Research
Below please find an index of news and awards that recognize Microsoft researchers’ contribution to scientific research and commitment to advancing computer science.
Imagine if a simple blood test could provide accurate and early diagnosis of thousands of different diseases simultaneously? That is no easy task, but it may be possible using new technology that can leverage how…
UCB and Microsoft have announced a new multi-year, strategic collaboration to combine Microsoft’s computational services, cloud, and artificial intelligence (AI) with UCB’s drug discovery and development capabilities. As several drug discovery activities require the analysis…
SEATTLE, Feb. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation (Nasdaq: ADPT), a commercial stage biotechnology company that aims to translate the genetics of the adaptive immune system into clinical products to diagnose and treat…
Bill Bolosky, John (JD) Douceur, Jay Lorch received the USENIX Test of Time Award (opens in new tab) at FAST 2021 (opens in new tab). The award recognizes their paper from 2007, A five-year study…
“What can we do?” Those words continued to echo as I returned home from the World Economic Forum in Davos in early 2019. The director of a major news organization asked me that question point blank…
B.J. Moore knew he had to stick to his gut. He had just made a crucial choice as the new chief information officer at Providence, one of the nation’s largest health systems, spanning 51 hospitals…
Children’s Mercy Kansas City, an award-winning hospital and research institute, manages one of the leading genome sequencing centers in the United States. To better support researchers, Children’s Mercy is working with Microsoft and Pacific Biosciences…
But as the software improves, access to material gets harder.
A chess program that learns from human error might be better at working with people or negotiating with them. It took about 50 years for computers to eviscerate humans in the venerable game of chess.…
One fantastic feature in search engines is that they can understand when you misspell a word and correct it. This seemingly simple feature saves a lot of time in an average internet user’s life, but…