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Advances to low-bit quantization enable LLMs on edge devices
| Shijie Cao, Lingxiao Ma, and Ting Cao
Advances in low-bit quantization techniques enable efficient operation of LLMs on resource-constrained edge devices. Discover how innovations like T-MAC, Ladder, and LUT Tensor Core improve computational efficiency and enhance hardware compatibility.
Awards | ACM
Wei Chen and Benjamin G. Zorn named 2024 ACM Fellows
Wei Chen and Benjamin G. Zorn are among the 55 new ACM Fellows for their contributions to computing that are transforming science and society.

Research Focus: Week of January 13, 2025
In this edition: Privacy enhancements for multiparty deep learning; using smaller, open-source models to provide relevance judgments; new tool uses AI, data to automate innovation and development; Yasuyuki Matsushita named IEEE 2025 Computer Society Fellow.

In the news | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
HKUST signs MoU with Microsoft Research Asia fostering collaboration in future medical education and research

Welcome to the first exhibition zone, where you’ll discover Microsoft Research Asia’s groundbreaking advances in foundational AI research, covering areas like model architecture, algorithm optimization, system networks, and data processing. Together, they push the boundaries of AI’s potential and establish…

In industry today, research and development (R&D) plays a pivotal role in boosting productivity, especially in the AI era. However, the rapid advance of AI has exposed the limitations of traditional R&D automation methods. These methods often lack the intelligence…
Awards | IEEE Computer Society
Yasuyuki Matsushita named IEEE Fellow
Microsoft Research congratulates Yasuyuki Matsushita on being named a 2025 IEEE Fellow for his outstanding contributions to photometric 3D modeling and computational photography.

Research Focus: Week of December 16, 2024
NeoMem: hardware/software co-design for CXL-native memory tiering; Chimera: accurate retrosynthesis prediction by ensembling models with diverse inductive biases; GA4GH task execution API enables multicloud task execution.

NeurIPS 2024: The co-evolution of AI and systems with Lidong Zhou
| Lidong Zhou and Eliza Strickland
Just after his NeurIPS 2024 keynote on the co-evolution of systems and AI, Microsoft CVP Lidong Zhou joins the podcast to discuss how rapidly advancing AI impacts the systems supporting it and the opportunities to use AI to enhance systems…