Joint Research Center Workshop 2021
Location: Virtual
Time zone: CEST (UTC+02:00)
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This virtual event brought together the PhD students and postdocs working on collaborative research engagements with Microsoft via the Swiss Joint Research Center (opens in new tab), Mixed Reality & AI Zurich Lab (opens in new tab), Mixed Reality & AI Cambridge Lab (opens in new tab), Inria Joint Center, (opens in new tab) their academic and Microsoft supervisors as well as the wider research community. The event continued in the tradition of the annual Swiss JRC Workshops (opens in new tab). PhD students and postdocs presented project updates and discussed their research with their supervisors and other attendants. In addition, Microsoft speakers provided updates on relevant Microsoft projects and initiatives. There were four event sessions according to research themes:
‘Computer Vision’ on 20 and 22 of April
Speakers included:
Marc Pollefeys (opens in new tab)
Professor at ETH Zurich and Lab Director of Microsoft Mixed Reality & AI Zurich Lab
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Jamie Shotton (opens in new tab)
Lab Director of Mixed Reality & AI Cambridge Lab
‘Systems’ on 19 May
Speakers to included:
Cédric Fournet (opens in new tab)
Senior Principal Research Manager, Microsoft
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Jonathan Protzenko (opens in new tab)
Principal Researcher, Microsoft
‘AI’ on 20 May
Speakers to included:
Emre Kiciman (opens in new tab)
Senior Principal Researcher, Microsoft
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