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Advances in AI technologies have important ramifications for the development of accessible technologies.

Configuring large computing installations is a difficult problem -- there are many different subsystems involved, all with their own language, and many different people with an interest in

This talk presents recent advances in speeding up the processing of genomic data, making use of reconfigurable data flow engines based on field programmable gate arrays.

Deep learning has achieved great successes in many application scenarios, such as image classification and autonomous driving. Many of these applications are security sensitive.

For much of its history, AI research has aimed toward building intelligent machines independently of their interactions with people.

Fielding AI solutions in the open world requires systems to grapple with incompleteness and uncertainty.

Microsoft's Lucy Vanderwende and Bill Dolan and Ohio State's Alan Ritter talk about deep learning algorithms that help machines converse in lifelike ways, drawing from social media conversations.

Quantum computing is in its infancy, but Microsoft’s Krysta Svore and Nathan Wiebe talk about quantum techniques as applied to AI challenges.

This session talks about Project Malmo, a unique AI experimentation platform based on the game Minecraft.

For AI to achieve its potential, it requires access to large amounts of often sensitive data, which can pose threats to our privacy.

AI deep learning expert and University of Montreal Professor Yoshua Bengio talks about deep learning—what it is, how it got there, where it’s going, and how you can learn more about it.

Deep learning techniques are helping Microsoft researchers develop literate machines: those that can read for understanding, then write well about what they know.

AI for Earth is a new initiative from Microsoft designed to help the planet be more sustainable.

In this session, Ivan Tarapov demos a prototype application of assistive AI for cancer treatment: helping a radiologist create a treatment plan.

The next step for search involves InfoBots that know how to find the answer you're looking for, not just a set of webpages that may—or may not—have those answers.

We suggest a method to construct a homomorphic encryption scheme for approximate arithmetic.

Understanding the land cover types and locations within specific regions enables effective environmental conservation.

Presentation Translator is an Office add-in for PowerPoint that enables presenters to display live, translated subtitles.

Currency Channel, identifies currency bills when paying with cash. Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you.

Document Channel provides audio guidance to capture a printed page, and recognizes the text, along with its original formatting Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you.

Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you.

Person Channel recognizes friends and describe people around you, including their emotion Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you.

Scene Channel, an experimental feature, describes the scene around you. Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you.

Short Text Channel speaks text as soon as it appears in front of the camera. Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you.

Describe images from Mail, Photos, Twitter, WhatsApp and other apps. Press “Share” and “Recognize with Seeing AI” Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you.

Product Channel gives audio beeps to help locate barcodes and then scans them to identify products. Seeing AI is a free app that narrates the world around you.

Project InnerEye is a new AI product targeted at improving the productivity of oncologists, radiologists and surgeons when working with radiological images.

Project InnerEye is a new AI product targeted at improving the productivity of oncologists, radiologists and surgeons when working with radiological images.

This demo shows our work on a mobile robot that gives directions to visitors.

Microsoft Pix helps every photographer take better pictures. Because it incorporates AI behind the lens, it can tweak settings, select the best shots, and enhance them on the fly.