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In the news | Cancer Research UK Cambridge News
AI speeds up cancer treatment
Project InnerEye, a collaboration between Addenbrooke’s and Microsoft Research, uses AI and machine learning to transform radiotherapy treatment planning. Doctors at Addenbrooke’s hospital in Cambridge aim to drastically cut cancer waiting times using artificial intelligence (AI) to automate lengthy radiotherapy…
In the news | ITPro
Cambridge hospital becomes first to adopt Microsoft AI for cancer treatment
Addenbrooke’s Hospital says the imaging AI will increase the survival rates of patients. Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge is to become the first hospital in the world to use Microsoft’s InnerEye artificial intelligence (AI) technology to treat cancer patients. The hospital is to…
NeurIPS 2020: Moving toward real-world reinforcement learning via batch RL, strategic exploration, and representation learning
As human beings, we encounter unfamiliar situations all the time—learning to drive, living on our own for the first time, starting a new job. And while we can anticipate what to expect based on what others have told us or…
In the news | Techradar
Microsoft Excel update could change the way you build formulas forever
LAMBDA beta allows you to create custom functions in Excel, Microsoft says Making the most out of Microsoft Excel could get a lot easier thanks to a new upgrade from the software giant. The process of learning how to effectively use a…
In the news | The AI Blog
With reinforcement learning, Microsoft brings a new class of AI solutions to customers
Countless companies use online recommendation engines to show customers products and experiences that match their interests. And yet, traditional machine learning models that predict what people might prefer are often based on data from past experience.
In the news | Excel Blog
Announcing LAMBDA: Turn Excel formulas into custom functions
Today we are releasing to our Beta customers a new capability that will revolutionize how you build formulas in Excel. Excel formulas are the world’s most widely used programming language, yet one of the more basic principles in programming has…
Project InnerEye evaluation shows how AI can augment and accelerate clinicians’ ability to perform radiotherapy planning 13 times faster
| Ozan Oktay, Anton Schwaighofer, David Carter, Melissa Bristow, Javier Alvarez-Valle, and Aditya Nori
Up to half of the population in the United States (opens in new tab) and United Kingdom (opens in new tab) will be diagnosed with cancer at some point in their lives. Of those, half will be treated with radiotherapy…
In the news | The Wall Street Journal
Too Much Caution is Killing Covid Patients
Fear and panic are central impediments to competent decision-making during a crisis. As Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations rise around the country, creating an atmosphere of crisis, political leaders are reaching for last spring’s lockdown playbooks. Their grave tone conveys an…
In the news | Forbes
Adaptive Biotechnologies Leverages Microsoft Azure In Search For COVID-19 Answers
The United States just passed a very ominous milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic. As almost every state struggles to contain a dramatic rise in COVID-19 cases, the United States has now lost more than 250,000 people to this virus. The…