- Building Massively Scalable Machine Learning Pipelines with Microsoft Synapse ML - Nov 30, 2021.
The new platform provides a single API to abstract dozens of ML frameworks and databases.
Machine Learning, Microsoft, Pipeline, Scalability
- DATAnalyze 2021 Analytics Hackathon Sponsored by Microsoft and WorldData.AI, $125,000 in prizes! - Oct 21, 2021.
Tech Tree Root is excited to introduce you to our DATAnalyze 2021 sponsors Microsoft, WorldData.AI, and HBCU Connect! Our online analytics hackathon is offering up to $125,000 USD in prizes!
Analytics, Hackathon, Microsoft, WorldData.AI
- Fast AutoML with FLAML + Ray Tune - Sep 6, 2021.
Microsoft Researchers have developed FLAML (Fast Lightweight AutoML) which can now utilize Ray Tune for distributed hyperparameter tuning to scale up FLAML’s resource-efficient & easily parallelizable algorithms across a cluster.
Automated Machine Learning, AutoML, Hyperparameter, Machine Learning, Microsoft, Python, Ray
Do You Read Excel Files with Python? There is a 1000x Faster Way - Sep 1, 2021.
In this article, I’ll show you five ways to load data in Python. Achieving a speedup of 3 orders of magnitude.
Excel, Microsoft, Pandas, Python, Scalability
Charticulator: Microsoft Research open-sourced a game-changing Data Visualization platform - May 3, 2021.
Creating grand charts and graphs from your data analysis is supported by many powerful tools. However, how to make these visualizations meaningful can remain a mystery. To address this challenge, Microsoft Research has quietly open-sourced a game-changing visualization platform.
Data Visualization, Microsoft
- Microsoft Explores Three Key Mysteries of Ensemble Learning - Feb 8, 2021.
A new paper studies three key puzzling characteristics of deep learning ensembles and some potential explanations.
Ensemble Methods, Machine Learning, Microsoft
- Microsoft and Google Open Sourced These Frameworks Based on Their Work Scaling Deep Learning Training - Nov 2, 2020.
Google and Microsoft have recently released new frameworks for distributed deep learning training.
Deep Learning, Google, Microsoft, Open Source, Scalability, Training
- Computer Vision Recipes: Best Practices and Examples - Sep 2, 2020.
This is an overview of a great computer vision resource from Microsoft, which demonstrates best practices and implementation guidelines for a variety of tasks and scenarios.
Best Practices, Computer Vision, Microsoft, Python
- Microsoft’s DoWhy is a Cool Framework for Causal Inference - Aug 28, 2020.
Inspired by Judea Pearl’s do-calculus for causal inference, the open source framework provides a programmatic interface for popular causal inference methods.
Causality, Inference, Machine Learning, Microsoft
- Machine Learning in Power BI using PyCaret - May 12, 2020.
Check out this step-by-step tutorial for implementing machine learning in Power BI within minutes.
Clustering, K-means, Machine Learning, Microsoft, Power BI, PyCaret, Python
- Microsoft Research Unveils Three Efforts to Advance Deep Generative Models - May 4, 2020.
Optimus, FQ-GAN and Prevalent bring new ideas to apply generative models at large scale.
GANs, Generative Adversarial Network, Microsoft, Microsoft Research
Natural Language Processing Recipes: Best Practices and Examples - May 1, 2020.
Here is an overview of another great natural language processing resource, this time from Microsoft, which demonstrates best practices and implementation guidelines for a variety of tasks and scenarios.
Best Practices, Microsoft, NLP, Python
- Microsoft Research Uses Transfer Learning to Train Real-World Autonomous Drones - Mar 31, 2020.
The new research uses policies learned in simulations in real world drone environments.
Microsoft, Research, Transfer Learning
- Microsoft Open Sources ZeRO and DeepSpeed: The Technologies Behind the Biggest Language Model in History - Feb 24, 2020.
The two efforts enable the training of deep learning models at massive scale.
Microsoft, NLP
Microsoft Introduces Project Petridish to Find the Best Neural Network for Your Problem - Jan 20, 2020.
The new algorithm takes a novel approach to neural architecture search.
Algorithms, Microsoft, Neural Networks
Automated Machine Learning: How do teams work together on an AutoML project? - Jan 2, 2020.
In this use case, available to the public on GitHub, we’ll see how a data scientist, project manager, and business lead at a retail grocer can leverage automated machine learning and Azure Machine Learning service to reduce product overstock.
Automated Machine Learning, AutoML, Azure ML, Data Science Team, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure
- Microsoft Introduces Icebreaker to Address the Famous Ice-Start Challenge in Machine Learning - Dec 16, 2019.
The new technique allows the deployment of machine learning models that operate with minimum training data.
Data Preparation, Machine Learning, Microsoft
- This Microsoft Neural Network can Answer Questions About Scenic Images with Minimum Training - Oct 21, 2019.
Recently, a group of AI experts from Microsoft Research published a paper proposing a method for scene understanding that combines two key tasks: image captioning and visual question answering (VQA).
Image Recognition, Microsoft, Neural Networks, Question answering, Training
- Introducing IceCAPS: Microsoft’s Framework for Advanced Conversation Modeling - Sep 23, 2019.
The new open source framework that brings multi-task learning to conversational agents.
Microsoft, Multitask Learning, NLP
- Decentralized and Collaborative AI: How Microsoft Research is Using Blockchains to Build More Transparent Machine Learning Models - Jul 29, 2019.
Recently, AI researchers from Microsoft open sourced the Decentralized & Collaborative AI on Blockchain project that enables the implementation of decentralized machine learning models based on blockchain technologies.
AI, Blockchain, Machine Learning, Microsoft, Transparency
Gainers, Losers, and Trends in Gartner 2019 Magic Quadrant for Data Science and Machine Learning Platforms - Feb 11, 2019.
We compare Gartner 2019 MQ for Data Science, Machine Learning Platforms to its previous versions and identify notable changes for leaders and challengers, including RapidMiner, KNIME, TIBCO, Alteryx, Dataiku, SAS, and MathWorks.
Alteryx, Data Science Platform, Dataiku, DataRobot, Gartner, Google, H2O, IBM, Knime, Machine Learning, Magic Quadrant, MathWorks, Microsoft, RapidMiner, SAS, TIBCO
- Remote Data Science: How to Send R and Python Execution to SQL Server from Jupyter Notebooks - Jul 27, 2018.
Did you know that you can execute R and Python code remotely in SQL Server from Jupyter Notebooks or any IDE? Machine Learning Services in SQL Server eliminates the need to move data around.
Jupyter, Machine Learning, Microsoft, Python, R, SQL, SQL Server
- How to Execute R and Python in SQL Server with Machine Learning Services - Jun 25, 2018.
Machine Learning Services in SQL Server eliminates the need for data movement - you can install and run R/Python packages to build Deep Learning and AI applications on data in SQL Server.
Azure ML, Machine Learning, Microsoft, Python, R, SQL, SQL Server
- Comparing Deep Learning Frameworks: A Rosetta Stone Approach - Mar 26, 2018.
A Rosetta Stone of deep-learning frameworks has been created to allow data-scientists to easily leverage their expertise from one framework to another.
Caffe, CNTK, Deep Learning, GPU, Keras, Microsoft, MXNet, PyTorch, TensorFlow
Comparing Machine Learning as a Service: Amazon, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud AI - Jan 22, 2018.
A complete and unbiased comparison of the three most common Cloud Technologies for Machine Learning as a Service.
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AI, Amazon, Azure ML, Cloud, Google, Google Cloud, Machine Learning, Microsoft, MLaaS, Sagemaker
- Lessons Learned From Benchmarking Fast Machine Learning Algorithms - Aug 16, 2017.
Boosted decision trees are responsible for more than half of the winning solutions in machine learning challenges hosted at Kaggle, and require minimal tuning. We evaluate two popular tree boosting software packages: XGBoost and LightGBM and draw 4 important lessons.
Benchmark, Decision Trees, Kaggle, Machine Learning, Microsoft, XGBoost
- What Top Firms Ask: 100+ Data Science Interview Questions - Mar 22, 2017.
Check this out: A topic wise collection of 100+ data science interview questions from top companies.
Algorithms, Data Science, Google, Hadoop, Interview Questions, Machine Learning, Microsoft, Statistics, Uber
Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for Data Science Platforms: gainers and losers - Feb 23, 2017.
We compare Gartner 2017 Magic Quadrant for Data Science Platforms vs its 2016 version and identify notable changes for leaders and challengers, including IBM, SAS, RapidMiner, KNIME, MathWorks, Microsoft, and Quest.
Data Science Platform, Gartner, IBM, Knime, Magic Quadrant, MathWorks, Microsoft, Quest, RapidMiner, SAS
- Data Science for Beginners 1: The 5 questions data science answers - Jul 26, 2016.
A series of videos and write-ups covering the basics of data science for beginners. This first video is about the kinds of questions that data science can answer.
Beginners, Data Science, Microsoft, Question answering
- What is Your Data Worth? On LinkedIn, Microsoft, and the Value of User Data - Jun 20, 2016.
The recent announcement of Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn has raised many questions about how Microsoft will monetize this data. We examine LinkedIn value per user and compare to Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and Twitter.
Business Value, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Yahoo
- Microsoft is Becoming M(ai)crosoft - Apr 25, 2016.
This post is an overview and discussion of Microsoft's increasing investment in, and approach to, artificial intelligence, and how their philosophy differs from their competitors.
AI, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision, Cortana, Machine Learning, Microsoft, Natural Language Processing, Speech Recognition
- AI Supercomputers: Microsoft Oxford, IBM Watson, Google DeepMind, Baidu Minwa - Feb 1, 2016.
In the world of AI, this is the equivalent of the US and USSR competing to put their guy on the moon first. Here is a profile of some of the giants locked into the AI space race.
AI, Baidu, Chris Pearson, DeepMind, Google, IBM Watson, Microsoft, Minwa
- Vowpal Wabbit: Fast Learning on Big Data - May 26, 2014.
Vowpal Wabbit is a fast out-of-core machine learning system, which can learn from huge, terascale datasets faster than any other current algorithm. We also explain the cute name.
Fast Learning, John Langford, Machine Learning, Microsoft, Vowpal Wabbit
