A television commercial that first aired in 1999 starring the Lookout handsfree mixed-initiative interaction system for scheduling. The commercial was shown nationally and internationally as part of a Microsoft advertising campaign on the future of computing. January 1999. (more)
Demonstration of handsfree decision support systems for trauma care. The system executed on a portable computer, employing speech recognition coupled with a Bayesian inference and decision making system. After the demo, details of the system construction and use are presented. 1995. (more)
An overview of thematic projects on the use of decision-theoretic methods for notification, assistance, and mixed-initiative interaction at Microsoft Research. February 2001. (more)
1995 video on the Lumiere project at Microsoft Research showing a prototype intelligent assistance facility that observes a stream of evidence and that infers goals and needs. Bayesian and decision-theoretic models are employed to make inferences about goals, including the fusing of evidence provided by words from users' queries and from user actions. January 1995. (more)
Short video of Microsoft Research work on gesture-based interface. Shown by Eric Horvitz at keynote panel at Gartner ITxpo 2007. April 26, 2007. (more)
