Powerful large-scale AI models like GPT-4 are showing dramatic improvements in reasoning, problem-solving, and language capabilities. This marks a phase change for artificial intelligence—and a signal of accelerating progress to come.In this Microsoft Research Podcast series, AI scientist and engineer Ashley Llorens hosts conversations with his collaborators and colleagues about what these models—and the models that will come next—mean for our approach to creating, understanding, and...

Members of the research community at Microsoft work continuously to advance their respective fields. Abstracts brings its audience to the cutting edge with them through short, compelling conversations about new and noteworthy achievements. In this episode, Senior Researcher Chang Liu joins host Gretchen Huizinga to discuss Overcoming the Barrier of Orbital-Free Density Functional Theory for Molecular Systems Using Deep Learning...

Members of the research community at Microsoft work continuously to advance their respective fields. Abstracts brings its audience to the cutting edge with them through short, compelling conversations about new and noteworthy achievements. In this episode, Senior Behavioral Science Researcher Lev Tankelevitch (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/t-levt/) joins host Gretchen Huizinga to discuss “The Metacognitive Demands and Opportunities of Generative AI...

In the Microsoft Research Podcast series What’s Your Story, Johannes Gehrke explores the who behind the technical and scientific advancements helping to reshape the world. A systems expert whose 10 years with Microsoft spans research and product, Gehrke talks to members of the company’s research community about what motivates their work and how they got where they are today.Partner Research Manager and leading developer experience expert Nicole Forsgren oversees Microsoft Research efforts to...

In the Microsoft Research Podcast series What’s Your Story, Johannes Gehrke explores the who behind the technical and scientific advancements helping to reshape the world. A systems expert whose 10 years with Microsoft spans research and product, Gehrke talks to members of the company’s research community about what motivates their work and how they got where they are today.Partner Software Architect Ivan Tashev’s expertise in audio signal processing has contributed to the design and study of...

Members of the research community at Microsoft work continuously to advance their respective fields. Abstracts brings its audience to the cutting edge with them through short, compelling conversations about new and noteworthy achievements.In this episode, Senior Researchers Jordan Ash (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/joash/) and Dipendra Misra (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/dimisra/) join host Gretchen Huizinga to discuss “The Truth is in There: Improving...

Powerful large-scale AI models like GPT-4 are showing dramatic improvements in reasoning, problem-solving, and language capabilities. This marks a phase change for artificial intelligence—and a signal of accelerating progress to come.In this Microsoft Research Podcast series, AI scientist and engineer Ashley Llorens hosts conversations with his collaborators and colleagues about what these models—and the models that will come next—mean for our approach to creating, understanding, and...

Members of the research community at Microsoft work continuously to advance their respective fields. Abstracts brings its audience to the cutting edge with them through short, compelling conversations about new and noteworthy achievements. In this episode, Senior Principal Research Manager Tao Qin (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/taoqin/) and Senior Researcher Lijun Wu (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/lijuwu/) discuss “FABind: Fast and Accurate Protein-Ligand...

Members of the research community at Microsoft work continuously to advance their respective fields. Abstracts brings its audience to the cutting edge with them through short, compelling conversations about new and noteworthy achievements.In this episode, Principal Researcher Alessandro Sordoni (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/alsordon/) joins host Gretchen Huizinga to discuss “Joint Prompt Optimization of Stacked LLMs using Variational Inference...

Members of the research community at Microsoft work continuously to advance their respective fields. Abstracts brings its audience to the cutting edge with them through short, compelling conversations about new and noteworthy achievements.In this episode, Xing Xie (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/xingx/), a Senior Principal Research Manager of Microsoft Research Asia, joins host Dr. Gretchen Huizinga to discuss “Evaluating General-Purpose AI with Psychometrics.” As AI...

Transforming research ideas into meaningful impact is no small feat. It often requires the knowledge and experience of individuals from across disciplines and institutions. Collaborators, a Microsoft Research Podcast series, explores the relationships—both expected and unexpected—behind the projects, products, and services being pursued and delivered by researchers at Microsoft and the diverse range of people they’re teaming up with.In this episode, Dr. Gretchen Huizinga speaks with Cecily...

Members of the research community at Microsoft work continuously to advance their respective fields. Abstracts brings its audience to the cutting edge with them through short, compelling conversations about new and noteworthy achievements.In this episode, Shrey Jain (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/shreyjain/), a Technical Project Manager at Microsoft Research, and Dr. Zoë Hitzig (http://www.zoehitzig.com/), a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, discuss their work...

In this new Microsoft Research Podcast series What’s Your Story, Johannes Gehrke explores the who behind the technical and scientific advancements helping to reshape the world. A systems expert whose 10 years with Microsoft spans research and product, Gehrke talks to members of the company’s research community about what motivates their work and how they got where they are today.Across his time at Microsoft, Desney Tan (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/desney/), Managing...

Members of the research community at Microsoft work continuously to advance their respective fields. Abstracts brings its audience to the cutting edge with them through short, compelling conversations about new and noteworthy achievements.In this episode, Andy Gordon (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/adg/), a Partner Research Manager, and Carina Negreanu, a Senior Researcher, both at Microsoft Research, join host Dr. Gretchen Huizinga to discuss “Co-audit: Tools to help humans...

In this new Microsoft Research Podcast series What’s Your Story, Lab Director Johannes Gehrke explores the who behind the technical and scientific advancements helping to reshape the world. He talks to members of the research community at Microsoft about what motivates their work and how they got where they are today.Ranveer Chandra is Managing Director of Research for Industry and CTO of Agri-Food. He is also Head of Networking Research at Microsoft Research Redmond. His work in systems and...

Members of the research community at Microsoft work continuously to advance their respective fields. Abstracts brings its audience to the cutting edge with them through short, compelling conversations about new and noteworthy achievements. In this episode, Dr. Sheng Zhang (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/shezhan/), a Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research, joins host Dr. Gretchen Huizinga to discuss “UniversalNER: Targeted Distillation from Large Language Models for Open...

Every year, interns from academic institutions around the world apply and grow their knowledge as members of the research community at Microsoft. In this Microsoft Research Podcast series, these students join their internship supervisors to share their experience working alongside some of the leading researchers in their respective fields. In this episode, PhD students Jennifer Scurrell (https://css.ethz.ch/en/center/people/jennifer-victoria-scurrell.html) and Alejandro Cuevas talk to Senior...

Powerful large-scale AI models like GPT-4 are showing dramatic improvements in reasoning, problem-solving, and language capabilities. This marks a phase change for artificial intelligence—and a signal of accelerating progress to come.In this Microsoft Research Podcast series, AI scientist and engineer Ashley Llorens (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/allorens/) hosts conversations with his collaborators and colleagues about what these models—and the models that will come...

Members of the research community at Microsoft work continuously to advance their respective fields. Abstracts brings its audience to the cutting edge with them through short, compelling conversations about new and noteworthy achievements.In this episode, Dr. Xing Xie (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/xingx/), a Senior Principal Research Manager of Microsoft Research Asia joins host Dr. Gretchen Huizinga to discuss “Psychometrics for Evaluating General-Purpose AI.” As AI...

Powerful large-scale AI models like GPT-4 are showing dramatic improvements in reasoning, problem-solving, and language capabilities. This marks a phase change for artificial intelligence—and a signal of accelerating progress to come.  In this Microsoft Research Podcast series, AI scientist and engineer Ashley Llorens (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/allorens/) hosts conversations with his collaborators and colleagues about what these models—and the models that will come...

Members of the research community at Microsoft work continuously to advance their respective fields. Abstracts brings its audience to the cutting edge with them through short, compelling conversations about new and noteworthy achievements.In the inaugural episode of the series, Dr. Ava Amini (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/avasoleimany/) and Dr. Kevin K. Yang, (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/kevyan/) both Senior Researchers with Microsoft Health Futures, join...

Every year, interns from academic institutions around the world apply and grow their knowledge as members of the research community at Microsoft. In this Microsoft Research Podcast series, these students join their internship supervisors to share their experience working alongside some of the leading researchers in their respective fields.In this episode, PhD students Anunay Kulshrestha (https://kul.sh/) and Karan Newatia (https://karannewatia.github.io/) talk to Senior Cryptographer Josh...

Powerful large-scale AI models like GPT-4 are showing dramatic improvements in reasoning, problem-solving, and language capabilities. This marks a phase change for artificial intelligence—and a signal of accelerating progress to come. In this Microsoft Research Podcast series, AI scientist and engineer Ashley Llorens (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/people/allorens/) hosts conversations with his collaborators and colleagues about what these models—and the models that will come...

Transforming research ideas into meaningful impact is no small feat. It often requires the knowledge and experience of individuals from across disciplines and institutions. Collaborators, a new Microsoft Research Podcast series, explores the relationships—both expected and unexpected—behind the projects, products, and services being pursued and delivered by researchers at Microsoft and the diverse range of people they’re teaming up with.In this episode, Dr. Gretchen Huizinga talks with...

Transforming research ideas into meaningful impact is no small feat. It often requires the knowledge and experience of individuals from across disciplines and institutions. Collaborators, a new Microsoft Research Podcast series, explores the relationships—both expected and unexpected—behind the projects, products, and services being pursued and delivered by researchers at Microsoft and the diverse range of people they’re teaming up with.In this episode of the podcast, Dr. Gretchen Huizinga...