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079 - Making the most of micro-moments with Dr. Shamsi Iqbal

Posted June 5, 2019

If you’ve recently found it more difficult to focus your attention for a lengthy stretch of time in order to get a complex task done… or worse,...

078 - Machine teaching with Dr. Patrice Simard

Posted May 29, 2019

Machine learning is a powerful tool that enables computers to learn by observing the world, recognizing patterns and self-training via experience. Much...

077 - The productive software engineer with Dr. Tom Zimmermann

Posted May 22, 2019

If you’re in software development, Dr. Tom Zimmermann, a senior researcher at Microsoft Research in Redmond, wants you to be more productive, and...

076 - Speech and language: the crown jewel of AI with Dr. Xuedong Huang

Posted May 15, 2019

When was the last time you had a meaningful conversation with your computer… and felt like it truly understood you? Well, if Dr. Xuedong Huang, a...

075 - Reinforcement learning for the real world with Dr. John Langford and Rafah Hosn

Posted May 8, 2019

Dr. John Langford, a partner researcher in the Machine Learning group at Microsoft Research New York City, is a reinforcement learning expert who is...