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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…
In the news | MEDPAGE TODAY
T Cells May Tell Us More About COVID Immunity
While antibodies have been the focus of testing for past infection with COVID-19, T cells will also provide some insights — potentially better ones, experts say. These lymphocytes are the first responders that then coordinate the immune response while building…
In the news | GeekWire
Adaptive plans fall launch of T-cell test for past COVID-19 detection, as alternative to antibody tests
Adaptive Biotechnologies says it’s proceeding with plans (opens in new tab)to launch a new type of test to determine if someone was previously infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, after a study added to the evidence that its approach…