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In the news | C-SPAN
MIT Work of the Future | Mary L. Gray discusses “Ghost Work”, the workforce that drives large tech companies
Mary Gray talked about her book, Ghost Work: How to Stop Silicon Valley from Building a New Global Underclass, in which she reported on the workforce that drives large technology companies like Amazon, Google, and Uber.
Machine reading comprehension with Dr. T.J. Hazen
The ability to read and understand unstructured text, and then answer questions about it, is a common skill among literate humans. But for machines? Not so much. At least not yet! And not if Dr. T.J. Hazen, Senior Principal Research…
In the news | Nature Biotechnology
Microsoft makes splash in AI-enabled lab solutions
Microsoft unveils the first collaborations for its Station B, a platform to automate lab experiments so scientists can test and reproduce ever-more-complex designs.
In the news | Washington Post
A conservative YouTube star just lost his income stream for homophobic slurs. Here’s what happened, and why
Tarleton Gillespie, a principal researcher at Microsoft Research, discusses the content-moderation efforts of YouTube and other social media platforms.
In the news | Mila
Visualizing the impact of climate change
Mila’s multidisciplinary team is working to bridge the gaps at the intersection of climate science and machine learning.
Awards | International Communications Association (ICA)
Nancy Baym awarded 2019 Frederick Williams Prize
Nancy Baym, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research was awarded the 2019 Frederick Williams Prize for Contributions to the Study of Communication Technology. The award recognizes the major contributions and cumulative achievements of senior scholars who have advanced the study and…
In the news | Open Data Science Conference
Machine Learning Estimation of Heterogeneouse Treatement Effects: the Microsoft EconML Library Talk
One of the biggest promises of machine learning is the automation of decision making in a multitude of application domains. A core problem that arises in most data-driven personalized decision scenarios is the estimation of heterogeneous treatment effects: what is…
In the news | TechCrunch
Microsoft makes a push to simplify machine learning
Continuing its strategy of democratizing access to AI, Microsoft released new machine learning products that range from no-code tools to hosted notebooks, with a number of new APIs and other services in-between.
In the news | Counterfactual
Introduction to EconML Packages (meta-learners)
In recent years, research in the fusion of econometrics and machine learning has been booming. For example, related Tutorials are held in KDD2018 and NeurIPS2018. As one of the trends, Microsoft Research has published a package called EconML, and I…