Eric Horvitz


Predictions, Decisions, and Intelligence in the Open World

Published on Aug 17, 2012

In his keynote to the 2012 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit, Eric Horvitz, Distinguished Scientist and Deputy Managing Director, Microsoft Research, discusses efforts on machine learning and inference, highlighting key ideas in the context of projects in transportation, health care, and citizen science. Next, he describes the composition of integrative solutions that draw upon a symphony of skills and that operate over extended periods of time.
 

Making Friends With Artificial Intelligence: Eric Horvitz at TEDxAustin

Published on Feb 19, 2013

Distinguished Scientist and co-director at Microsoft Research, Eric Horvitz, shares the human side of advancing machine intelligence.

An admitted advocate for empowering machines to perform more fluidly with us, he explains how computational systems will complement human cognition in order to anticipate our needs and help us prepare for inevitable surprises of all scale and size In nurturing and supportive ways.
 

Eric Horvitz on the New Era of Artificial Intelligence

Published on Jan 27, 2015

We are in an era of devices and services that is bringing the dream of Artificial Intelligence to life. Eric Horvitz, head of the Microsoft Research Redmond lab and former AAAI president, describes that by putting people at the center of our work, we can design products and services that understand our nuances, emotions and quirky behaviors. Eric shares his view that we are in a resurgence of optimism and hope as it relates to solving some of the core problems in Artificial Intelligence and there is much to look forward to.
 

Eric Horvitz’s vision on the future of artificial intelligence

Published on Jul 24, 2015

Managing director and distinguished scientist at Microsoft Research, Horvitz talks about AI, which he describes as the crashing crest of the wave of computer science.
 

Horvitz, Tenenbaum on artificial and biological intelligence

Published on Jul 27, 2015

Eric Horvitz, Distinguished Scientist and Managing Director of Microsoft's research lab in Redmond, Washington, and Josh Tenenbaum, a professor with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, discuss the confluence of biological intelligence, artificial intelligence and engineering at the 2015 Microsoft Research Faculty Summit.
 
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