{"id":702211,"date":"2020-10-29T09:14:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T16:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-group&#038;p=702211"},"modified":"2023-03-30T13:16:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T20:16:50","slug":"leap","status":"publish","type":"msr-group","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/leap\/","title":{"rendered":"LEAP &#8211; Language, Learning, Audio, Privacy"},"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 id=\"leap-language-learning-audio-privacy\" class=\"h2\">LEAP &#8211; Language, Learning, Audio, Privacy<\/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>Scientists and engineers in the <strong>LEAP (Language, Learning, Audio, Privacy)<\/strong> research area make and harness advances in machine learning, natural language processing, and signal processing to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>enable machines to understand natural language,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>enrich gaming experiences with artificial intelligence (AI),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improve audio in applications such as conference calling,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>develop brain-computer interfaces,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>build better search engines,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>deploy AI efficiently at scale, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>build customer trust via privacy-enhancing technologies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We advance the state-of-the-art in AI while providing practical solutions to real-world problems and translating core technologies into practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The research area is comprised of the following research groups:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/audio-and-acoustics-research-group\/\">A<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/audio-and-acoustics-research-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">udio and Acoustics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/game-intelligence\/\">Game Intelligence<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/ktx\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Knowledge Technologies and Intelligent Experiences<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/languauge-and-information-technologies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Language and Information Technologies<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/natural-language-processing\/\">N<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/natural-language-processing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">atural Language Processing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/privacy-in-ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Privacy in AI<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, please contact <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ryenwhite.com\">Ryen White<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists and engineers in the LEAP (Language, Learning, Audio, Privacy) research area make and harness advances in machine learning, natural language processing, and signal processing to: We advance the state-of-the-art in AI while providing practical solutions to real-world problems and translating core technologies into practice. 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