[Heavy] interpretation of the layout of Microsoft artificial intelligence

This week Microsoft made changes in personnel at the Raymond Institute. Microsoft announced the formation of a 5,000-person engineering and R&D team focusing on artificial intelligence. The newly formed division Microsoft AI and Research Group will be led by Microsoft executive vice president Shen Xiangyang. Shen Xiangyang stated in a blog that the new team “will enable Microsoft to have the ability to create truly intelligent systems and products. I believe we have some of the best artificial intelligence talent on the planet and we will continue to attract more talents ". At the same time, another Chinese executive, Lu Qi, executive vice president of Microsoft's Applications and Services Division, left for health reasons. Since then, all AI related personnel and products from Microsoft will be unified under the new team for management.

In fact, as early as September this year when he was interviewed by Xinzhiyuan, Microsoft’s chief scientist of artificial intelligence and the head of R&D at the Deep Learning Technology Center at Microsoft’s Raymond Institute said that Microsoft will be involved in deep learning and artificial intelligence talent management. Measures are taken. "Microsoft's advantage in deep learning is early start. There are many reserve talents and experiences... But in previous years, management was relatively loose, and people who did deep learning were scattered in many different places... In deep learning and artificial intelligence, we Will invest more."

According to a newsletter issued by Microsoft, the newly formed Microsoft AI and Research Group will be led by Shen Shuyang. Shen Xiangyang previously held senior positions at Microsoft Research and Bing Engineering.

In addition to Shen Yang’s previously led team, several other Microsoft engineering teams will also join the new AI R&D team, including the information platform, Cortana and Bing, and the Ambient Computing and Robotics team of David Ku et al. The Microsoft AI R&D team formed by these teams will include the AI ​​product engineering department, basic and applied research laboratories, and the new experience and new technology department (NExT).

“We live in an era where data technology is changing our lives, businesses and the entire world, while data and information are also exponentially growing.” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said, “Microsoft is focused on making everyone And organizations get equal access to knowledge to help solve the most pressing challenges. To achieve this, we are injecting AI into all products of our computing platform and experience.”

"Since the founding of Microsoft Research, Microsoft has been committed to artificial intelligence research, but we have only just begun to touch its surface." Said Shen Xiangyang, vice president of the Microsoft AI R & D team. "This move means that Microsoft will launch smart technologies and democratize AI, which will change our lives and make our world a better place."

“We will continue our efforts to allow individuals and organizations to use our tools, our software and services, and our global-scale cloud computing capabilities to achieve more results.”

In order to achieve these goals, Microsoft has listed four key areas of focus:

Agents: Using agents like Microsoft Cortana Voice Assistant can fundamentally change the way humans interact with computers.

Application: Injects intelligence into all applications, from the phone's photoapp to Skype, Office 365, and more.

Services: Open the same smart capabilities (such as visual and audio cognitive capabilities, machine analysis capabilities) injected into Microsoft applications to global application developers.

Infrastructure: Utilize Azure to develop the world's most powerful AI supercomputer and open it to everyone so that individuals and organizations can use it.