delivering statistical learning technologies and advanced search. Dr. Hon joined Microsoft Research as a senior researcher in 1995 and has been a key contributor to Microsoft\u2019s SAPI and speech engine technologies. He previously worked at Apple, where he led research and development for Apple\u2019s Chinese Dictation Kit.<\/p>\n<p>An IEEE Fellow and a distinguished scientist of Microsoft, Dr. Hon is an internationally recognized expert in speech technology. Dr. Hon has published more than 100 technical papers in international journals and at conferences. He co-authored a book, Spoken Language Processing, which is a graduate-level textbook and reference book in the area of speech technology used in universities around the world. Dr. Hon holds three dozen patents in several technical areas.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hon received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1444\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1444\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1443\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tKeynote Abstract\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1443\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1444\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Helping Machines and People Learn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In recent years, there have been much progress in machine learning in the areas of computer vision, speech, natural language processing, and other domains. Yet, there remain many challenging situations where better machine learning algorithms are necessary. There are cases where teaching signals and evaluation metrics are very clear. There are also scenarios where evaluation metrics can be subjective and one would need to rely on real world feedback for better learning. In this talk, I will present some of the recent work in helping machines learn from Microsoft Research Asia, such as dual learning and self-generated data learning. Furthermore, I will highlight some important challenges for machine learning. Lastly, as artificial intelligence makes bigger impact on society, people also need to adapt to enhance their skills. I will talk about some recent work on using machine to help people learn.<\/p>\n<p>[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/learning-to-learn-exploring-approaches-to-help-machine-and-people-learn\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\" style=\"height: 674px;font-size: 14px;border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse\" width=\"100%\">\n<thead class=\"thead\">\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\n<th class=\"th\" style=\"font-size: 16px;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"th\" style=\"font-size: 16px;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" width=\"30%\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"th\" style=\"font-size: 16px;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" width=\"15%\"><\/th>\n<th class=\"th\" style=\"font-size: 16px;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" width=\"45%\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Keynote Speaker<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">09:00-09:15<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Opening Speech<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">09:15-10:00<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Artisanal AI<br \/>\n[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/artisanal-ai\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24116\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/peter150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>Peter Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research<br \/>\nFellow of ACM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">10:00-10:45<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">The AI Revolution<br \/>\n[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/the-ai-revolution\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/john150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>John Hopcroft<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Cornell University<br \/>\n1986 Turing Award Recipient<br \/>\nFellow of AAAS, IEEE and ACM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">10:45-11:30<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Big Graph Data Science: Making Useful Inferences from Graph Data<br \/>\n[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/big-graph-data-science-making-useful-inferences-from-graph-data\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lise150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>Lise Getoor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">Professor, Computer Science Department, University of California Santa Cruz<br \/>\nFellow of AAAI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">11:30-12:15<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Q&A with Keynote Speakers<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">12:15-13:30<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">13:30-13:45<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" colspan=\"3\">Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship Award Ceremony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">13:45-14:30<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">The Deep Learning Revolution: Progress, Promise, and Profligate Promotion<br \/>\n[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/the-deep-learning-revolution-progress-promise-and-profligate-promotion\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24117\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/raymond150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>Raymond Mooney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Texas at Austin and Director, the UT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory<br \/>\nFellow of ACM, AAAI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">14:30-15:15<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Scalable Algorithms for Big Data and Network Analysis<br \/>\n[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/scalable-algorithms-for-big-data-and-network-analysis\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24118\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shang-hua150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>Shang-Hua TENG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">University Professor and Seeley G. Mudd Professor, Computer Science and Mathematics Department, University of South California<br \/>\nFellow of ACM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">15:15-16:00<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Helping Machines and People Learn<br \/>\n[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/learning-to-learn-exploring-approaches-to-help-machine-and-people-learn\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24113\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hon150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>Hsiao-Wuen HON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&D Group and Microsoft Research Asia<br \/>\nFellow of IEEE<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">16:00-16:45<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Q&A with Keynote Speakers<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Research Asia\u2019s biggest annual event, the Computing in the 21st Century Conference (21CCC), will be held in Harbin, China on October 19, 2017, featuring the theme: AI, The Road Ahead. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":427323,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr_startdate":"2017-10-19","msr_enddate":"2017-10-19","msr_location":"Harbin, China","msr_expirationdate":"","msr_event_recording_link":"","msr_event_link":"","msr_event_link_redirect":false,"msr_event_time":"2017-10-19","msr_hide_region":false,"msr_private_event":false,"msr_hide_image_in_river":0,"footnotes":""},"research-area":[],"msr-region":[197903],"msr-event-type":[197944],"msr-video-type":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-program-audience":[],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-427314","msr-event","type-msr-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","msr-region-asia-pacific","msr-event-type-hosted-by-microsoft","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_about":"<!-- wp:msr\/event-details {\"title\":\"Computing in the 21st Century 2017\",\"backgroundColor\":\"grey\",\"image\":{\"id\":427323,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21ccc-2017-banner-1920X720.jpg\",\"alt\":\"\"}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:msr\/content-tabs --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Home\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p><strong>Venues:<\/strong> Global Theater, Harbin<\/p>\n<p><strong>Past Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/computing-21st-century-2016\/\">2016, Seoul<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2015\/en.html\">2015, Beijing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2014\/flash\/jj_e.html\">2014, Beijing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2013\/flash\/jj_e.html\">2013, Hefei<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2012\/flash\/xsjs_en.html\">2012, Tianjin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2011\/index_en.html\">2011, Beijing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2010\/index_en.html\">2010, Shanghai<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2009\">2009, Tokyo &amp; Kyoto<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2008\/ENindex.html\">2008, Beijing &amp; Singapore<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2007\/EN_index.htm\">2007, Nanjing &amp; Seoul<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2006\/bj_en.htm\">2006, Beijing &amp; Taipei<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/um\/events\/21ccc\/2005\/EN_hz.htm\">2005, Hangzhou &amp; Hong Kong<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/it.sohu.com\/s2004\/21CC.shtml\">2004, Beijing &amp; Chengdu<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/events\/21ccc_2003\">2003, Beijing &amp; Xi\u2019an<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/events\/21ccc_2002\">2002, Beijing &amp; Guangzhou<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com.cn\/GB\/paper39\/4474\/503252.html\">2001, Beijing &amp; Shanghai<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/events\/21ccc_2000\">2000, Beijing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/events\/21ccc_1999\">1999, Beijing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/event\/21ccc-2017\/\">Event Official Chinese Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-asia\/\">Microsoft Research Asia<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contact us<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>+86\u00a010\u00a059179399<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-427320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21ccc-2017-home-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21ccc-2017-home-banner.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21ccc-2017-home-banner-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21ccc-2017-home-banner-768x298.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21ccc-2017-home-banner-1024x397.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dear friends,<\/p>\n<p>Back in 1995, Bill Gates published his first book, <em>The Road Ahead<\/em>. It was easy to understand and full of wisdom. People regarded it, at the time, as the best primer on what life would be like in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century. In the book, Bill Gates summarized the implications of the personal computing revolution and described a future profoundly changed by the arrival of a global information superhighway. In the 20 years since, an information superhighway has been realized, and to some extent, today\u2019s world has developed even further beyond what Bill Gates had imaged. We can foresee that the next stop on this information superhighway will be a new era dominated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).<\/p>\n<p>When you reflect on the history of human innovation, from the discovery of how to make fire to the invention of the wheel, and from the creation of the printing press to the mastery of flight, you can see that these weren\u2019t just solitary innovations, but accelerators that super-charged human progress in countless ways. And now, we are beginning to witness what may be the biggest accelerator of all time: AI. This is because AI not only extends human physical capabilities but also has the potential to bring new possibilities to the entire industry. We are the first generation of humans to coexist with AI. Where is our road headed?<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Research Asia\u2019s biggest annual event, the Computing in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Conference, will be held in Harbin, China on October 19, 2017, featuring the theme: AI, The Road Ahead. The conference is one of the largest and most influential conferences in the field of computer science education and research in China and the Asia Pacific region. To date, 18 sessions have been held in China, Japan, Korea, and Singapore, among other countries and territories, with a combined audience of more than 40,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the conference is co-organized by Microsoft Research Asia and Harbin Institute of Technology, and features global computer science pioneers and AI industry leaders as keynote speakers and panelists. These include: Prof. John E. Hopcroft (Turing Award winner, NAS Fellow, and NAE Fellow), Prof. Raymond J. Mooney (ACL Fellow, ACM Fellow, and AAAI Fellow), Prof. Lise Getoor (AAAI Fellow and Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz.) and Prof. Shang-Hua Teng (two-time G\u00f6del Prize winner, ACM Fellow, and Sloan Fellow). In addition, Dr. Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft, and Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft, Chairman of Microsoft\u2019s Asia-Pacific R&amp;D Group, and Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia, will also be onsite to share their ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Artificial Intelligence is attracting an increasing amount of public attention today. After years of research, the ideas and plots once thought to belong only to science fiction are gradually being realized in the real world. We hope you will be inspired at the conference this year, especially on where AI will be headed in the short term and the long term.<\/p>\n<p>AI undoubtedly marks the road to the future, and we sincerely invite you to join hands with us and explore its possibilities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Conference Chairman<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24144\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/chin-yew-lin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><strong>Chin-Yew Lin<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research Asia<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Speakers\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24087 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/PL-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"126\" \/><strong>Peter Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research<br \/>\nFellow of ACM<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1422\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1422\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1421\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1421\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1422\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Peter Lee is Corporate Vice President, AI &amp; Research, at Microsoft. He is responsible for incubating research projects that lead to new products and services. Examples of past and current projects include: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1512.03385\">deep neural networks<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> for computer vision and the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2014\/12\/skype-translator-is-the-most-futuristic-thing-ive-ever-used\/\">simultaneous language translation feature in Skype<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>; new <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/science-and-technology\/21652051-even-after-moores-law-ends-chip-costs-could-still-halve-every-few-years-beyond\">silicon<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/24\/technology\/microsoft-makes-a-bet-on-quantum-computing-research.html\">post-silicon<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> computer <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/09\/microsoft-bets-future-chip-reprogram-fly\/\">architectures for Microsoft\u2019s cloud<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>; <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/business\/2016\/02\/03\/microsoft-builds-underwater-data-center-lee-interview.cnn\">experimental under-sea datacenters<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>; <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7d59O6cfaM0\">augmented-reality experiences<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> for HoloLens and VR devices; <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/7\/7\/12114480\/dna-storage-ok-go-microsoft-university-washington-twist-bioscience\">digital storage in DNA<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>; social chatbots <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/08\/04\/science\/for-sympathetic-ear-more-chinese-turn-to-smartphone-program.html\">XiaoIce<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/tech\/elements\/ive-seen-the-greatest-a-i-minds-of-my-generation-destroyed-by-twitter\">Tay<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><u>;<\/u> and <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/microsoft-research-peter-lee-healthcare-next-2017-2\">healthcare innovation<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. Previously, he was an Office Director at DARPA, where he led efforts that created operational capabilities in advanced machine learning, crowdsourcing, and big-data analytics, such as the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/darpa-network-challenge\/\">DARPA Network Challenge<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/travel\/news\/careless-tourists-ruin-it-for-everyone-at-cambridge-college\/ar-BBzhl7k\">Nexus 7<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. He was formerly the Head of <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.cmu.edu\/\">Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s computer science department<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. A thought leader in technological innovation, Dr. Lee served on President\u2019s <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2016\/04\/13\/announcing-presidents-commission-enhancing-national-cybersecurity\">Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, led a study for the National Academies <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nap.edu\/catalog\/23393\/continuing-innovation-in-information-technology-workshop-report\">on the impact of federal research investments on economic growth<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, and testified before the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/science.house.gov\/legislation\/hearings\/full-committee-hearing-networking-and-information-technology-research-and\">US House Science and Technology Committee<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> and the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2012\/9\/five-years-of-the-america-competes-act-progress-challenges-and-next-steps\">US Senate Commerce Committee<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>. He is widely quoted on industry trends and innovation in the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/15\/magazine\/silicon-valley-tries-to-re-make-the-idea-machine.html?_r=0\">New York Times<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/s\/520011\/three-questions-for-microsofts-new-head-of-research-peter-lee\/\">MIT Technology Review<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/01\/microsoft-neural-net-shows-deep-learning-can-get-way-deeper\/\">Wired<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/3030164\/the-chief-of-microsoft-research-on-big-ideas-failure-and-its-new-skunkworks-group\">Fast Company<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/technology-quarterly\/2016-03-12\/after-moores-law\">The Economist<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2016\/03\/tay-the-neo-nazi-millennial-chatbot-gets-autopsied\/\">ArsTechnica<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/business\/2016\/02\/03\/microsoft-builds-underwater-data-center-lee-interview.cnn\">CNN<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, several <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/234382\/the-imagineers-of-war-by-sharon-weinberger\/9780385351799\/\">books<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, and more.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1424\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1424\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1423\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tKeynote Abstract\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1423\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1424\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Artisanal AI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scientists and technologists are pursuing the dream of artificial intelligence like never before. The progress of research is clearly accelerating, and this is leading more and more people, including business leaders and scholars, to become optimistic about the prospects for practical applications of AI. At Microsoft, AI is being infused into almost every product and service, providing tremendous benefits to users. However, creating and deploying such applications of AI require a great deal of specialized expertise and hand-crafted solutions. In this sense, one might say that we are in an era of \u201cartisanal AI.\u201d In this presentation, I will explain more about the artisanal nature of today\u2019s AI applications, and lay out prospects for a more industrialized future.<\/p>\n<p>[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/artisanal-ai\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24088 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/JH-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>John Hopcroft<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Computer Science Department, Cornell University<br \/>\n1986 Turing Award Recipient, Fellow of AAAS, Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of ACM<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1426\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1426\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1425\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1425\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1426\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>John E. Hopcroft is the IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Computer Science at Cornell University. His research centers on theoretical aspects of computer science. He was dean of Cornell\u2019s College of Engineering from 1994 to 2001.<\/p>\n<p>In 1992 he was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation, and served through May 1998. He serves on Microsoft\u2019s Technical Advisory Board for Research Asia, and the advisory boards of IIIT Delhi and Seattle University\u2019s College of Engineering.<\/p>\n<p>He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (1989) and National Academy of Sciences (2009), and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics.<\/p>\n<p>He has received the A.M. Turing Award (1986), IEEE Harry Goode Memorial Award (2005), Computing Research Association\u2019s Distinguished Service Award (2007), ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award (2009), IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2010), and China\u2019s Friendship Medal (2016), China\u2019s highest recognition for a foreigner. In addition, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has designated him an Einstein professor.<\/p>\n<p>He has honorary degrees from Seattle University, the National College of Ireland, the University of Sydney, St. Petersburg State University in Russia, Beijing University of Technology, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and is an honorary professor of the Beijing Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Chongqing University, Yunnan University, and Peking University.<\/p>\n<p>He received his BS (1961) from Seattle University and his MS (1962) and PhD (1964) in electrical engineering from Stanford University.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1428\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1428\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1427\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tKeynote Abstract\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1427\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1428\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The AI Revolution<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is an information revolution taking place driven by artificial intelligence. The revolution started with the support vector machine model 15 or 20 years ago but has recently been driven by deep learning. Deep learning has had tremendous success in many application areas but little is known as to why it works so effectively.<\/p>\n<p>This talk will review the basics of machine learning and then present some interesting research directions in deep learning.<\/p>\n<p>[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/the-ai-revolution\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24089 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/LG-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Lise Getoor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor, Computer Science Department, University of California Santa Cruz<br \/>\nFellow of AAAI<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1430\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1430\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1429\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1429\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1430\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Lise Getoor is a professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research areas include machine learning, data integration and reasoning under uncertainty, with an emphasis on graph and network data. She has over 200 publications and extensive experience with machine learning and probabilistic modeling methods for graph and network data. She is a Fellow of the Association for Artificial Intelligence, an elected board member of the International Machine Learning Society, serves on the board of the Computing Research Association (CRA), and was co-chair for ICML 2011. She is a recipient of an NSF Career Award and eleven best paper and best student paper awards. In 2014, she was recognized by KDD Nuggets as one of the emerging research leaders in data mining and data science based on citation and impact. She received her PhD from Stanford University in 2001, her MS from UC Berkeley, and her BS from UC Santa Barbara, and was a professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Maryland, College Park from 2001-2013.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1432\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1432\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1431\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tKeynote Abstract\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1431\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1432\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Big Graph Data Science: Making Useful Inferences from Graph Data<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graph data (e.g., communication data, financial transaction networks, data describing biological systems, collaboration networks, organization hierarchies, social media, etc.) is ubiquitous. While this observational data is useful, it is usually noisy, often only partially observed, and only hints at the actual underlying social, scientific or technological structures that gave rise to the interactions. One of the challenges in big data analytics lies in being able to reason collectively this kind of extremely large, heterogeneous, incomplete, and noisy interlinked data.<\/p>\n<p>In this talk, I will describe some common inference patterns needed for graph data including: collective classification (predicting missing labels for nodes), link prediction (predicting edges), and entity resolution (determining when two nodes refer to the same underlying entity). I will describe some key capabilities required to solve these problems, and finally I will describe probabilistic soft logic (PSL), a highly scalable open-source probabilistic programming language being developed within my group to solve these challenges.<\/p>\n<p>[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/big-graph-data-science-making-useful-inferences-from-graph-data\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24090 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/RM-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"123\" \/><strong>Raymond Mooney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Texas at Austin and Director, the UT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory<br \/>\nFellow of ACM and Fellow of AAAI<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1434\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1434\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1433\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1433\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1434\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Raymond J. Mooney is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Illinois at Urbana\/Champaign. He is an author of over 160 published research papers, primarily in the areas of machine learning and natural language processing. He was the President of the International Machine Learning Society from 2008-2011, program co-chair for AAAI 2006, general chair for HLT-EMNLP 2005, and co-chair for ICML 1990. He is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Association for Computational Linguistics and the recipient of best paper awards from AAAI-96, KDD-04, ICML-05 and ACL-07.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1436\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1436\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1435\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tKeynote Abstract\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1435\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1436\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The Deep Learning Revolution: Progress, Promise, and Profligate Promotion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New machine learning methods for &#8220;deep&#8221; neural networks have demonstrated remarkable performance on a number of challenging AI problems and led to a recent &#8220;revolution&#8221; in AI research.<\/p>\n<p>I will briefly review the history of machine learning, the basics of deep learning (including convolutional and recurrent networks), and their recent successful applications to problems in computer vision, speech and natural language processing, and game playing. I will also discuss the unfortunate &#8220;hype&#8221; that has accompanied this progress and the limitations of current methods and the overall deep learning paradigm. The goal is to present a balanced high-level picture of the current state of machine learning.<\/p>\n<p>[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/the-deep-learning-revolution-progress-promise-and-profligate-promotion\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-24091 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/TENG-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"123\" \/>Shang-Hua TENG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>University Professor and Seeley G. Mudd Professor, Computer Science and Mathematics Department, University of South California<br \/>\nFellow of ACM<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1438\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1438\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1437\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1437\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1438\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Shang-Hua Teng is currently a University Professor and Seely Mudd Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Southern California (USC), where he was the chair of the Computer Science Department from 2009-2012. He received his Ph.D. of Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. Before USC, he taught at BU, UIUC, University of Minnesota, and MIT.<\/p>\n<p>Teng has twice won the prestigious G\u00f6del Prize in theoretical computer science, first in 2008, for developing the theory of smoothed analysis, and then in 2015, for designing the groundbreaking nearly-linear time Laplacian solver for network systems. Both are joint work with Dan Spielman of Yale \u2014 his long-time collaborator. Citing him as, &#8220;one of the most original theoretical computer scientists in the world&#8221;, the Simons Foundation named Teng a 2014 Simons Investigator, for pursuing long-term curiosity-driven fundamental research. He and his collaborators also received the best paper award at ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC) for what&#8217;s considered to be the &#8220;first improvement in 10 years&#8221; of a fundamental optimization problem &#8212; the computation of maximum flows and minimum cuts in a network. In addition, he is known for his joint work with Xi Chen and Xiaotie Deng that characterized the complexity for computing an approximate Nash equilibrium in game theory, and his joint papers on market equilibria in computational economics. He and his collaborators also pioneered the development of well-shaped Delaunay meshing algorithms for arbitrary three-dimensional geometric domains, which settled a long-term open problem in numerical simulation, also a fundamental problem in computer graphics. Software based on this development was used at the University of Illinois for the simulation of advanced rockets. Teng is also interested in mathematical board games. With his former Ph.D. student Kyle Burke, he designed and analyzed a game called Atropos, which is played on the Sperner&#8217;s triangle and based on the beautiful, celebrated Sperner&#8217;s Lemma. In 2000 at UIUC, Teng was named on the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students for his class, &#8220;Network Security and Cryptography&#8221;. He has worked and consulted for Microsoft Research, Akamai, IBM Almaden Research Center, Intel Corporation, Xerox PARC, and NASA Ames Research Center, for which he received fifteen patents for his work on compiler optimization, Internet technology, and social networks.<\/p>\n<p>Teng&#8217;s recent research interests include algorithmic theory for Big Data and network science, spectral graph theory, social-choice-theoretical approaches to community identification, and game-theoretical frameworks for understanding the interplay between influence processes and social networks. With a four-year old daughter, he has also become intensely interested in the learning theory for early childhood bilingual acquisition.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1440\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1440\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1439\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tKeynote Abstract\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1439\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1440\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Scalable Algorithms for Big Data and Network Analysis<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the age of Big Data, efficient algorithms are in higher demand now more than ever before. While Big Data takes us into the asymptotic world envisioned by our pioneers, the explosive growth of problem size has also significantly challenged the classical notion of efficient algorithms: Algorithms that used to be considered efficient, according to polynomial-time characterization, may no longer be adequate for solving today&#8217;s problems. It is not just desirable, but essential, that efficient algorithms should be scalable. In other words, their complexity should be nearly linear or sub-linear with respect to the problem size. Thus, scalability, not just polynomial-time computability, should be elevated as the central complexity notion for characterizing efficient computation.<\/p>\n<p>In this talk, I will discuss a family of algorithmic techniques for the design of provably-good scalable algorithms, focusing on the emerging Laplacian Paradigm, which has led to breakthroughs in scalable algorithms for several fundamental problems in network analysis, machine learning, and scientific computing. These techniques include local network exploration, advanced sampling, sparsification, and graph partitioning. Network analysis subject include four recent applications: (1) Sampling from Graphic Models (2) Network Centrality Approximation (3) Social-Influence Maximization (4) Random-Walk Sparsification.<\/p>\n<p>Solutions to these problems exemplify the fusion of combinatorial, numerical, and statistical thinking in network analysis.<\/p>\n<p>[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/scalable-algorithms-for-big-data-and-network-analysis\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24092 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HON-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"124\" \/>Hsiao-Wuen Hon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&amp;D Group and Microsoft Research Asia<br \/>\nFellow of IEEE<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\t<div data-wp-context='{\"items\":[]}' data-wp-interactive=\"msr\/accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn-group align-items-center mb-g float-sm-right\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-aN=\"accordion-collapse-controls\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Expand all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onExpandAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExpand all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"> | <\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-link m-0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-bi-cN=\"Collapse all\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-controls=\"state.ariaControls\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.ariaExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--disabled=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--inactive=\"state.isAllCollapsed\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onCollapseAll\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollapse all\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"msr-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1442\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1442\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1441\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tBio\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1441\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1442\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon is corporate vice president of Microsoft, chairman of Microsoft\u2019s Asia-Pacific R&amp;D Group, and managing director of Microsoft Research Asia. He drives Microsoft\u2019s strategy for research and development activities in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as collaborations with academia.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hon has been with Microsoft since 1995. He joined Microsoft Research Asia in 2004 as deputy managing director, stepping into the role of managing director in 2007. He founded and managed Microsoft Search Technology Center from 2005 to 2007 and led development of Microsoft\u2019s search products (Bing) in Asia-Pacific. In 2014, Dr. Hon was appointed as chairman of Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&amp;D Group.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Microsoft Research Asia, Dr. Hon was the founding member and architect of the Natural Interactive Services Division at Microsoft Corporation. Besides overseeing architectural and technical aspects of the award-winning Microsoft Speech Server product, Natural User Interface Platform and Microsoft Assistance Platform, he was also responsible for managing and delivering statistical learning technologies and advanced search. Dr. Hon joined Microsoft Research as a senior researcher in 1995 and has been a key contributor to Microsoft\u2019s SAPI and speech engine technologies. He previously worked at Apple, where he led research and development for Apple\u2019s Chinese Dictation Kit.<\/p>\n<p>An IEEE Fellow and a distinguished scientist of Microsoft, Dr. Hon is an internationally recognized expert in speech technology. Dr. Hon has published more than 100 technical papers in international journals and at conferences. He co-authored a book, Spoken Language Processing, which is a graduate-level textbook and reference book in the area of speech technology used in universities around the world. Dr. Hon holds three dozen patents in several technical areas.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hon received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t<li class=\"m-0\" data-wp-context='{\"id\":\"accordion-content-1444\"}' data-wp-init=\"callbacks.init\">\n\t\t<div class=\"accordion-header\">\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\taria-controls=\"accordion-content-1444\"\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-collapse\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.onClick\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-button-1443\"\n\t\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tKeynote Abstract\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div\n\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-button-1443\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"msr-accordion__content\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--inert=\"!state.isExpanded\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-run=\"callbacks.run\"\n\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-1444\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"msr-accordion__body\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Helping Machines and People Learn<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In recent years, there have been much progress in machine learning in the areas of computer vision, speech, natural language processing, and other domains. Yet, there remain many challenging situations where better machine learning algorithms are necessary. There are cases where teaching signals and evaluation metrics are very clear. There are also scenarios where evaluation metrics can be subjective and one would need to rely on real world feedback for better learning. In this talk, I will present some of the recent work in helping machines learn from Microsoft Research Asia, such as dual learning and self-generated data learning. Furthermore, I will highlight some important challenges for machine learning. Lastly, as artificial intelligence makes bigger impact on society, people also need to adapt to enhance their skills. I will talk about some recent work on using machine to help people learn.<\/p>\n<p>[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/learning-to-learn-exploring-approaches-to-help-machine-and-people-learn\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Agenda\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><table class=\"msr-table-schedule\" style=\"height: 674px;font-size: 14px;border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse\" width=\"100%\">\n<thead class=\"thead\">\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\n<th class=\"th\" style=\"font-size: 16px;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"th\" style=\"font-size: 16px;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" width=\"30%\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<th class=\"th\" style=\"font-size: 16px;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" width=\"15%\"><\/th>\n<th class=\"th\" style=\"font-size: 16px;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" width=\"45%\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Keynote Speaker<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">09:00-09:15<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Opening Speech<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">09:15-10:00<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Artisanal AI<br \/>\n[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/artisanal-ai\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-24116\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/peter150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>Peter Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research<br \/>\nFellow of ACM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">10:00-10:45<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">The AI Revolution<br \/>\n[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/the-ai-revolution\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/john150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>John Hopcroft<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Cornell University<br \/>\n1986 Turing Award Recipient<br \/>\nFellow of AAAS, IEEE and ACM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">10:45-11:30<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Big Graph Data Science: Making Useful Inferences from Graph Data<br \/>\n[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/big-graph-data-science-making-useful-inferences-from-graph-data\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lise150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>Lise Getoor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">Professor, Computer Science Department, University of California Santa Cruz<br \/>\nFellow of AAAI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">11:30-12:15<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Q&amp;A with Keynote Speakers<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">12:15-13:30<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Lunch<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">13:30-13:45<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" colspan=\"3\">Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship Award Ceremony<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">13:45-14:30<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">The Deep Learning Revolution: Progress, Promise, and Profligate Promotion<br \/>\n[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/the-deep-learning-revolution-progress-promise-and-profligate-promotion\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24117\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/raymond150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>Raymond Mooney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Texas at Austin and Director, the UT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory<br \/>\nFellow of ACM, AAAI<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">14:30-15:15<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Scalable Algorithms for Big Data and Network Analysis<br \/>\n[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/scalable-algorithms-for-big-data-and-network-analysis\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24118\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/shang-hua150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>Shang-Hua TENG<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">University Professor and Seeley G. Mudd Professor, Computer Science and Mathematics Department, University of South California<br \/>\nFellow of ACM<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">15:15-16:00<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Helping Machines and People Learn<br \/>\n[<a target=\"_blank\" class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/learning-to-learn-exploring-approaches-to-help-machine-and-people-learn\">Full Video<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>]<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24113\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/hon150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>Hsiao-Wuen HON<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&amp;D Group and Microsoft Research Asia<br \/>\nFellow of IEEE<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">16:00-16:45<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Q&amp;A with Keynote Speakers<\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tabs -->","tab-content":[{"id":0,"name":"Home","content":"<img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-427320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/21ccc-2017-home-banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"745\" \/>\r\n\r\nDear friends,\r\n\r\nBack in 1995, Bill Gates published his first book, <em>The Road Ahead<\/em>. It was easy to understand and full of wisdom. People regarded it, at the time, as the best primer on what life would be like in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> century. In the book, Bill Gates summarized the implications of the personal computing revolution and described a future profoundly changed by the arrival of a global information superhighway. In the 20 years since, an information superhighway has been realized, and to some extent, today\u2019s world has developed even further beyond what Bill Gates had imaged. We can foresee that the next stop on this information superhighway will be a new era dominated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).\r\n\r\nWhen you reflect on the history of human innovation, from the discovery of how to make fire to the invention of the wheel, and from the creation of the printing press to the mastery of flight, you can see that these weren\u2019t just solitary innovations, but accelerators that super-charged human progress in countless ways. And now, we are beginning to witness what may be the biggest accelerator of all time: AI. This is because AI not only extends human physical capabilities but also has the potential to bring new possibilities to the entire industry. We are the first generation of humans to coexist with AI. Where is our road headed?\r\n\r\nMicrosoft Research Asia\u2019s biggest annual event, the Computing in the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Conference, will be held in Harbin, China on October 19, 2017, featuring the theme: AI, The Road Ahead. The conference is one of the largest and most influential conferences in the field of computer science education and research in China and the Asia Pacific region. To date, 18 sessions have been held in China, Japan, Korea, and Singapore, among other countries and territories, with a combined audience of more than 40,000 people.\r\n\r\nThis year, the conference is co-organized by Microsoft Research Asia and Harbin Institute of Technology, and features global computer science pioneers and AI industry leaders as keynote speakers and panelists. These include: Prof. John E. Hopcroft (Turing Award winner, NAS Fellow, and NAE Fellow), Prof. Raymond J. Mooney (ACL Fellow, ACM Fellow, and AAAI Fellow), Prof. Lise Getoor (AAAI Fellow and Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz.) and Prof. Shang-Hua Teng (two-time G\u00f6del Prize winner, ACM Fellow, and Sloan Fellow). In addition, Dr. Peter Lee, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft, and Dr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon, Corporate Vice President of Microsoft, Chairman of Microsoft\u2019s Asia-Pacific R&amp;D Group, and Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia, will also be onsite to share their ideas.\r\n\r\nArtificial Intelligence is attracting an increasing amount of public attention today. After years of research, the ideas and plots once thought to belong only to science fiction are gradually being realized in the real world. We hope you will be inspired at the conference this year, especially on where AI will be headed in the short term and the long term.\r\n\r\nAI undoubtedly marks the road to the future, and we sincerely invite you to join hands with us and explore its possibilities.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n<h3>Conference Chairman<\/h3>\r\n<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-24144\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/chin-yew-lin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><strong>Chin-Yew Lin<\/strong>\r\n\r\nPrincipal Researcher, Microsoft Research Asia"},{"id":1,"name":"Speakers","content":"<img class=\"wp-image-24087 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/PL-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"126\" \/><strong>Peter Lee<\/strong>\r\n\r\nCorporate Vice President, Microsoft Research\r\nFellow of ACM\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[accordion]\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\nDr. Peter Lee is Corporate Vice President, AI &amp; Research, at Microsoft. He is responsible for incubating research projects that lead to new products and services. Examples of past and current projects include: <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1512.03385\">deep neural networks<\/a> for computer vision and the <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2014\/12\/skype-translator-is-the-most-futuristic-thing-ive-ever-used\/\">simultaneous language translation feature in Skype<\/a>; new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/science-and-technology\/21652051-even-after-moores-law-ends-chip-costs-could-still-halve-every-few-years-beyond\">silicon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/24\/technology\/microsoft-makes-a-bet-on-quantum-computing-research.html\">post-silicon<\/a> computer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/09\/microsoft-bets-future-chip-reprogram-fly\/\">architectures for Microsoft\u2019s cloud<\/a>; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/business\/2016\/02\/03\/microsoft-builds-underwater-data-center-lee-interview.cnn\">experimental under-sea datacenters<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7d59O6cfaM0\">augmented-reality experiences<\/a> for HoloLens and VR devices; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2016\/7\/7\/12114480\/dna-storage-ok-go-microsoft-university-washington-twist-bioscience\">digital storage in DNA<\/a>; social chatbots <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/08\/04\/science\/for-sympathetic-ear-more-chinese-turn-to-smartphone-program.html\">XiaoIce<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/tech\/elements\/ive-seen-the-greatest-a-i-minds-of-my-generation-destroyed-by-twitter\">Tay<\/a><u>;<\/u> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/microsoft-research-peter-lee-healthcare-next-2017-2\">healthcare innovation<\/a>. Previously, he was an Office Director at DARPA, where he led efforts that created operational capabilities in advanced machine learning, crowdsourcing, and big-data analytics, such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/darpa-network-challenge\/\">DARPA Network Challenge<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/travel\/news\/careless-tourists-ruin-it-for-everyone-at-cambridge-college\/ar-BBzhl7k\">Nexus 7<\/a>. He was formerly the Head of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cs.cmu.edu\/\">Carnegie Mellon University\u2019s computer science department<\/a>. A thought leader in technological innovation, Dr. Lee served on President\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2016\/04\/13\/announcing-presidents-commission-enhancing-national-cybersecurity\">Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity<\/a>, led a study for the National Academies <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nap.edu\/catalog\/23393\/continuing-innovation-in-information-technology-workshop-report\">on the impact of federal research investments on economic growth<\/a>, and testified before the <a href=\"https:\/\/science.house.gov\/legislation\/hearings\/full-committee-hearing-networking-and-information-technology-research-and\">US House Science and Technology Committee<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.commerce.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/2012\/9\/five-years-of-the-america-competes-act-progress-challenges-and-next-steps\">US Senate Commerce Committee<\/a>. He is widely quoted on industry trends and innovation in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2014\/06\/15\/magazine\/silicon-valley-tries-to-re-make-the-idea-machine.html?_r=0\">New York Times<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/s\/520011\/three-questions-for-microsofts-new-head-of-research-peter-lee\/\">MIT Technology Review<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/2016\/01\/microsoft-neural-net-shows-deep-learning-can-get-way-deeper\/\">Wired<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/3030164\/the-chief-of-microsoft-research-on-big-ideas-failure-and-its-new-skunkworks-group\">Fast Company<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/technology-quarterly\/2016-03-12\/after-moores-law\">The Economist<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/information-technology\/2016\/03\/tay-the-neo-nazi-millennial-chatbot-gets-autopsied\/\">ArsTechnica<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/business\/2016\/02\/03\/microsoft-builds-underwater-data-center-lee-interview.cnn\">CNN<\/a>, several <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/234382\/the-imagineers-of-war-by-sharon-weinberger\/9780385351799\/\">books<\/a>, and more.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Keynote Abstract\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Artisanal AI<\/strong>\r\n\r\nScientists and technologists are pursuing the dream of artificial intelligence like never before. The progress of research is clearly accelerating, and this is leading more and more people, including business leaders and scholars, to become optimistic about the prospects for practical applications of AI. At Microsoft, AI is being infused into almost every product and service, providing tremendous benefits to users. However, creating and deploying such applications of AI require a great deal of specialized expertise and hand-crafted solutions. In this sense, one might say that we are in an era of \u201cartisanal AI.\u201d In this presentation, I will explain more about the artisanal nature of today\u2019s AI applications, and lay out prospects for a more industrialized future.\r\n\r\n[<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/artisanal-ai\">Full Video<\/a>]\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[\/accordion]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-24088 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/JH-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>John Hopcroft<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Computer Science Department, Cornell University\r\n1986 Turing Award Recipient, Fellow of AAAS, Fellow of IEEE and Fellow of ACM\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[accordion]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\nJohn E. Hopcroft is the IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics in Computer Science at Cornell University. His research centers on theoretical aspects of computer science. He was dean of Cornell\u2019s College of Engineering from 1994 to 2001.\r\n\r\nIn 1992 he was appointed by President George H.W. Bush to the National Science Board, which oversees the National Science Foundation, and served through May 1998. He serves on Microsoft\u2019s Technical Advisory Board for Research Asia, and the advisory boards of IIIT Delhi and Seattle University\u2019s College of Engineering.\r\n\r\nHe is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (1989) and National Academy of Sciences (2009), and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), and Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics.\r\n\r\nHe has received the A.M. Turing Award (1986), IEEE Harry Goode Memorial Award (2005), Computing Research Association\u2019s Distinguished Service Award (2007), ACM Karl V. Karlstrom Outstanding Educator Award (2009), IEEE John von Neumann Medal (2010), and China\u2019s Friendship Medal (2016), China\u2019s highest recognition for a foreigner. In addition, the Chinese Academy of Sciences has designated him an Einstein professor.\r\n\r\nHe has honorary degrees from Seattle University, the National College of Ireland, the University of Sydney, St. Petersburg State University in Russia, Beijing University of Technology, and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and is an honorary professor of the Beijing Institute of Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Chongqing University, Yunnan University, and Peking University.\r\n\r\nHe received his BS (1961) from Seattle University and his MS (1962) and PhD (1964) in electrical engineering from Stanford University.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Keynote Abstract\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>The AI Revolution<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThere is an information revolution taking place driven by artificial intelligence. The revolution started with the support vector machine model 15 or 20 years ago but has recently been driven by deep learning. Deep learning has had tremendous success in many application areas but little is known as to why it works so effectively.\r\n\r\nThis talk will review the basics of machine learning and then present some interesting research directions in deep learning.\r\n\r\n[<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/the-ai-revolution\">Full Video<\/a>]\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[\/accordion]\r\n\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-24089 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/LG-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"125\" \/><strong>Lise Getoor<\/strong>\r\n\r\nProfessor, Computer Science Department, University of California Santa Cruz\r\nFellow of AAAI\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[accordion]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\nLise Getoor is a professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research areas include machine learning, data integration and reasoning under uncertainty, with an emphasis on graph and network data. She has over 200 publications and extensive experience with machine learning and probabilistic modeling methods for graph and network data. She is a Fellow of the Association for Artificial Intelligence, an elected board member of the International Machine Learning Society, serves on the board of the Computing Research Association (CRA), and was co-chair for ICML 2011. She is a recipient of an NSF Career Award and eleven best paper and best student paper awards. In 2014, she was recognized by KDD Nuggets as one of the emerging research leaders in data mining and data science based on citation and impact. She received her PhD from Stanford University in 2001, her MS from UC Berkeley, and her BS from UC Santa Barbara, and was a professor in the Computer Science Department at the University of Maryland, College Park from 2001-2013.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Keynote Abstract\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Big Graph Data Science: Making Useful Inferences from Graph Data<\/strong>\r\n\r\nGraph data (e.g., communication data, financial transaction networks, data describing biological systems, collaboration networks, organization hierarchies, social media, etc.) is ubiquitous. While this observational data is useful, it is usually noisy, often only partially observed, and only hints at the actual underlying social, scientific or technological structures that gave rise to the interactions. One of the challenges in big data analytics lies in being able to reason collectively this kind of extremely large, heterogeneous, incomplete, and noisy interlinked data.\r\n\r\nIn this talk, I will describe some common inference patterns needed for graph data including: collective classification (predicting missing labels for nodes), link prediction (predicting edges), and entity resolution (determining when two nodes refer to the same underlying entity). I will describe some key capabilities required to solve these problems, and finally I will describe probabilistic soft logic (PSL), a highly scalable open-source probabilistic programming language being developed within my group to solve these challenges.\r\n\r\n[<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/big-graph-data-science-making-useful-inferences-from-graph-data\">Full Video<\/a>]\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[\/accordion]\r\n\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-24090 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/RM-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"98\" height=\"123\" \/><strong>Raymond Mooney<\/strong>\r\n\r\nProfessor, Computer Science Department, University of Texas at Austin and Director, the UT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory\r\nFellow of ACM and Fellow of AAAI\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[accordion]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\nRaymond J. Mooney is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Illinois at Urbana\/Champaign. He is an author of over 160 published research papers, primarily in the areas of machine learning and natural language processing. He was the President of the International Machine Learning Society from 2008-2011, program co-chair for AAAI 2006, general chair for HLT-EMNLP 2005, and co-chair for ICML 1990. He is a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Association for Computational Linguistics and the recipient of best paper awards from AAAI-96, KDD-04, ICML-05 and ACL-07.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Keynote Abstract\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>The Deep Learning Revolution: Progress, Promise, and Profligate Promotion<\/strong>\r\n\r\nNew machine learning methods for \"deep\" neural networks have demonstrated remarkable performance on a number of challenging AI problems and led to a recent \"revolution\" in AI research.\r\n\r\nI will briefly review the history of machine learning, the basics of deep learning (including convolutional and recurrent networks), and their recent successful applications to problems in computer vision, speech and natural language processing, and game playing. I will also discuss the unfortunate \"hype\" that has accompanied this progress and the limitations of current methods and the overall deep learning paradigm. The goal is to present a balanced high-level picture of the current state of machine learning.\r\n\r\n[<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/the-deep-learning-revolution-progress-promise-and-profligate-promotion\">Full Video<\/a>]\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[\/accordion]\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\n<img class=\" wp-image-24091 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/TENG-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"93\" height=\"123\" \/>Shang-Hua TENG<\/strong>\r\n\r\nUniversity Professor and Seeley G. Mudd Professor, Computer Science and Mathematics Department, University of South California\r\nFellow of ACM\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[accordion]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\nShang-Hua Teng is currently a University Professor and Seely Mudd Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at the University of Southern California (USC), where he was the chair of the Computer Science Department from 2009-2012. He received his Ph.D. of Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. Before USC, he taught at BU, UIUC, University of Minnesota, and MIT.\r\n\r\nTeng has twice won the prestigious G\u00f6del Prize in theoretical computer science, first in 2008, for developing the theory of smoothed analysis, and then in 2015, for designing the groundbreaking nearly-linear time Laplacian solver for network systems. Both are joint work with Dan Spielman of Yale \u2014 his long-time collaborator. Citing him as, \"one of the most original theoretical computer scientists in the world\", the Simons Foundation named Teng a 2014 Simons Investigator, for pursuing long-term curiosity-driven fundamental research. He and his collaborators also received the best paper award at ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing (STOC) for what's considered to be the \"first improvement in 10 years\" of a fundamental optimization problem --- the computation of maximum flows and minimum cuts in a network. In addition, he is known for his joint work with Xi Chen and Xiaotie Deng that characterized the complexity for computing an approximate Nash equilibrium in game theory, and his joint papers on market equilibria in computational economics. He and his collaborators also pioneered the development of well-shaped Delaunay meshing algorithms for arbitrary three-dimensional geometric domains, which settled a long-term open problem in numerical simulation, also a fundamental problem in computer graphics. Software based on this development was used at the University of Illinois for the simulation of advanced rockets. Teng is also interested in mathematical board games. With his former Ph.D. student Kyle Burke, he designed and analyzed a game called Atropos, which is played on the Sperner's triangle and based on the beautiful, celebrated Sperner's Lemma. In 2000 at UIUC, Teng was named on the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Their Students for his class, \"Network Security and Cryptography\". He has worked and consulted for Microsoft Research, Akamai, IBM Almaden Research Center, Intel Corporation, Xerox PARC, and NASA Ames Research Center, for which he received fifteen patents for his work on compiler optimization, Internet technology, and social networks.\r\n\r\nTeng's recent research interests include algorithmic theory for Big Data and network science, spectral graph theory, social-choice-theoretical approaches to community identification, and game-theoretical frameworks for understanding the interplay between influence processes and social networks. With a four-year old daughter, he has also become intensely interested in the learning theory for early childhood bilingual acquisition.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Keynote Abstract\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Scalable Algorithms for Big Data and Network Analysis<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIn the age of Big Data, efficient algorithms are in higher demand now more than ever before. While Big Data takes us into the asymptotic world envisioned by our pioneers, the explosive growth of problem size has also significantly challenged the classical notion of efficient algorithms: Algorithms that used to be considered efficient, according to polynomial-time characterization, may no longer be adequate for solving today's problems. It is not just desirable, but essential, that efficient algorithms should be scalable. In other words, their complexity should be nearly linear or sub-linear with respect to the problem size. Thus, scalability, not just polynomial-time computability, should be elevated as the central complexity notion for characterizing efficient computation.\r\n\r\nIn this talk, I will discuss a family of algorithmic techniques for the design of provably-good scalable algorithms, focusing on the emerging Laplacian Paradigm, which has led to breakthroughs in scalable algorithms for several fundamental problems in network analysis, machine learning, and scientific computing. These techniques include local network exploration, advanced sampling, sparsification, and graph partitioning. Network analysis subject include four recent applications: (1) Sampling from Graphic Models (2) Network Centrality Approximation (3) Social-Influence Maximization (4) Random-Walk Sparsification.\r\n\r\nSolutions to these problems exemplify the fusion of combinatorial, numerical, and statistical thinking in network analysis.\r\n\r\n[<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/scalable-algorithms-for-big-data-and-network-analysis\">Full Video<\/a>]\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[\/accordion]\r\n\r\n<strong>\r\n<img class=\"wp-image-24092 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/HON-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"124\" \/>Hsiao-Wuen Hon<\/strong>\r\n\r\nCorporate Vice President, Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&amp;D Group and Microsoft Research Asia\r\nFellow of IEEE\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n[accordion]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Bio\"]\r\n\r\nDr. Hsiao-Wuen Hon is corporate vice president of Microsoft, chairman of Microsoft\u2019s Asia-Pacific R&amp;D Group, and managing director of Microsoft Research Asia. He drives Microsoft\u2019s strategy for research and development activities in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as collaborations with academia.\r\n\r\nDr. Hon has been with Microsoft since 1995. He joined Microsoft Research Asia in 2004 as deputy managing director, stepping into the role of managing director in 2007. He founded and managed Microsoft Search Technology Center from 2005 to 2007 and led development of Microsoft\u2019s search products (Bing) in Asia-Pacific. In 2014, Dr. Hon was appointed as chairman of Microsoft Asia-Pacific R&amp;D Group.\r\n\r\nPrior to joining Microsoft Research Asia, Dr. Hon was the founding member and architect of the Natural Interactive Services Division at Microsoft Corporation. Besides overseeing architectural and technical aspects of the award-winning Microsoft Speech Server product, Natural User Interface Platform and Microsoft Assistance Platform, he was also responsible for managing and delivering statistical learning technologies and advanced search. Dr. Hon joined Microsoft Research as a senior researcher in 1995 and has been a key contributor to Microsoft\u2019s SAPI and speech engine technologies. He previously worked at Apple, where he led research and development for Apple\u2019s Chinese Dictation Kit.\r\n\r\nAn IEEE Fellow and a distinguished scientist of Microsoft, Dr. Hon is an internationally recognized expert in speech technology. Dr. Hon has published more than 100 technical papers in international journals and at conferences. He co-authored a book, Spoken Language Processing, which is a graduate-level textbook and reference book in the area of speech technology used in universities around the world. Dr. Hon holds three dozen patents in several technical areas.\r\n\r\nDr. Hon received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University.\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[panel header=\"Keynote Abstract\"]\r\n\r\n<strong>Helping Machines and People Learn<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIn recent years, there have been much progress in machine learning in the areas of computer vision, speech, natural language processing, and other domains. Yet, there remain many challenging situations where better machine learning algorithms are necessary. There are cases where teaching signals and evaluation metrics are very clear. There are also scenarios where evaluation metrics can be subjective and one would need to rely on real world feedback for better learning. In this talk, I will present some of the recent work in helping machines learn from Microsoft Research Asia, such as dual learning and self-generated data learning. Furthermore, I will highlight some important challenges for machine learning. Lastly, as artificial intelligence makes bigger impact on society, people also need to adapt to enhance their skills. I will talk about some recent work on using machine to help people learn.\r\n\r\n[<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/learning-to-learn-exploring-approaches-to-help-machine-and-people-learn\">Full Video<\/a>]\r\n\r\n[\/panel]\r\n\r\n[\/accordion]"},{"id":2,"name":"Agenda","content":"<table class=\"msr-table-schedule\" style=\"height: 674px;font-size: 14px;border-spacing: inherit;border-collapse: collapse\" width=\"100%\">\r\n<thead class=\"thead\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\r\n<th class=\"th\" style=\"font-size: 16px;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" width=\"10%\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\" style=\"font-size: 16px;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" width=\"30%\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Session<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\" style=\"font-size: 16px;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" width=\"15%\"><\/th>\r\n<th class=\"th\" style=\"font-size: 16px;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" width=\"45%\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Keynote Speaker<\/strong><\/span><\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/thead>\r\n<tbody class=\"tbody\">\r\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">09:00-09:15<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Opening Speech<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">09:15-10:00<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Artisanal AI\r\n[<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/artisanal-ai\">Full Video<\/a>]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img class=\"wp-image-24116\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/peter150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>Peter Lee<\/strong>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">Corporate Vice President, Microsoft Research\r\nFellow of ACM<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">10:00-10:45<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">The AI Revolution\r\n[<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/the-ai-revolution\">Full Video<\/a>]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-24114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/john150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>John Hopcroft<\/strong>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">IBM Professor of Engineering and Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Cornell University\r\n1986 Turing Award Recipient\r\nFellow of AAAS, IEEE and ACM<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">10:45-11:30<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Big Graph Data Science: Making Useful Inferences from Graph Data\r\n[<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/big-graph-data-science-making-useful-inferences-from-graph-data\">Full Video<\/a>]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-24115\" src=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/lise150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><strong>Lise Getoor<\/strong>\r\n<p style=\"font-size: 14px\">Professor, Computer Science Department, University of California Santa Cruz\r\nFellow of AAAI<\/p>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">11:30-12:15<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Q&amp;A with Keynote Speakers<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">12:15-13:30<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">Lunch<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"background-color: #f3f3f3;padding: 15px 0\">\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">13:30-13:45<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\" colspan=\"3\">Microsoft Research Asia Fellowship Award Ceremony<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr class=\"tr\" style=\"padding: 15px 0\">\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">13:45-14:30<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\">The Deep Learning Revolution: Progress, Promise, and Profligate Promotion\r\n[<a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.msra.cn\/zh-cn\/news\/video\/the-deep-learning-revolution-progress-promise-and-profligate-promotion\">Full Video<\/a>]<\/td>\r\n<td style=\"vertical-align: middle;padding: inherit;border: inherit\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-24117\" 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