{"id":394877,"date":"2017-07-05T06:00:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?p=394877"},"modified":"2017-07-05T06:51:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T13:51:06","slug":"livestream-2017-microsoft-research-faculty-summit-edge-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/blog\/livestream-2017-microsoft-research-faculty-summit-edge-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the livestream of the 2017 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit\u2014The Edge of AI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-394952 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/FacSumm2017-Channel9-960x540.jpg\" alt=\"2017 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/FacSumm2017-Channel9-960x540.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/FacSumm2017-Channel9-960x540-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/FacSumm2017-Channel9-960x540-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/FacSumm2017-Channel9-960x540-343x193.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>By <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/evelynev\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Evelyne Viegas<\/em><\/a><em>, Program Co-Chair of Faculty Summit and Director, Microsoft<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to another informative\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/faculty-summit-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Microsoft Research Faculty Summit<\/a> (July 17-18, 2017) where this year\u2019s theme is <em>The Edge of AI<\/em>. The event will consist of keynotes, sessions, panels, and showcased technologies.\u00a0The summit brings together thought leaders and researchers from a broad range of disciplines including computer science, social sciences, human design and interactions, and policy. Together we will highlight some of the key challenges posed by artificial intelligence, and will identify the next generation of approaches, techniques, and tools that will be needed to develop AI to solve the world\u2019s most pressing challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft AI researchers\u00a0are striving to\u00a0create intelligent machines that complement human reasoning,\u00a0and amplify human ingenuity with intelligent technology. At the core, is the\u00a0ability to\u00a0harness the explosion of digital data and computational power with advanced algorithms\u00a0that extend the ability for machines\u00a0to\u00a0learn, reason, sense and understand\u2014enabling collaborative and natural interactions between machines and humans.<\/p>\n<p>If you aren&#8217;t registered to attend in person, you still have an opportunity to watch our keynotes, speakers and, back by popular demand, our special <em>Research in Focus<\/em> interview segments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/faculty-summit-2017\/#virtual-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">streamed live<\/a> beginning July 17, 2017 at 8:30 AM Pacific Time (UTC-7).<\/p>\n<p>Here are just a few highlights of what will be streamed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Opening: AI in the Open World<\/strong> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/horvitz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Horvitz<\/a>, Microsoft, Technical Fellow and Managing Director<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keynote: Smart Enough to Work With Us? Foundations and Challenges for Teamwork-Enabled AI Systems<\/strong>, with Barbara Grosz, Harvard University<\/li>\n<li><strong>Research in Focus: Deep Learning Research and the Future of AI<\/strong>, with Yoshua Bengio, University of Montr\u00e9al<\/li>\n<li><strong>Research in Focus: Conversational Agents<\/strong>, with Alan Ritter, Ohio State University, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/lucyv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lucy Vanderwende<\/a>, Microsoft, Senior Researcher and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jawillia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Williams<\/a>, Microsoft, Principal Researcher<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fireside Chat<\/strong> with <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/exec\/harry-shum\/#3k6ml91Xl1Rcq2A3.97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Shum<\/a>, Microsoft, Executive Vice President, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/cmbishop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher Bishop<\/a>, Microsoft, Technical Fellow and Managing Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/faculty-summit-2017\/#virtual-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.microsoftfacultysummit.com<\/a> for more information and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/faculty-summit-2017\/#virtual-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full virtual event agenda<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>We are looking forward to your attendance whether you are registered to attend in-person or virtually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn more<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoftfacultysummit.com\">Microsoft Research Faculty Summit<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLD7HFcN7LXRd_8TXhmpJSq_wDteVi3QFA\">Video abstracts Faculty Summit 2017<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/research-area\/artificial-intelligence\/\">Artificial Intelligence at Microsoft Research<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Evelyne Viegas, Program Co-Chair of Faculty Summit and Director, Microsoft We are looking forward to another informative\u00a0Microsoft Research Faculty Summit (July 17-18, 2017) where this year\u2019s theme is The Edge of AI. 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