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We aim to enable individuals and organizations to understand and govern their data and technology in alignment with human intent and in adherence with applicable regulations.</p> <p>We create leading-edge tools for realizing technology ethics from principle to practice, engage at the intersection of technology and policy, and ultimately aim to ensure that the continued advancement of technology is safe, secure, and beneficial to society.</p> <div class="wp-block-group row row-cols-2 mt-5 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-group col is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue" id="privacy-preserving-machine-learning-innovation"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/privacy-preserving-machine-learning-innovation/">Privacy Preserving Machine Learning Innovation</a></h3> </div> <div class="wp-block-group col is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue" id="fate-fairness-accountability-transparency-and-ethics-in-ai-1"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/theme/fate/">FATE: Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics in AI</a></h3> </div> <div class="wp-block-group col mt-md-4 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 id="" class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue"></h3> </div> <div class="wp-block-group col mt-md-4 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="msr-impact-themes-item wp-block-msr-block-library-impact-theme-item"> <div class="container"> <div class="col-md-8 col-xl-7 offset-md-1 offset-xl-4"> <div class="msr-impact-themes-item__image"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2000" height="2000" src="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Empowerment-641c39d0102a4.jpg" class="msr-impact-themes__background img-object-cover d-block" alt="Two young people with low vision use the Project Torino physical programming learning set." style="object-position: 55% 82%" srcset="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Empowerment-641c39d0102a4.jpg 2000w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Empowerment-641c39d0102a4-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Empowerment-641c39d0102a4-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Empowerment-641c39d0102a4-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Empowerment-641c39d0102a4-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Empowerment-641c39d0102a4-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Empowerment-641c39d0102a4-180x180.jpg 180w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Empowerment-641c39d0102a4-360x360.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="msr-impact-themes-item__content fade-in"> <div class="container"> <div class="slide-content col-md-8 col-xl-7"> <div class="heading-wrapper"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading is-style-spectrum-fill" id="empowerment">Empowerment</h2> </div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="amplifying-human-creativity-and-achievement">Amplifying human creativity and achievement</h3> <p>We believe that technology exists to amplify human potential and creativity across the breadth of our abilities and circumstances. </p> <p>We are focused on empowering people to pursue their goals, to discover meaning in their work and play, and to stay connected to what’s important to them. We aim to create technologies that can understand our intent and context and smoothly adapt, thereby transforming the way individuals engage with machines, data, and each other.</p> <div class="wp-block-group row row-cols-2 mt-5 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-group col is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue" id="ability-1"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/ability/">Ability</a></h3> </div> <div class="wp-block-group col is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue" id="ability"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/theme/collaborative-intelligence/">Collaborative Intelligence</a></h3> </div> <div class="wp-block-group col mt-md-4 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue" id="the-new-future-of-work"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/collaboration/scai/">Center for Societal impact through Cloud and AI (SCAI)</a></h3> </div> <div class="wp-block-group col mt-md-4 is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue" id="the-new-future-of-work"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/the-new-future-of-work/">The New Future of Work</a></h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="msr-impact-themes-item wp-block-msr-block-library-impact-theme-item"> <div class="container"> <div class="col-md-8 col-xl-7 offset-md-1 offset-xl-4"> <div class="msr-impact-themes-item__image"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2000" height="2000" src="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Discovery-641c39b096ab6.jpg" class="msr-impact-themes__background img-object-cover d-block" alt="Two researchers collaborate at a whiteboard" style="object-position: 87% 47%" srcset="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Discovery-641c39b096ab6.jpg 2000w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Discovery-641c39b096ab6-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Discovery-641c39b096ab6-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Discovery-641c39b096ab6-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Discovery-641c39b096ab6-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Discovery-641c39b096ab6-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Discovery-641c39b096ab6-180x180.jpg 180w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Discovery-641c39b096ab6-360x360.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="msr-impact-themes-item__content fade-in"> <div class="container"> <div class="slide-content col-md-8 col-xl-7"> <div class="heading-wrapper"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading is-style-spectrum-fill" id="discovery">Discovery</h2> </div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="empowering-scientists-and-accelerating-the-discovery-of-new-knowledge">Empowering scientists and accelerating the discovery of new knowledge</h3> <p>We aim to accelerate and democratize scientific discovery by empowering the global research community with leading edge tools enabled by advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and hyperscale computing. In turn, we aim to draw upon new fundamental insights to inform and inspire new breakthroughs in computing technology.</p> <p>If we can unlock and accelerate more scientific exploration and experimentation through advances in computing, we can help achieve breakthroughs across the sciences that will positively impact our world.</p> <div class="wp-block-group row row-cols-2 mt-5 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-group col is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue" id="ai-for-science"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/lab/microsoft-research-ai4science/">AI for Science</a></h3> </div> <div class="wp-block-group col is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"></div> <div class="wp-block-group col mt-md-4 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"></div> <div class="wp-block-group col mt-md-4 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="msr-impact-themes-item wp-block-msr-block-library-impact-theme-item"> <div class="container"> <div class="col-md-8 col-xl-7 offset-md-1 offset-xl-4"> <div class="msr-impact-themes-item__image"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2000" height="2000" src="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Health-641c3a1963124.jpg" class="msr-impact-themes__background img-object-cover d-block" alt="Dr. Raj Jena, Oncologist, is sat in a hospital room testing the InnerEye platform" style="object-position: 80% 51%" srcset="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Health-641c3a1963124.jpg 2000w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Health-641c3a1963124-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Health-641c3a1963124-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Health-641c3a1963124-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Health-641c3a1963124-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Health-641c3a1963124-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Health-641c3a1963124-180x180.jpg 180w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Health-641c3a1963124-360x360.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="msr-impact-themes-item__content fade-in"> <div class="container"> <div class="slide-content col-md-8 col-xl-7"> <div class="heading-wrapper"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading is-style-spectrum-fill" id="health">Health</h2> </div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="supporting-a-healthy-global-society">Supporting a healthy global society</h3> <p>We have witnessed incredible progress in advancing science and technology for improving human health, but the benefits of these advancements are unevenly distributed throughout society.</p> <p>We aim to help ensure that every person on the planet can live to their physical and mental potential by advancing inclusive and equitable technologies supporting the health of individuals and populations. In pursuit of this aim, we collaborate across disciplines and institutions at the intersection of computing technology, health, and life sciences.</p> <div class="wp-block-group row row-cols-2 mt-5 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-group col is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue" id="microsoft-health-futures"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/lab/microsoft-health-futures/">Microsoft Health Futures</a></h3> </div> <div class="wp-block-group col is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue" id="biomedical-imaging"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/biomedical-imaging/">Biomedical Imaging</a></h3> </div> <div class="wp-block-group col mt-md-4 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue" id="microsoft-immunomics"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/immunomics/">Microsoft Immunomics</a></h3> </div> <div class="wp-block-group col mt-md-4 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue" id="biomedical-nlp"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/biomedical-nlp-group/">Biomedical NLP</a></h3> </div> <div class="wp-block-group col mt-md-4 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue" id="microsoft-genomics"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/microsoft-genomics/">Microsoft Genomics</a></h3> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="msr-impact-themes-item wp-block-msr-block-library-impact-theme-item"> <div class="container"> <div class="col-md-8 col-xl-7 offset-md-1 offset-xl-4"> <div class="msr-impact-themes-item__image"> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="2000" height="2000" src="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Resilience-641c3a3c6ab70.jpg" class="msr-impact-themes__background img-object-cover d-block" alt="A man stands out in a field of wheat" style="object-position: 86% 54%" srcset="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Resilience-641c3a3c6ab70.jpg 2000w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Resilience-641c3a3c6ab70-300x300.jpg 300w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Resilience-641c3a3c6ab70-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Resilience-641c3a3c6ab70-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Resilience-641c3a3c6ab70-768x768.jpg 768w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Resilience-641c3a3c6ab70-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Resilience-641c3a3c6ab70-180x180.jpg 180w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2023/03/Resilience-641c3a3c6ab70-360x360.jpg 360w" sizes="(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="msr-impact-themes-item__content fade-in"> <div class="container"> <div class="slide-content col-md-8 col-xl-7"> <div class="heading-wrapper"> <h2 class="wp-block-heading is-style-spectrum-fill" id="resilience">Resilience</h2> </div> <h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="fostering-a-resilient-and-sustainable-society">Fostering a resilient and sustainable society</h3> <p>The need to address global challenges such as sustainability and pandemic response has never been more pressing.</p> <p>We aim to create more robust interconnected systems of people and technology capable of identifying societal and ecological patterns and enabling coordinated action. Effective new approaches in these areas will not only help us respond to and recover from systemic disruptions but could ultimately help us anticipate and prevent them.</p> <div class="wp-block-group row row-cols-2 mt-5 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <div class="wp-block-group col is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue" id="societal-resilience"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/societal-resilience/">Societal Resilience</a></h3> </div> <div class="wp-block-group col is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"> <h3 class="wp-block-heading h6 is-style-chevron-right text-alt-blue" id="environmental-sustainability"><a href="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/environmental-sustainability-research/">Environmental Sustainability</a></h3> </div> <div class="wp-block-group col mt-md-4 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"></div> <div class="wp-block-group col mt-md-4 is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div style="padding-bottom:0; 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Nearly all of the research we produce is shared with the research community.</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large my-5"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2022/03/Quantum-blog_ChetanNayak_03-2022_1400x788-1024x576.jpg" alt="Photo of a quantum computer close-up" class="wp-image-825721" srcset="https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2022/03/Quantum-blog_ChetanNayak_03-2022_1400x788-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2022/03/Quantum-blog_ChetanNayak_03-2022_1400x788-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2022/03/Quantum-blog_ChetanNayak_03-2022_1400x788-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2022/03/Quantum-blog_ChetanNayak_03-2022_1400x788-1066x600.jpg 1066w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2022/03/Quantum-blog_ChetanNayak_03-2022_1400x788-655x368.jpg 655w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2022/03/Quantum-blog_ChetanNayak_03-2022_1400x788-343x193.jpg 343w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2022/03/Quantum-blog_ChetanNayak_03-2022_1400x788-240x135.jpg 240w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2022/03/Quantum-blog_ChetanNayak_03-2022_1400x788-640x360.jpg 640w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2022/03/Quantum-blog_ChetanNayak_03-2022_1400x788-960x540.jpg 960w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2022/03/Quantum-blog_ChetanNayak_03-2022_1400x788-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/uploads/prod/2022/03/Quantum-blog_ChetanNayak_03-2022_1400x788.jpg 1400w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p class="w-sm-75"><em><strong>We move the conversation forward:</strong></em> Alongside new papers and new inventions, conversations and constructive debate are key to advancing the state of the art across all the sciences and to aligning the research community with the people its research aims to serve. That’s why we share much of our research through conferences, events, and other forums where these important dialogues take place. </p> <p class="w-sm-75"><em><strong>We engage with the entire research ecosystem:</strong></em> we work across disciplines – from social sciences to economics, to mathematics and physics and collaborate across the boundaries between research and engineering and with our peers in academia, industry, and government. 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