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In search for future of cloud storage, researchers look to holographic storage solutions
| Benn Thomsen, Dushyanth Narayanan, and Ant Rowstron
Data storage has always been a key tenet of compute, and with the massive growth in cloud compute, the demand for cloud data storage has opened an avenue for both revisiting prior technologies and developing new ones. It is projected…
In the news | SlashGear
Microsoft Research holographic storage could be the cloud’s future
In addition to living in a digital age, our lives have also started to revolve around clouds, that is, cloud storage and services. This elusive and ephemeral concept, however, still needs to be tethered to physical realities and limited by…
Awards | Royal Academy of Engineering
Ant Rowstron Named Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
Fifty-three leading engineers from the UK and around the world have been elected as Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering in recognition of their outstanding and continuing contributions to the profession. They join an Academy on a mission to…
Awards | HTN Awards 2020
InnerEye finalists in HTN Awards 2020 for Best Health Tech Solution of the Year and Best use of AI
The HTN Awards 2020, sponsored by CCube Solutions, celebrate great technology, partnerships, teams and innovations making a difference across health and care. HTN is delighted to announce the finalists in the Awards and congratulations to all involved. On this webpage…
In the news | Addenbrooke's Hospital News
Hancock’s high-tech visit
Health Secretary Matt Hancock today visited Cambridge University Hospitals to see how cutting edge technology can reduce cancer waiting times. Consultant oncologist Dr Raj Jena has been working with Microsoft Research for the past eight years on a machine learning…
ICML 2020 highlights: A Transformer-based RL agent, causal ML for increased privacy, and more
With over 50 papers from Microsoft accepted at this year’s International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2020) (opens in new tab), a number of which were presented in virtual workshops, Microsoft researchers are in full summer swing when it comes…
Three new reinforcement learning methods aim to improve AI in gaming and beyond
| Kamil Ciosek, Sam Devlin, and Katja Hofmann
Reinforcement learning (RL) provides exciting opportunities for game development, as highlighted in our recently announced Project Paidia (opens in new tab)—a research collaboration between our Game Intelligence group at Microsoft Research Cambridge and game developer Ninja Theory. In Project Paidia,…
In the news | Microsoft Innovation Stories
Exploring Project Paidia
Non-player characters are the heart and soul of many video games, and new AI technology lets developers create characters that act organically and respond naturally to the player. The Project Paidia team, in collaboration with game developer Ninja Theory, is…
A path to personalization: Using ML to subtype patients receiving digital mental health interventions
| Danielle Belgrave and Anja Thieme
Mental health experiences vary widely from individual to individual. Because of this, effective treatment is about identifying the unique set of tools that will help a person manage their mental health productively. And that rarely happens overnight. People experiencing symptoms…