Show and tell at Microsoft's annual research fest
SeattlePI | at | by Mike
Office productivity software, sure. Computer operating systems, you bet. But who knew anyone at Microsoft was working on technology to help in the fight against HIV?
Researchers at the company, working with the University of Washington, have come up with a computer program that uses machine learning to create a model showing the different forms that the virus can take. The hope is to help craft an effective AIDS vaccine.
"We do have some quantitative results that show us, under a particular measure, we have a better diversity model than some of the traditional techniques," said Nebojsa Jojic, a Microsoft researcher working on the project with his brother, Vladimir Jojic, a Microsoft Research intern.