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Awards | ACM
Ranjita Bhagwan Chosen as Winner of ACM India Outstanding Contributions in Computing by a Woman (OCCW) 2020 Award
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) India Council has named Dr. Ranjita Bhagwan as the recipient of the 2020 ACM India Outstanding Contributions in Computing by a Woman (OCCW) Award. A selection committee comprising eminent international personalities chose Ranjita for…
Sriram Rajamani, MSR India Lab Director, received the “Eminent Scientist” award from the Alumni Association of College of Engineering, Guindy (AACEG). Each year they select a number of alumni for the Distinguished Alumnus Award. This year’s distinguished alumni have excelled…
In the news | Economic Times
Maruti Suzuki, Microsoft collaborate to develop HAMS technology for driver training
New Delhi: Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) announced on Tuesday that it has joined hands with Microsoft Research India to develop smartphone-based HAMS technology for testing applicants seeking the driving license.
Podcast: Evaluating and validating research that aspires to societal impact in real world scenarios. With Tanuja Ganu
At Microsoft Research India, research focused on societal impact is typically a very interdisciplinary exercise that pulls together social scientists, technology experts and designers. But how does one evaluate or validate the actual impact of research in the real world? Today, we talk to Tanuja Ganu who manages the Societal Impact through Cloud…
Podcast: Making cryptography accessible, efficient and scalable. With Dr. Divya Gupta and Dr. Rahul Sharma
Ensuring security and privacy of data, both personal and institutional, is of paramount importance in today’s world where data itself is a highly precious commodity. Cryptography is a complex and specialized subject that not many people are familiar with, and…
In the news | Live Mint
Now a unique machine translation tool from Hindi to Gondi
This app, developed by Microsoft Research Lab, CGNet Swara and IIIT Naya Raipur, during the lockdown, hopes to motivate youth from the Gond Adivasi community to learn the Gondi language.
Podcast: Can we make better software by using ML and AI techniques? With Chandra Maddila and Chetan Bansal
The process of software development is dramatically different today compared to even a few years ago. The shift to cloud computing has meant that companies need to develop and deploy software in ever shrinking timeframes while maintaining high quality of…
In the news | VentureBeat
Microsoft’s SoftNER AI uses unsupervised learning to help triage cloud service outages
Microsoft is using unsupervised learning techniques to extract knowledge about disruptions to cloud services. In a paper published on the preprint server Arxiv.org, researchers at the company detail SoftNER, a framework that has been deployed internally at Microsoft to collate information…
Career Award | ACM SIGCOMM
Venkat Padmanabhan among those recognized with the SIGCOMM Networking Systems Award
The SIGCOMM Networking Systems Award is awarded to an institution or individual(s) to recognize the development of a networking system that has had a significant impact on the world of computer networking. Venkat Padmanabhan, Deputy Managing Director, Microsoft Research India,…