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At Microsoft Research, we accelerate scientific discovery and technology innovation to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. We do this by bringing together the best minds across diverse disciplines and backgrounds to take on the most pressing research challenges for Microsoft and for society. Our Research Lens We consider research directions through the lens of the positive impact we aspire to create with and for customers, communities, and all of society.
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Trained on trusted public health manuals and protocols, ASHABot supports over one million health workers who are often the only link between rural families and lifesaving care. From newborn care to family counseling, it’s transforming how communities receive care and bridge the healthcare information gap. Swipe to learn about its impact → Head to the story for more: https://msft.it/6047sCUHv
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SentinelStep enables AI agents to handle monitoring tasks that run for hours or days, like watching for emails or tracking prices. It works by managing when agents should check and their context, avoiding wasted resources and missed updates. https://msft.it/6047sC85c
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🤝 Microsoft tech leaders visit UCL Computer Science to explore AI, future talent and innovation. We were delighted to welcome a senior delegation from Microsoft to UCL – including Jay Parikh (Executive Vice President), Vladimir Fedorov (CTO, GitHub) and Aditya Nori (Lab Director, Microsoft Research Cambridge) – to meet our students and discuss the future of artificial intelligence in education, research and industry. 📸 Swipe through to see highlights from the visit 👇 🎓 The delegation met UCL Computer Science students taking part in our Industry Exchange Network (IXN) programme, where real-world challenges from industry and public sector partners are embedded into teaching. They heard early ideas and offered feedback on responsible innovation, impact and real-world problem solving. 💬 Kareem Bzai, a second-year student, said: “It was incredible to present our project using the same Azure AI tools Jay Parikh’s team is developing. His advice was invaluable – a truly inspiring experience.” As part of the visit, UCL Computer Science announced the new Windows Foundry Local Students Group, connecting students with Microsoft engineers through workshops, prototyping and mentorship to strengthen links between research and innovation. 💬 Dr Robert Thompson, Vice-Dean (Enterprise), added: “Engaging with leading companies such as Microsoft helps ensure that UCL and our students remain not only informed about rapid developments in AI, but actively involved in shaping them.” 🔗 Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/eEbsmZTM #UCL #UCLCS #ArtificialIntelligence #Microsoft UCL UCL Engineering UCL Innovation & Enterprise Professor Dean Mohamedally Mehran A. Lourdes Agapito Ivana Drobnjak Graham R. Daniel Alexander Tim B. Marco Piccionello ACIM
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New research examines how avatar realism affects communication and presence in mixed-reality meetings; a windowed cross-attention approach improves speech quality across asynchronous microphones in dynamic meeting environments; a review of empirical evidence highlights nuanced impacts of generative AI on classroom learning and offers guidance for educators; Skala is now available in Azure AI Foundry, bringing experimental-level accuracy to computational chemistry; introducing a brain-inspired Modular Agentic Planner (MAP) that brings hallucinations to zero and improves multi-step reasoning and planning with LLMs; and a recap of Microsoft Research’s participation at SOSP 2025.
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MLFFs 🤝 Polymers — SimPoly works! Our team at Microsoft Research AI for Science is proud to present SimPoly (SIM-puh-lee) — a deep learning solution for polymer simulation. Polymeric materials are foundational to modern life—found in everything from the clothes we wear and the food we consume to high-performance materials in aerospace, electronics, and medicine. Today, we introduce a new way to simulate them. We built a machine learning force field (MLFF) to predict macroscopic properties across a broad range of polymers—trained only on quantum-chemical data, with no experimental fitting. Specifically, we accurately compute polymer densities via large-scale MD simulations, achieving higher accuracy than classical force fields. We also capture second-order phase transitions, enabling prediction of glass transition temperatures. These two properties are fundamental to processing and application design. Finally, we created a benchmark based on experimental data for 130 polymers plus an accompanying quantum-chemical dataset—laying the foundation for a fully in silico design pipeline for next-generation polymeric materials. The incredible team: Jean Hélie, Hannes Schulz, Yicheng Chen, Guillem Simeon, Anna Kuzina, Ernesto Martinez Baez, Ph.D., Piero Gasparotto, Gabriele Tocci, Chi Chen, Yatao Li, Lixue Cheng, 王尊, Bichlien Nguyen, Jake Smith, and Lixin Sun. 📄 Preprint: https://lnkd.in/d6x6U8zR ⚙️ Data and code release: in progress ⏳ We welcome your thoughts and questions. Feel free to reach out or connect if you’d like to discuss further. #MLFFs #Polymers #AIforScience #SimPoly #ScientificML #Microsoft #MicrosoftResearch #MicrosoftQuantum
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Paraphrasing a protein is like paraphrasing a sentence—the words change, but the meaning holds. Microsoft scientists applied this concept to toxic proteins, revealing a blind spot in DNA screening and leading a cross-sector team to develop a fix. https://msft.it/6041s4tWD
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Identifying and mitigating risk to support AI breakthroughs needs thoughtful, innovative approaches. In “Ideas,” Eric Horvitz and collaborators share the nuances of building a red-teaming protocol for testing and securing DNA biosecurity screening tools. https://msft.it/6042sF1vq Bruce Wittmann | Tessa Alexanian | James Diggans
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We’re a proud sponsor of #SOSP2025! From advancing performance debugging, to multilingual AI systems, our teams are pushing the boundaries of systems research. If you're at the conference, come by our booth and meet the team. Explore the full list of accepted papers: https://msft.it/6045sNzSD
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How is agentic AI changing research in the modern lab? Join our October 28 webinar to explore real use cases in life sciences and see how AI copilots boost R&D productivity. https://msft.it/6044sFEZn
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