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Towards quantum computing

Towards quantum computing

New to quantum? Here's a primer.

Quantum Computing 101: An introduction to the mind-bending world of quantum computing.

Towards quantum computing

Station Q

Station Q represents Microsoft’s global effort to bring together the world’s mathematicians, computer scientists, quantum physicists, and engineers to build a scalable, fault-tolerant, universal quantum computer.

With quantum computing simulator, a sneak peak into the future of computing - Microsoft Research blog

Quantum computing at Microsoft - meet the team

"Quantum computing could solve problems that would take today's computers eons..." - read more about The Quest for a Quantum Future

Microsoft's New Quantum Simulator LIQUiI>

Language-Integrated Quantum Operations: LIQUi|>

LIQUi|> is a software architecture and tool suite for quantum computing. It includes a programming language, optimization and scheduling algorithms, and quantum simulators. LIQUi|> can be used to translate a quantum algorithm written in the form of a high-level program into the low-level machine instructions for a quantum device.

Lowering the barriers to artificial intelligence​

Lowering the barriers to artificial intelligence​

Unleash the Power of AI for Everyone

Today, we are changing how companies approach automatic translation by leveraging our artificial intelligence expertise to enable anyone to quickly and easily customize translation systems, even without large amounts of previously translated sentences.

Microsoft Researchers win ImageNet computer vision challenge

Featured Program: AI Engage

Browse the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Area

Lowering the barriers to artificial intelligence​

Microsoft Bot Framework (preview)

Build and connect intelligent bots to interact with your users naturally wherever they are, from text/sms to Skype, Slack, Office 365 mail and other popular services.

Lowering the barriers to artificial intelligence​

CNTK: Open source deep learning toolkit on GitHub

Microsoft is making the tools that its own researchers use to speed up advances in artificial intelligence available to a broader group of developers by releasing its Computational Network Toolkit on GitHub.

Using computing to fight cancer

Jasmin Fisher

How Microsoft computer scientists and researchers are working to “solve” cancer

Jasmin Fisher doesn’t want to cure cancer. She wants to solve it - and she believes it’s possible in her lifetime.

Using computing to fight cancer

Video: Programming cells

If scientists can understand cancer and the immune systems as well as they understand how to make Microsoft Word run on a PC, they might be able to equip the immune system to mount a powerful response to cancer on its own.

Project Hanover: Parsing the world's genetic knowledge

Meet the researchers: Biological Computation Group

Blog: Molecular biology meets computer science tools in new system for CRISPR

A team of researchers has developed a new system that allows researchers to more quickly and effectively use the powerful gene editing tool CRISPR.

Using computing to fight cancer

Video: Using technology to personalize cancer treatment

Machine learning is helping doctors automatically sort fragmented patient information to find the most relevant pieces of data to define the best treatment plan for their patients.

Scientists and engineers working together to help solve global challenges

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Microsoft researcher behind TB treatment-monitoring program wins ‘genius’ grant

The Verge, Sept. 22, 2016

Microsoft Develops AI to Help Cancer Doctors Find the Right Treatments

Bloomberg, Sept. 19, 2016

Why the Whole Trump-Clinton Election Could Probably Just Be Held in Pennsylvania

The New York Times, Sept. 16, 2016

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Krysta M. Svore

I manage the Quantum Architectures and Computation Group (QuArC) at Microsoft Research in Redmond, WA. I am passionate about quantum computation and determining how to better solve problems on a quantum computer. …

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Sean Rintel

I work in the Human Experience and Design (HXD) group at Microsoft Research Cambridge (UK). I specialize in video-mediated communication technologies such as Skype. I research how the affordances…

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