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DoWhy – A library for causal inference
| Amit Sharma and Emre Kiciman
For decades, causal inference methods have found wide applicability in the social and biomedical sciences. As computing systems start intervening in our work and daily lives, questions of cause-and-effect are gaining importance in computer science as well. To enable widespread…
In the news | Microsoft Research Blog
Helping proteomics scientists share peptide data: Azure does the heavy lifting
The Big Data Hubs are a National Science Foundation-sponsored effort that supplies cloud computing credits to large scientific projects, including Azure credits donated by Microsoft.
In the news | Microsoft Research Blog
Announcing Microsoft Research Open Data – Datasets by Microsoft Research now available in the cloud
Introducing Microsoft Research Open Data—a new data repository in the cloud dedicated to facilitating collaboration across the global research community.
In the news | Microsoft Research Podcast
Getting good VIBEs from your computer with Dr. Mary Czerwinski
Emotions are fundamental to human interaction, but in a world where humans are increasingly interacting with AI systems, Dr. Mary Czerwinski, Principal Researcher and Research Manager of the Visualization and Interaction for Business and Entertainment group at Microsoft Research, believes…

Microsoft Research Podcast: AI for the Developing World with Dr. Ranveer Chandra
Episode 18 | April 4, 2018 When we think about artificial intelligence and the “world of the future,” our vision is usually more Jetsons than Green Acres. But for Dr. Ranveer Chandra, a Principal Researcher in the Systems and Networking…
In the news | IEEE
IEEE KOJI KOBAYASHI Computer and Communications Award 2018
For contributions to broadband wireless systems.
In the news | SIGMOBILE
ACM SIGMOBILE Test of Time Award 2018
Wake on Wireless pioneered the systematic use of multiple radios to separating data and control channels in a battery-constrained device thus minimizing the overall energy consumption. The approach is now used commonly in todayâs mobile devices. Additionally, the rigorous experimental…
In the news | Microsoft Azure
Microsoft partners with National Science Foundation to empower data science breakthroughs
Microsoft has provided 17 cloud credit awards to Principal Investigators who benefit from NSF supported programs, which already seeing some interesting breakthroughs across the human body, microbial diseases, and even everyday communication.
In the news | The Economic Times
How am I driving? Microsoft project provides insights
Project HAMS focusses on two factors: the state of the driver and his or her driving relative to other vehicles.