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@MSFTResearch shared
On Feb 1, 2020
In natural language processing, pre-training provides a jump start on training data. Learn how Microsoft researchers made the innovative MASS, a pre-training method to predict masked sentence fragments through an encoder-attention-decoder framework: https://t.co/Bwk9EkcUha
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Introducing MASS – A pre-training method that outperforms BERT and GPT in sequence to sequence language generation tasks

Pre-training is a hot topic in NLP research and models like BERT and GPT have definitely delivered exciting breakthroughs. The challenge is in upping our game in finer sequence to sequence based language generation tasks. Enter MASS

@MSFTResearch shared
On Feb 1, 2020
In natural language processing, pre-training provides a jump start on training data. Learn how Microsoft researchers made the innovative MASS, a pre-training method to predict masked sentence fragments through an encoder-attention-decoder framework: https://t.co/Bwk9EkcUha
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Introducing MASS – A pre-training method that outperforms BERT and GPT in sequence to sequence language generation tasks

Introducing MASS – A pre-training method that outperforms BERT and GPT in sequence to sequence language generation tasks

Pre-training is a hot topic in NLP research and models like BERT and GPT have definitely delivered exciting breakthroughs. The challenge is in upping our game in finer sequence to sequence ...

@jeremyphoward shared
On Feb 1, 2020
RT @karlfreund: #Intel closes the door on #Nervana, focuses instead on #Havana in a gutsy shift in #AI strategy. # https://t.co/m4eBuTOvlk
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Intel Lays Out Strategy For AI: It’s Habana

Analyst Karl Freund offers his take on Intel's plans to retire its Nervana offering in favor of Habana.

@jeremyphoward shared
On Feb 1, 2020
RT @karlfreund: #Intel closes the door on #Nervana, focuses instead on #Havana in a gutsy shift in #AI strategy. # https://t.co/m4eBuTOvlk
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Intel Lays Out Strategy For AI: It’s Habana

Intel Lays Out Strategy For AI: It’s Habana

Analyst Karl Freund offers his take on Intel's plans to retire its Nervana offering in favor of Habana.

@WIREDScience shared
On Jan 25, 2020
Artificial intelligence helped detect an outbreak of the coronavirus one week before the CDC issued a warning. https://t.co/APA9Im3KOg
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An AI Epidemiologist Sent the First Warnings of the Wuhan Virus

The BlueDot algorithm scours news reports and airline ticketing data to predict the spread of diseases like those linked to the flu outbreak in China.

@WIREDScience shared
On Jan 25, 2020
Artificial intelligence helped detect an outbreak of the coronavirus one week before the CDC issued a warning. https://t.co/APA9Im3KOg
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An AI Epidemiologist Sent the First Warnings of the Wuhan Virus

An AI Epidemiologist Sent the First Warnings of the Wuhan Virus

The BlueDot algorithm scours news reports and airline ticketing data to predict the spread of diseases like those linked to the flu outbreak in China.

@MSFTResearch shared
On Jan 13, 2020
The goal: help democratize AI. The means: Decentralized & Collaborative AI on Blockchain. With the framework, participants can collaboratively train/maintain models and build datasets on public blockchains, where models can be free to use for inference: https://t.co/QMX7nnOooD
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Leveraging blockchain to make machine learning models more accessible

Significant advances are being made in artificial intelligence, but accessing and taking advantage of the machine learning systems making these developments possible can be challenging, especially for those with limited resources. ...

@MSFTResearch shared
On Jan 13, 2020
The goal: help democratize AI. The means: Decentralized & Collaborative AI on Blockchain. With the framework, participants can collaboratively train/maintain models and build datasets on public blockchains, where models can be free to use for inference: https://t.co/QMX7nnOooD
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Leveraging blockchain to make machine learning models more accessible

Leveraging blockchain to make machine learning models more accessible

Significant advances are being made in artificial intelligence, but accessing and taking advantage of the machine learning systems making these developments possible can be challenging, ...

@MSFTResearch shared
On Jan 17, 2020
We're excited to announce the 2019 Microsoft Productivity Research Collaboration Winners! Discover how recipients from @fhooe, @RiceUniversity, @ucsandiego, @virginia_tech, @Yale, and @USC plan to shape the trajectory of productivity: https://t.co/EsBc4Jx6nT @JTeevan
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Microsoft Productivity Research

Microsoft to fund $1 million USD in new collaborative research efforts with university partners so that we can invent the future of productivity together.

@MSFTResearch shared
On Jan 17, 2020
We're excited to announce the 2019 Microsoft Productivity Research Collaboration Winners! Discover how recipients from @fhooe, @RiceUniversity, @ucsandiego, @virginia_tech, @Yale, and @USC plan to shape the trajectory of productivity: https://t.co/EsBc4Jx6nT @JTeevan
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Microsoft Productivity Research

Microsoft Productivity Research

Microsoft to fund $1 million USD in new collaborative research efforts with university partners so that we can invent the future of productivity together.

@lawrennd shared
On Jan 21, 2020
1/ Sometimes these articles may give the impression that such large spends on model training are an industry-wide phenomenon. My experience is that they aren’t. I’ve always had to justify compute spend just as I would any other cost. https://t.co/YSYqGhO5P8
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AI Can Do Great Things—If It Doesn't Burn the Planet

The computing power required for AI landmarks, such as recognizing images and defeating humans at Go, increased 300,000-fold from 2012 to 2018.

@lawrennd shared
On Jan 21, 2020
1/ Sometimes these articles may give the impression that such large spends on model training are an industry-wide phenomenon. My experience is that they aren’t. I’ve always had to justify compute spend just as I would any other cost. https://t.co/YSYqGhO5P8
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AI Can Do Great Things—If It Doesn't Burn the Planet

AI Can Do Great Things—If It Doesn't Burn the Planet

The computing power required for AI landmarks, such as recognizing images and defeating humans at Go, increased 300,000-fold from 2012 to 2018.

@MSFTResearch shared
On Jan 21, 2020
Examining bias in algorithmic decision making is critical to being sure these systems—which impact key areas of society like school admissions, hiring, & lending—aren’t disadvantaging certain groups. Learn how Microsoft researchers are tackling the issue: https://t.co/N3TmZhmfwb
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When bias begets bias: A source of negative feedback loops in AI systems

Examining bias in algorithmic decision making is critical to being sure these systems—which impact key areas of society like school admissions, hiring, and lending—aren’t disadvantaging certain groups. Learn how Microsoft researchers are tackling the issue.

@MSFTResearch shared
On Jan 21, 2020
Examining bias in algorithmic decision making is critical to being sure these systems—which impact key areas of society like school admissions, hiring, & lending—aren’t disadvantaging certain groups. Learn how Microsoft researchers are tackling the issue: https://t.co/N3TmZhmfwb
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When bias begets bias: A source of negative feedback loops in AI systems

When bias begets bias: A source of negative feedback loops in AI systems

Examining bias in algorithmic decision making is critical to being sure these systems—which impact key areas of society like school admissions, hiring, and lending—aren’t disadvantaging ...

@xamat shared
On Jan 17, 2020
RT @JordiTorresAI: Phd opportunity to fight Alzheimer's with #AI & #HPC at @BSC_CNS+@la_UPC in Barcelona . Advised by @DocXavi & myself, with the support of Dr @maitegarolera & Prof @radevap For non-resident candidates, part of @BecarislaCaixa INPhINIT Incoming. +info: https://t.co/j7DYLqTEXs
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Phd grant at BSC: Fight Alzheimer’s with AI and Supercomputing

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) offers a competitive PhD grant to fight Alzheimer’s with AI and supercomputation.

@xamat shared
On Jan 17, 2020
RT @JordiTorresAI: Phd opportunity to fight Alzheimer's with #AI & #HPC at @BSC_CNS+@la_UPC in Barcelona . Advised by @DocXavi & myself, with the support of Dr @maitegarolera & Prof @radevap For non-resident candidates, part of @BecarislaCaixa INPhINIT Incoming. +info: https://t.co/j7DYLqTEXs
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Phd grant at BSC: Fight Alzheimer’s with AI and Supercomputing

Phd grant at BSC: Fight Alzheimer’s with AI and Supercomputing

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) offers a competitive PhD grant to fight Alzheimer’s with AI and supercomputation.

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