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The recipient of the ‘HCI MEDAL FOR SOCIETAL IMPACT’ for 2025 is Susan Dumais
The HCII2025 Conference is proud to announce Susan Dumais as the 2025 recipient of the ‘HCI MEDAL FOR SOCIETAL IMPACT’. Susan is a pioneering researcher whose work has reshaped information retrieval, search engines, and human-computer interaction, while her innovations have…
Research Focus: Week of March 24, 2025
In this issue, we examine a new conversation segmentation method that delivers more coherent and personalized agent conversation, and we review efforts to improve MLLMs’ understanding of geologic maps. Check out the latest research and other updates.
Ideas: Economics and computation with Nicole Immorlica
| Gretchen Huizinga et Nicole Immorlica
When research manager Nicole Immorlica discovered she could use math to make the world a better place for people, she was all in. She discusses working in computer science theory and economics, including studying the impact of algorithms and AI…
Microsoft Research Forum Episode 4: The future of multimodal models, a new “small” language model, and other AI updates
Explore multimodal & small language models, plus advanced benchmarks for AI evaluation. Microsoft researchers are working on breakthroughs in weather prediction, materials design, even a new kind of computer for AI inference and hard optimization problems.
Research Focus: Week of September 23, 2024
Welcome to Research Focus, a series of blog posts that highlights notable publications, events, code/datasets, new hires and other milestones from across the research community at Microsoft. Time-series forecasting is a technique used to predict future values based on previously…
This talk discusses how deep learning is enabling us to generate novel and useful biomolecules, allowing researchers and practitioners to better understand biology.
Collaborators: AI and the economy with Brendan Lucier and Mert Demirer
| Gretchen Huizinga, Brendan Lucier, et Mert Demirer
Researcher Brendan Lucier and professor Mert Demirer are applying their micro- and macroeconomic expertise, respectively, to forecasting the economic impact of AI. They share how they’re using a task-level breakdown of occupations to help predict the future.
Research Focus: Week of May 27, 2024
How can generative AI tools represent less common identities and narratives; Can LLMs help players participate in game narratives; Using LLMs to improve geospatial demographic data; A Graph RAG Approach to Query-Focused Summarization; and more.
Research Forum Episode 2: Transforming health care and the natural sciences, AI and society, and the evolution of foundational AI technologies
Research advances are driving real-world impact faster than ever. Episode 2 of Microsoft Research Forum explores how AI is transforming health care and the natural sciences, the intersection of AI and society, and the evolution of foundational AI technologies.