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Agent Lightning v1.0: A 3,500-Line Lightweight Agentic RL Framework for Training Agents with Real Harnesses
Training AI agents with reinforcement learning can be challenging because their tools, context, and decision-making are managed by complex frameworks. Agent Lightning connects existing agents to RL training, making it easier to improve them without…
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Research Intern – Security Research Group, Microsoft Research Redmond
The Security Research Group at Microsoft Research Redmond works on a variety of areas to ensure computer systems are secure and trustworthy. Its current work investigates systems that leverage general software/systems security, confidential computing, formal…
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The Future of the Grid: How AI Transforms Power System Planning
Power grids are becoming increasingly complex as renewable energy, electrification, extreme weather, and growing demand reshape how energy systems operate. In this video, Microsoft Research introduces GridSFM, an open foundation model for power systems that…
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Network transceiver insertion
RJ45 and QSFP connector insertion policies using admittance control and force feedback for port search and alignment. These insertion tasks are challenging due to tight tolerances, requiring the policies to perform fine force control to…
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Chopstick-Inspired Non-Prehensile Manipulation for Datacenter Automation
Automating repair and maintenance tasks in datacenters requires robots to operate in dense cable environmentswhere overlapping cables occlude target components and must be displaced without damage. Traditional prehensile approaches are impractical in such settings due…
Event
SOSP 2026
Microsoft is proud to sponsor the 32nd Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (SOSP) (opens in new tab) the premier forum for researchers, developers, programmers, and teachers of computer systems technology. This year’s conference is held in Prague, Czechia where academic and industrial…
