Peter Lee
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President, Microsoft Research
Redmond, WA
Joined July 2010
@providence @UWMedicine This milestone demonstrates how AI can transform biomedical research and move from data to actionable insights faster and more affordably. Blog post:
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Using AI-generated virtual populations, Microsoft researchers uncovered hidden cellular patterns that could reshape how we understand and treat cancer.
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@providence @UWMedicine Importantly, it also makes it possible to uncover new links between genetic mutations, immune protein activation, and clinical outcomes at unprecedented speed and scale. By generating virtual cohorts and making the tool open-source, this advances precision medicine. /3
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This enables researchers to analyze tumor microenvironments across tens of thousands of patients in hundreds of cancer subtypes. In joint work with @providence and @UWMedicine, this approach accelerates hypothesis generation and discovery. /2
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Today in @MSFTResearch we announced GigaTIMEāa breakthrough AI tool for population-scale cancer research, published in the journal Cell. It is a multimodal AI model that simulates spatial proteomics from routine pathology slides. /1
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Today in the journal Cell, our GigaTIME AI model. It enables population-scale analysis of the āneighborhoodā around tumors in pathology slides. With @providence and @UWMedicine, open-source and validated on data from over 14,000 patients. I'm genuinely amazed that this is
Today in Cell, we published new research showing how AI can help accelerate cancer discovery. With GigaTIME, we can now simulate spatial proteomics from routine pathology slides, enabling population-scale analysis of tumor microenvironments across dozens of cancer types and
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I'm so proud of what researchers across Microsoft and @MSFTResearch shared with the world in AI, healthcare, life sciences, energy, and more. Thanks to everyone across Microsoft who made 2025 such an impactful year. Looking forward to 2026.
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Microsoft researchers published numerous findings in peer-reviewed journals in 2025. Hereās how AI and other technologies are accelerating breakthroughs.
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I'm incredibly proud of what researchers across Microsoft, especially @MSFTResearch, shared with the world in AI, healthcare, life sciences, energy, and more. Here are 10 awe-inspiring examples. Thanks to everyone who made 2025 such an impactful year. Looking forward to 2026.
AI didnāt just make progress this year, it delivered breakthroughs. Microsoft researchers introduced Majorana 1, the worldās first quantum processor built with topological qubits, shared Aurora to predict extreme weather faster than ever, and developed FCDD to improve early
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Take the Ferry to NYC. Kids Ride Free Thru Jan 4. All Terminals & Routes. Free Shuttles to Attractions. Watch Video. Click for Routes & Schedules.
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In the latest issue of Research Focus: Fara-7B brings efficient agentic computer use to small models; new tools help computing researchers assess societal impact; and more. https://t.co/EWaQZ1XBLP
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Fara-7B is our first agentic small language model for computer use. This experimental model includes robust safety measures to aid responsible deployment. Despite its size, Fara-7B holds its own against larger, more resource-intensive agentic systems: https://t.co/lT9m0uH4gQ
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New from @MSFTResearch: A native agentic SLM, Faraā7B, designed for computer use. It automates everyday web tasks with frontier performance while keeping your information private. Now on Microsoft Foundry and Hugging Face. https://t.co/4VkdRshGup
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Fara-7B is our first agentic small language model for computer use. This experimental model includes robust safety measures to aid responsible deployment. Despite its size, Fara-7B holds its own...
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I love cars, and so converting classic cars to electric drive is just tons of fun, and it's an interesting design, engineering, and learning experience. I enjoyed this conversation with Kurt Schlosser at @geekwire, talking about a project with the folks at Moment Motor Company.
Out of Office: Microsoft Researchās Peter Lee is a car geek revved up by converting classics to electric
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In responsible AI, a key challenge is to find ways for AI to incorporate and reflect the culturally nuanced lived experiences of all people and communities. Developing such globally equitable generative AI is the goal of Project Gecko and the new MMCTAgent.
AI tools often perform poorly in non-Western languages and lack cultural context thatās crucial for many populations. Project Gecko uses small language models to deliver vital content that extends AIās benefits to serve the global majority: https://t.co/K00g5MdQlc
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1-minute $BTC $NVDA price prediction market game with up to $10K prize pools
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There's been a very noticeable uptick in interest from folks (especially young people!) wondering what it's like to be at a place like @MSFTResearch at the leading edge of research. Here's a nice piece that gives an inside look at a day in the life of researchers across Microsoft
Microsoft researchers are driving trends and tackling major challenges in the midst of the ever-changing AI era. Check out Trista Chen, Flavio Griggio, Ahmed Awadallah, Jina Suh, and Cecily Morrison's conversations with Forward Future, a daily AI newsletter, to learn more about
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AI agents are transforming digital marketplaces, mediating discovery and transactions between consumers and businesses. The new Magentic Marketplace provides an open-source, extensible simulation environment for studying different agentic market designs: https://t.co/UET0smOaJ8
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Announcing the 2026 Microsoft Research Fellowship, a program that creates opportunities for faculty, PhD students, and postdocs to collaborate with Microsoft Research on open research challenges that advance science and benefit society. Submit proposals by Dec 2:
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The Microsoft Research Fellowship creates opportunities for academic scholars (faculty, PhD students, and postdocs) to collaborate with Microsoft Research on open research challenges that advance...
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Amazing work on polymers by AI for Science @MSFTResearch colleagues!
MLFFs š¤ Polymers ā SimPoly works! Our team at @MSFTResearch AI for Science is proud to present SimPoly (SIM-puh-lee) ā a deep learning solution for polymer simulation. Polymeric materials are foundational to modern lifeāfound in everything from the clothes we wear and the food
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Introducing Lightspark Grid. Commands for money. One API to send, receive, and settle value globally. Fiat, stablecoins, or BTC. Always real time, always low-cost, built on Bitcoin. Follow us to see whatās next for programmable money.
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Congrats to my colleagues Gregor, Lixin, and the entire team for the announcement of SimPoly! I cannot remember how many times Iāve been asked for a polymer MLFF from industrial partners, since there is no great solution yet. Code/data will be released soon. Check it out!
MLFFs š¤ Polymers ā SimPoly works! Our team at @MSFTResearch AI for Science is proud to present SimPoly (SIM-puh-lee) ā a deep learning solution for polymer simulation. Polymeric materials are foundational to modern lifeāfound in everything from the clothes we wear and the food
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No question that nurses are the heartbeat of healthcare. And today weāre introducing the first commercially available ambient experience built for nursing workflows, so they can focus on what matters most: caring for patients.
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The wait is over! Microsoft Research is sharing Skala, the new exchange-correlation functional, marking a major milestone in the accuracy/cost trade-off in DFT. Help us learn from your testing so we can improve. Available on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub. https://t.co/XbOp9pC7ew
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Skala is now available to everyone! Why are we releasing it? Because weāre not just aiming to publish a cool paper ā weāre on a mission to bring DFT to chemical accuracy using deep learning. And to make real progress, we need the communityās feedback. #compchem
The wait is over! Microsoft Research is sharing Skala, the new exchange-correlation functional, marking a major milestone in the accuracy/cost trade-off in DFT. Help us learn from your testing so we can improve. Available on Azure AI Foundry and GitHub. https://t.co/XbOp9pC7ew
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Cartridges. Classics. Real retro. Evercade brings back gamingās golden age - official collections on physical cartridges.
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