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Deciding between fundamental and applied research is a dilemma that confronts many in the scientific community. Dongqi Han, on the cusp of graduation, ambitiously aspired to bridge this divide by pursuing both avenues of research in his future endeavors. After…
Research Focus: Week of April 15, 2024
In this issue: New research on appropriate reliance on generative AI; Power management opportunities for LLMs in the cloud; LLMLingua-2 improves task-agnostic prompt compression; Enhancing COMET to embrace under-resourced African languages:
Structured knowledge from LLMs improves prompt learning for visual language models
| Xinyang Jiang, Yubin Wang, Dongsheng Li, and Cairong Zhao
Using LLMs to create structured graphs of image descriptors can enhance the images generated by visual language models. Learn how structured knowledge can improve prompt tuning for both visual and language comprehension.
LLMLingua: Innovating LLM efficiency with prompt compression
| Huiqiang Jiang, Qianhui Wu, Chin-Yew Lin, Yuqing Yang, and Lili Qiu
Advanced prompting technologies for LLMs can lead to excessively long prompts, causing issues. Learn how LLMLingua compresses prompts up to 20x, maintaining quality, reducing latency, and supporting improved UX.
Research Focus: Week of August 14, 2023
In this issue: HyWay enables hybrid mingling; Auto-Tables transforms non-relational tables into standard relational forms; training dense retrievers to identify high-quality in-context examples for LLM; improving pronunciation assessment in CAPT.
In the news | National Academy of Inventors
Lili Qiu, Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) today announced the induction of 169 distinguished inventors to be NAI Fellows. Election as an Academy Fellow is the highest professional distinction awarded to academic inventors.
Microsoft Research Asia announced that Dr. Lili Qiu, a world-leading expert in the field of Internet and mobile wireless networks, has officially joined Microsoft Research Asia as Assistant Managing Director and will be mainly responsible for overseeing the research, as…
In the news | Microsoft Asia News Center
Microsoft establishes Microsoft Research Asia-Shanghai and a new AI Innovation Center
Today, Microsoft announced the establishment of Microsoft Research Asia-Shanghai and the Microsoft-INESA AI Innovation Center at the Shanghai Xuhui District, bringing world-class artificial intelligence (AI) research capabilities to the city.