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Microsoft Research Machine Learning Summit 2013

  1. Improved Healthcare via Machine Learning: a Way Forward 

    April 24, 2013

    Posted by Rob Knies The Microsoft Research Machine Learning Summit 2013 concluded with a plenary panel discussion titled Data Challenges and Opportunities in the Next Decade. Chaired by Jeannette Wing, Microsoft vice president and head of Microsoft Research International, the discussion included Eric Horvitz, Microsoft…

  2. The Sixth Wave Is upon Us 

    April 24, 2013

    Posted by Rob Knies The second day of the Microsoft Research Machine Learning Summit 2013 got off to a rousing start with an hour-long plenary keynote by  serial entrepreneur Hermann Hauser, co-founder of Amadeus Capital Partners.Hauser, a physicist and a Fellow of the Royal Society,…

  3. Infer.NET: Machine Learning Tailor-Made 

    April 23, 2013

    Posted by Rob Knies One of the featured technologies on display on April 23, the first day of Microsoft Research Machine Learning Summit 2013, was Infer.NET, a powerful, compelling .NET library from Microsoft Research Cambridge.Infer.NET is an example of model-based machine learning, as explained by…

  4. The Bright Future of Machine Learning 

    April 23, 2013

    Posted by Rob Knies Unlocking the future—that was the theme Rick Rashid, Microsoft chief research officer, used to close his opening remarks April 23 during the first day of the Microsoft Research Machine Learning Summit 2013.The event, held at Microsoft’s Le Campus site in Issy-les-Moulineaux,…