News & features
In the news | Microsoft Garage Blog
MIT students build Mosaic to explore art across cultures at Microsoft Garage
Art is one of the few languages which transcends barriers of country, culture, and time. Most people view art subjectively through a lens shaped by their experiences and environment. Finding commonalities among pieces from different eras and mediums calls for…
In the news | Microsoft Azure Blog
Dear Spark developers: Welcome to Azure Cognitive Services
Integrating the power of Azure Cognitive Services into your big data workflows on Apache Spark™ Today at Spark + AI Summit 2019, we're excited to introduce a new set of models in the SparkML ecosystem that make it easy to…
In the news | Microsoft Docs
Saving Snow Leopards with Deep Learning and Computer Vision on Spark
Snow leopards are highly endangered animals that inhabit high-altitude steppes and mountainous terrain in Asia and Central Asia. There's only an estimated 3900-6500 individuals left in the wild. Due the cats' remote habitat, expansive range and extremely elusive nature, they…