Katja Hofmann
Partner Research Manager and lead of the Microsoft Research Game Intelligence team
Nouvelles et reportages
Three new reinforcement learning methods aim to improve AI in gaming and beyond
| Kamil Ciosek, Sam Devlin, et Katja Hofmann
Reinforcement learning (RL) provides exciting opportunities for game development, as highlighted in our recently announced Project Paidia (opens in new tab)—a research collaboration between our Game Intelligence group at Microsoft Research Cambridge and game developer Ninja Theory. In Project Paidia,…
The road less traveled: With Successor Uncertainties, RL agents become better informed explorers
| Sebastian Tschiatschek et Katja Hofmann
Imagine moving to a new city. You want to get from your new home to your new job. Unfamiliar with the area, you ask your co-workers for the best route, and as far as you can tell ... they’re right!…
Prix | SIGIR 2018
Best Short Paper Award at SIGIR 2018
Prix du meilleur papier court pour la «régularisation inter-domaines pour les modèles de classement neuronal en utilisant l’apprentissage contradictoire» avec Daniel Cohen, Katja Hofmann, et W. Bruce Croft, sigir 2018.
Dans l’actualité | Microsoft Blog
Project Malmo, which lets researchers use Minecraft for AI research, makes public debut
Microsoft has made Project Malmo, a platform that uses the world of Minecraft as a testing ground for advanced artificial intelligence research, available for novice to experienced programmers on GitHub via an open-source license.
Dans l’actualité | BBC News
Minecraft to run artificial intelligence experiments
Microsoft, owner of the popular video game, revealed that computer scientists and amateurs will be able to evaluate and develop AI software using its virtual landscapes from July. The company says Minecraft is more "sophisticated" than existing AI research simulations…
Dans l’actualité | CBC Radio
Minecraft is the new testing ground for AI
An artificially intelligent program developed by Google called AlphaGo has now beaten the reigning human player of the board game Go. AlphaGo joins Deep Blue and Watson, which have both overcome their human competition to become the champions of the…
Dans l’actualité | CNet
Microsoft sees Minecraft as AI proving ground
Scientists can now use the popular game to let artificial intelligence systems learn how to do things.
Dans l’actualité | TechCrunch
Microsoft is using Minecraft to develop artificial intelligence tech for the real world
Today, Microsoft announced a project that enables artificial intelligence researchers to tap into the hit title to sculpt and develop their tech.
Dans l’actualité | Microsoft Blog
Project Malmo: Using Minecraft to build more intelligent technology
Microsoft researchers are using Project Malmo for their own research, and they have made it available to a small group of academic researchers under a private beta.