{"id":672768,"date":"2020-07-08T12:22:20","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T19:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&p=672768"},"modified":"2021-02-09T20:30:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T04:30:18","slug":"ai-breakthroughs-2020","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/ai-breakthroughs-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Research AI Breakthroughs 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"

This event is invitation-only<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contact us:<\/strong> msraib@microsoft.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Past events:<\/strong>
\n2019 AI Breakthroughs<\/a>
\n2018 AI Breakthroughs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Microsoft Research\u2019s invitation-only AI Breakthroughs workshop is a unique event dedicated to discussing the most exciting research breakthroughs in AI with, you, the best and brightest PhD students and Postdoc researchers. This two-day virtual workshop provides a great opportunity to engage with and discuss the future of AI with other top students and Microsoft researchers and to learn about the research we\u2019re doing in AI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":493976,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"msr_startdate":"2020-09-22","msr_enddate":"2020-09-23","msr_location":"Virtual\/Online","msr_expirationdate":"","msr_event_recording_link":"","msr_event_link":"","msr_event_link_redirect":false,"msr_event_time":"","msr_hide_region":false,"msr_private_event":false,"footnotes":""},"research-area":[13556],"msr-region":[256048,197900],"msr-event-type":[197944],"msr-video-type":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-program-audience":[],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-672768","msr-event","type-msr-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","msr-research-area-artificial-intelligence","msr-region-global","msr-region-north-america","msr-event-type-hosted-by-microsoft","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_about":"This event is invitation-only<\/strong>\r\n\r\nContact us:<\/strong> msraib@microsoft.com<\/a>\r\n\r\nPast events:<\/strong>\r\n2019 AI Breakthroughs<\/a>\r\n2018 AI Breakthroughs<\/a>\r\n","tab-content":[{"id":0,"name":"About","content":"Please join us at Microsoft Research\u2019s invitation-only AI Breakthroughs workshop. This is a unique event dedicated to discussing the most exciting research breakthroughs in AI with, you, the best and brightest PhD students and Postdoc researchers.\r\n\r\nThis two-day virtual workshop provides a great opportunity to engage with and discuss the future of AI with other top students and Microsoft researchers and to learn about the research we\u2019re doing in AI.\r\n

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Tuesday, September 22, 2020<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Time (PDT) <\/strong><\/td>\r\n Session <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n Speaker <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
9:00 AM-9:15 AM<\/td>\r\nWelcome<\/td>\r\n\"Portrait<\/a>\r\n\"Portrait<\/a><\/td>\r\nSean Andrist<\/a>\r\n
9:15 AM-9:45 AM<\/td>\r\nFireside Chat | Video<\/a><\/td>\r\n\"Portrait<\/a><\/td>\r\nJohannes Gehrke<\/a>, Technical Fellow & Managing Director, Research at Redmond<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
9:45 AM-10:00 AM<\/td>\r\nBreak<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
10:00 AM-12:00 PM<\/td>\r\n20 minute research talks + Q&A panel | Video<\/a><\/td>\r\n\"Portrait<\/a>\r\n\"Portrait<\/a>\r\n\"Portrait<\/a>\r\n\"Portrait<\/a><\/td>\r\nDebadeepta Dey<\/a>: Efficient Forward Neural Architecture Search\r\n
12:00 PM-1:00 PM<\/td>\r\nBreak<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
1:00 PM-1:30 PM<\/td>\r\nFireside Chat | Video<\/a><\/td>\r\n\"Portrait<\/a><\/td>\r\nSusan Dumais<\/a>, Technical Fellow & Managing Director, Microsoft Research New England, New York City and Montreal<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
1:30 PM-3:00 PM<\/td>\r\nVideo poster session by students<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
3:00 PM-4:00 PM<\/td>\r\nFun Networking Event<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Time (PDT) <\/strong><\/td>\r\n Session <\/strong><\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
9:00 AM-9:05 AM<\/td>\r\nWelcome<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\nSean and Daniel<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
9:05 AM-9:20 AM<\/td>\r\nVideo Message by Kevin Scott<\/td>\r\n\"Portrait<\/a><\/td>\r\nKevin Scott<\/a>, Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President, Technology & Research<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
9:20 AM-9:30 AM<\/td>\r\nTransition to groups<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
9:30 AM-12:00 PM<\/td>\r\nMeeting with your nominating team - each student presents for ~5 minutes<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
12:00 PM-1:00 PM<\/td>\r\nBreak<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
1:00 PM-1:30 PM<\/td>\r\nOpportunity to meet with other teams<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
1:30 PM-2:00 PM<\/td>\r\nOpportunity to meet with other teams<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
2:00 PM-3:30 PM<\/td>\r\n20 minute research talks + Q&A panel + event wrap-up | Video<\/a><\/td>\r\n\"Portrait<\/a>\r\n\"Portrait<\/a>\r\n\"Portrait<\/a><\/td>\r\nShamsi Iqbal<\/a>: Micro-productivity: Redefining Productivity to Adapt to a Changing Landscape of Work\r\n
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<\/div>\r\nAlex Polozov<\/a>: Neuro-Symbolic AI and Program Synthesis\r\n
<\/div>\r\nRobert Sim<\/a>: Privacy Preservation in Natural Language Applications\r\n
<\/div>\r\n5 minute break<\/em>\r\n
<\/div>\r\nQ&A Panel\r\n
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