{"id":907656,"date":"2023-04-28T12:58:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T19:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T10:37:22","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T17:37:22","slug":"semantic-machines","status":"publish","type":"msr-group","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/semantic-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"Semantic Machines"},"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-catalina-blue card-background--inset-right\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Semantic-Machines_logo_no-text_transparent.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Semantic Machines logo graphic\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Semantic-Machines_logo_no-text_transparent.png 400w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Semantic-Machines_logo_no-text_transparent-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Semantic-Machines_logo_no-text_transparent-240x168.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\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 align-self-start\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Container -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5\">\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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left is-style-default\" id=\"semantic-machines\">Semantic Machines<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking human-computer collaboration to the next level.<\/p>\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<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n\n\n<p>Semantic Machines develops cutting-edge human language technology and user modeling to empower users to get information and take actions as easily as they can express their needs. Our team of researchers, engineers, and product managers aims to streamline the workday by delivering a more natural, interactive, powerful, and personalized AI assistant experience that takes human-computer collaboration to the next level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Semantic Machines technology has been integrated into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/microsoft-365\/outlook-mobile-for-android-and-ios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Outlook Mobile<\/a>, providing users with an efficient and effective way to manage their calendar through conversational interactions. The team regularly publishes papers in venues such as ACL, EMNLP, and TACL, releases code and data, and is proud to contribute to the broader field of natural language processing and AI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"internship-programs\">Internship Programs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Semantic Machines regularly hosts both graduate and undergraduate students to collaborate in engineering and research projects. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Research internships for PhD students are run through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/careers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft Research<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engineering and PM internships for undergraduate students are organized via the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/students\/us\/en\/usuniversityinternship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft University Internship<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> program and the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/careers.microsoft.com\/students\/us\/en\/usexploremicrosoftprogram\">Explore Microsoft<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> program.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Micro-internships are short winter engineering internships at <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoftnewengland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Microsoft New England<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> for local undergraduate students. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Research internships are listed at <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/aka.ms\/smjobs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aka.ms\/smjobs<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a> along with all full-time positions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"interns\">Interns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"research-interns\">Research interns<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Boshi Wang (Ohio State University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helia Hashemi (UMass)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kaj Bostrom (UT Austin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kumar Shridhar (ETH Zurich)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nikita Moghe (U Edinburgh)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sky Wang (Columbia University)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yunmo Chen (Johns Hopkins University)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"engineering-interns\">Engineering Interns<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Chloe Posluszny (UT Austin)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jonathan Kim (University of Waterloo)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kene Ochuba (UNC Chappel Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"pm-interns\">PM 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