Microsoft Research Podcast

By: Researchers across the Microsoft research community
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  • An ongoing series of conversations bringing you right up to the cutting edge of Microsoft Research.
    Copyright 2025 Microsoft Research Podcast
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Episodes
  • Ideas: Quantum computing redefined with Chetan Nayak

    Ideas: Quantum computing redefined with Chetan Nayak
    Feb 19 2025

    Microsoft announced the creation of the first topoconductor and first QPU architecture with a topological core. Dr. Chetan Nayak, a technical fellow of Quantum Hardware at the company, discusses how the breakthroughs are redefining the field of quantum computing.
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    57 mins
  • Ideas: Building AI for population-scale systems with Akshay Nambi

    Ideas: Building AI for population-scale systems with Akshay Nambi
    Feb 11 2025

    In this episode, guest host Chris Stetkiewicz talks with Microsoft Principal Researcher Akshay Nambi about his focus on developing AI-driven technology that addresses real-world challenges at scale. Drawing on firsthand experiences, Nambi combines his expertise in electronics and computer science to create systems that enhance road safety, agriculture, and energy infrastructure. He’s currently working on AI-powered tools to improve education, including a digital assistant that can help teachers work more efficiently and create effective lesson plans and solutions to help improve the accuracy of models underpinning AI tutors.
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    26 mins
  • Ideas: Bug hunting with Shan Lu

    Ideas: Bug hunting with Shan Lu
    Jan 23 2025

    Struggles with programming languages helped research manager Shan Lu find her calling as a bug hunter. She discusses one bug that really haunted her, the thousands she’s identified since, and how she’s turning to LLMs to help make software more reliable.
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    45 mins

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