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Dans l’actualité | Soundcloud
Juan Lavista Ferres from Microsoft’s AI for Good Research Lab
Juan Lavista Ferres, Chief Scientist and Lab Director at Microsoft’s AI for Good Research Lab, speaks with Humanitarian AI Today’s host Sarah Spencer about how his team is aiding NGOs by leveraging data to address a variety of global humanitarian…
Dans l’actualité | Pharmaphorum
AI tool helps detect leprosy using pictures
Ann Aerts, head of the Novartis Foundation, tells us about AI4Leprosy, a diagnostic assistant researchers developed that helps healthcare workers detect leprosy with over 90% accuracy using pictures of a patient’s skin lesion. An international team of scientists — led…
Dans l’actualité | Official Microsoft Blog
Closing the cybersecurity skills gap – Microsoft expands efforts to 23 countries
Cybersecurity continues to be a significant threat for governments, businesses and individuals around the world. From supply chain disruptions to ransomware attacks, cybercriminals have become increasingly sophisticated and the threat landscape more diverse. These cybersecurity challenges are compounded by a…
Dans l’actualité | Microsoft on the Issues
States must act quickly, thoughtfully to bridge the digital divide
An alarming number of people in America are cut off from opportunities afforded to the rest of us who have internet access. Microsoft data shows that more than one out of three people in the U.S. are not using the…
Dans l’actualité | Analytics India
Now an AI model that identifies where solar farms are located in India
Recently, researchers from Microsoft AI for Good Research Lab, and The Nature of Conservancy have built an AI Dataset for Solar Energy locations in India with up-to-date and accurate geospatial information of the PV infrastructures. The team used ML to…
Dans l’actualité | The Atlantic
Satellites Are Spotting the Beached Whales We Never Would Have Found
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Microsoft, the satellite company Maxar, and other public- and private-sector partners are developing a system that automatically identifies marine mammals in satellite images. Called GAIA (Geospatial Artificial Intelligence for Animals), the project aims…
Dans l’actualité | Microsoft Stories
Humans and AI – Juan Lavista Ferres
Meet Juan – When Juan Lavista Ferres was 8 years old, he was given a computer and quickly realized the impact that technology could have on the world. Now, he works on resources to empower others to solve global challenges…
Dans l’actualité | Daily Mail
COVID-19 public health measures such as social distancing led to a nearly 40% decrease in emergency room visits for pink eye
Researchers at Microsoft worked together with Researchers at the University of Washington. During the pandemic, fewer people sought out care for pink eye due to coronavirus-inspired social distancing, increased handwashing and other health measures. Researchers analyzed both emergency department visits…
Dans l’actualité | Official Microsoft Blog
America faces a cybersecurity skills crisis: Microsoft launches national campaign to help community colleges expand the cybersecurity workforce
The last year has brought unrelenting headlines about cybersecurity attacks. Foreign governments have tampered with the software supply chain, targeted on-premise servers, and hacked into sensitive government files. Criminal ransomware groups have attacked schools, penetrated hospitals and shut down a…