Technology for Emerging Markets
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Panel: Advancing carbon capture and energy management
Getting to net zero emissions will require key contributions from the energy industry. This will include inventing new ways to decarbonize the grid and accelerating the adoption of fossil fuel alternatives. Researchers also project that…
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Panel: Data sharing in financial services: Unlocking new value with privacy-enhancing technologies
The financial services industry is on the verge of a foundational transformation, shifting from a set of discrete and self-contained functions to an intelligent set of services that embed within the experiences, business processes, and marketplaces…
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Panel: Space systems and next-generation telecommunications
00:00 Introduction The Space and Telecommunications industries are undergoing a massive transformation. With the advent of LEO satellites, powerful computing resources, and innovative sensors, satellite networks are enabling new connectivity and intelligence applications. Similarly, 5G…
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Panel: Community-driven research: Emerging scholar spotlight
This panel will spotlight emerging scholars with ties to Microsoft Research internship and fellowship programs who bring community-driven approaches to other areas of innovation. Featured scholars include Rida Qadri, a grad who looks at collective…
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Odia Speech Data and Model
As part of this release, Navana Tech and Microsoft Research India are open-sourcing 1648 hours of validated Odia speech dataset and a baseline model for Odia speech recognition. The speech dataset consists of recordings in…
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SmartKC: A Smartphone-based Corneal Topographer
Keratoconus is a severe eye disease affecting the cornea (the clear, dome-shaped outer surface of the eye), causing it to become thin and develop a conical bulge. If not treated in time, keratoconus can lead…