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Microsoft’s bet on Machine Learning

The Startup Lead at Microsoft talked about the company’s path to develop this method of data analysis.

Luís Calado, Technical Evangelist and Startup Lead at Microsoft Portugal, was the guest speaker at Priberam Machine Learning Lunch Seminar, held at Técnico on March 7.

The Startup Lead at Microsoft talked about the company’s path to develop this method of data analysis, which enables computers to “learn from already existing data, predicting future behaviours, results and trends by using algorithms”, explained Luís Calado.

In the last years, due to the recent development of applications such as the Cognitive Services, which enable natural and contextual interaction with tools that augment users’ experiences using the power of machine-based intelligence, Microsoft Azure has been one of the company’s bet in this area. “All this in a simple way and, at the same time, using extremely complex tools, so that we can reach all users”, he explained.