Microsoft Research Podcast
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Microsoft Research Focus – Edition #98
Microsoft Research Focus – Edition #98
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An ongoing series of conversations bringing you right up to the cutting edge of Microsoft Research.
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- Microsoft Research Focus – Edition #98What's new in research at Microsoft? Host Anson Ho explores the latest, including AI-powered universal translation, a breakthrough in a 31-year-old mathematics challenge, and…
- Learn the rules: The hacker mindsetResearch Manager Mike Walker reflects on a career spanning hacker culture, cybersecurity, and AI, sharing lessons about trust, teamwork, leadership, and why solving difficult…
- Microsoft Research Focus – Edition #97Host Sowbhagya Suresh shares some of the latest news and cutting-edge research from across Microsoft—from understanding the challenges facing coding agents to uncovering how…
- Called to serve: Tech, research, and positive impact with Chris White · 38 minLab Director Chris White has worked on research challenges with real-world implications—from new approaches to wartime data analysis to tools for combating human trafficking. He…
- What AI gets wrong and what failure teaches us · 40 minJennifer Neville did not want to go into computer science—but that’s exactly where she landed. Neville discusses the starts and stops that led to her professional sweet spot and…
- Can we AI our way to a more sustainable world? · 1 h 1 minDoug Burger, sustainability expert Amy Luers, and optimization researcher Ishai Menache examine the global emissions implications of datacenter operations, efficiency gains, and…
- Ideas: Steering AI toward the work future we want · 54 minMicrosoft Chief Scientist Jaime Teevan and researchers Jenna Butler, Jake Hofman, and Rebecca Janssen unpack the New Future of Work Report 2025 and explore the ideal AI-driven…
- Will machines ever be intelligent? · 1 h 8 minAre machines truly intelligent? AI researchers Subutai Ahmad and Nicolò Fusi join Doug Burger to compare transformer-based AI with the human brain, exploring continual learning…
- Trailer: The Shape of Things to Come · 2 minMicrosoft research lead Doug Burger introduces his new podcast series, The Shape of Things to Come, an exploration into the fundamental truths about AI and how the technology…
- Ideas: Community building, machine learning, and the future of AI · 56 minAs the Women in Machine Learning Workshop (WiML) marks its 20th annual gathering, cofounders, friends, and collaborators Jenn Wortman Vaughan and Hanna Wallach reflect on WiML’s…
- Ideas: More AI-resilient biosecurity with the Paraphrase Project · 52 minMicrosoft’s Eric Horvitz and guests Bruce Wittmann, Tessa Alexanian, and James Diggans discuss the Paraphrase Project—a red-teaming effort that exposed and secured a biosecurity…
- Coauthor roundtable: Reflecting on healthcare economics, biomedical research, and medical education · 1 h 18 minFor the series finale, Peter Lee, Carey Goldberg, and Dr. Zak Kohane compare their predictions to insights from the series’ most recent guests, including experts on AI’s economic…
- Reimagining healthcare delivery and public health with AI · 1 h 15 minFormer Washington State Secretary of Health Dr. Umair Shah and Mayo Clinic CEO Dr. Gianrico Farrugia explore how healthcare leaders are approaching AI when it comes to public…
- Navigating medical education in the era of generative AI · 1 h 16 minNext-generation physicians Morgan Cheatham and Daniel Chen discuss how generative AI is transforming medical education, exploring how students and attending physicians integrate…
- AI Testing and Evaluation: Reflections · 29 minIn the series finale, Amanda Craig Deckard returns to examine what Microsoft has learned about testing as a governance tool. She also explores the roles of rigor…
- AI Testing and Evaluation: Learnings from cybersecurity · 35 minDrawing on his previous work as the UK’s cybersecurity chief, Professor Ciaran Martin explores differentiated standards and public-private partnerships in cybersecurity, and…
- How AI will accelerate biomedical research and discovery · 1 h 31 minDaphne Koller, Noubar Afeyan, and Dr. Eric Topol, leaders in AI-driven medicine, discuss how AI is changing biomedical research and discovery, from accelerating drug target…
- AI Testing and Evaluation: Learnings from pharmaceuticals and medical devices · 49 minProfessors Daniel Carpenter and Timo Minssen explore evolving pharma and medical device regulation, including the role of clinical trials, while Microsoft applied scientist Chad…
- AI Testing and Evaluation: Learnings from genome editing · 35 minIn this episode, Alta Charo, emerita professor of law and bioethics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, joins Sullivan for a conversation on the evolving landscape of genome…
- AI Testing and Evaluation: Learnings from Science and Industry · 20 minIn the introductory episode of this new series, host Kathleen Sullivan and Senior Director Amanda Craig Deckard explore Microsoft’s efforts to draw on the experience of other…
