{"id":569136,"date":"2020-02-12T13:17:31","date_gmt":"2019-02-22T00:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-group&#038;p=569136"},"modified":"2024-05-17T10:49:30","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T17:49:30","slug":"mlo","status":"publish","type":"msr-group","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/mlo\/","title":{"rendered":"Machine Learning and Optimization"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"mb-3 moray-highlight\">\n\t<div class=\"card-img-overlay mx-lg-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"card-background  has-background-grey card-background--full-bleed\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- Foreground -->\n\t\t<div class=\"card-foreground d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 px-g px-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Container -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 align-self-center\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Card wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 w-lg-col-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Card -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card material-md-card py-5 px-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/lab\/microsoft-research-redmond\/\" class=\"icon-link icon-link--reverse mb-2\" data-bi-cN=\"Return to Microsoft Research Lab - Redmond\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-glyph glyph-chevron-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReturn to Microsoft Research Lab &#8211; Redmond\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading h2\" id=\"machine-learning-and-optimization\">Machine Learning and Optimization<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The Machine Learning and Optimization (MLO) group does research in the intersection of optimization, ML and systems.&nbsp;We are interested in fundamental and practical aspects of data-driven <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/02\/CORE-Toolkit_external.pdf\">optimization<\/a>. Our current focus is on two projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/pdf\/2307.03875.pdf\">OptiGuide <span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>&#8211; Interactive optimization with LLMs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cloud efficiency optimization \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>VM allocation algorithms  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2020\/10\/ProteanCR.pdf\">OSDI\u201920<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2021\/01\/Online_Virtual_Machine_Allocation_with_Lifetime_and_Load_Predictions.pdf\">Sigmetrics\u201921<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/virtual-machine-allocation-with-lifetime-predictions\/\">MLSys&#8217;23<\/a> (outstanding paper award), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/kerveros-efficient-and-scalable-cloud-admission-control\/\">ODSI&#8217;23<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/hindsight-learning-for-mdps-with-exogenous-inputs\/\">ICML&#8217;23<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cloud infrastructure and supply chain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/online-demand-scheduling-with-failovers\/\">ICALP&#8217;23<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\" href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4501810\">Preprint&#8217;23<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/jaillet\/www\/\">Patrick Jaillet<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, MIT (Aug. 2018)<br>Prof. <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/m.tau.ac.il\/~nivb\/\">Niv Buchbinder<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Tel-Aviv University (Aug.-Dec. 2019; Aug&#8217;20 -March&#8217;21)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www-di.inf.puc-rio.br\/~mmolinaro\/\">Marco Molinaro<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, PUC-Rio (March&#8217;22 -)<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CORE group conducts research in the intersection of algorithms, operations research and computer systems.\u00a0Our focus is on designing large-scale optimization solutions for cloud systems and applications.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr_group_start":"","footnotes":""},"research-area":[13561,13547],"msr-group-type":[243694],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-569136","msr-group","type-msr-group","status-publish","hentry","msr-research-area-algorithms","msr-research-area-systems-and-networking","msr-group-type-group","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_group_start":"","msr_detailed_description":"","msr_further_details":"","msr_hero_images":[],"msr_research_lab":[199565],"related-researchers":[{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"Hugo Barbalho","user_id":40744,"people_section":"People","alias":"hugobarbalho"},{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"Patricia Kovaleski","user_id":40681,"people_section":"People","alias":"pkovaleski"},{"type":"guest","display_name":"Beibin Li","user_id":826594,"people_section":"People","alias":""},{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"Luke Marshall","user_id":37386,"people_section":"People","alias":"lumarsha"},{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"Konstantina Mellou","user_id":38874,"people_section":"People","alias":"kmellou"},{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"Ishai Menache","user_id":32116,"people_section":"People","alias":"ishai"},{"type":"user_nicename","display_name":"Marco Molinaro","user_id":42204,"people_section":"People","alias":"mmolinaro"},{"type":"guest","display_name":"Tamires Santos","user_id":847402,"people_section":"People","alias":""}],"related-publications":[499745,282314,215038,1020681,1103592,922266,1103937,1020687,1103598,936420,1103943,1020696,1103844,939507,1103949,1020702,1103856,945744,1103958,1032768,354038,1103865,956502,1103970,1098534,605538,1103871,956523,1103550,612474,1103886,1020606,1103562,698599,1103907,1020636,1103571,702232,1103919,1020657,1103577,719800,1103925,1020663,1103583,904659,1103931],"related-downloads":[],"related-videos":[],"related-projects":[],"related-events":[],"related-opportunities":[1095579],"related-posts":[],"tab-content":[{"id":0,"name":"Visitors","content":"Prof. <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/jaillet\/www\/\">Patrick Jaillet<\/a>, MIT (Aug. 2018)\r\nProf. <a href=\"https:\/\/m.tau.ac.il\/~nivb\/\">Niv Buchbinder<\/a>, Tel-Aviv University (Aug.-Dec. 2019; 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