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77 TopicsWork Trend Index (April 2023) Special Report Discussion
I hope you were able to join the Microsoft Viva Summit and spot various insights through the keynote and breakout sessions that highlight the importance of engagement and productivity as conditions which drive business success! In parallel with this event, a new Work Trend Index Special Report was published. After both of these moments, I'm feeling super inspired by the impact we can have on our businesses by focusing on our people first. What about these insights jumped out at or inspired you today?Creating amazing charts and graphs with Charticulator Open Sourced Project from Microsoft Research
Charticulator is a project from Microsoft Research. This is a opensourced project at microsoft/charticulator: Interactive Layout-Aware Construction of Bespoke Charts (github.com)6.4KViews2likes0CommentsAzure for Academics Video Series
This is a series of Azure applied workshops where participants will start with the basics of cloud, getting started on Azure, and will then move on to learn about Azure's Data and Machine Learning tools. This training series is intended for a broad audience including students, researchers, faculty, post-docs, staff and anyone interested in getting started and learning Azure. This series will get you started on Azure and provide hands on experience managing data and leveraging Azure's data science and machine learning tools.1.9KViews2likes1CommentAn Overview of LIDA: Generate Visualizations and Infographics of Tabular Data using LLMs!
Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated impressive capabilities on various data-related tasks, but they still have some limitations. One of them is the ability to generate effective visualizations from structured data sources such as CSV or Excel files. In this article, we will explore a new framework that addresses this challenge by combining LLMs with Granular Data. The framework is called LIDA, and it was recently open-sourced by Microsoft. LIDA is a powerful library that enhances the interaction between LLMs and Granular Data, enabling richer and more expressive data analysis and visualization.6.9KViews1like1CommentHave your say: Nonprofit Leaders IT Strategy Survey 2024
Hello folks! Each year we conduct a research project to hear your IT priorities and challenges for the year ahead. This is a great chance to learn from your peers at other charities and see what they are focussing on. We'll play back the results in a report and a LinkedIn Live fireside chat. Please could you take 7 minutes to complete it https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=j5QSewZ5tU6-Xkn0-2yq7BZoVsXba85NoV978VAgghVUNENTT0dISDdaRUVOWkJZSUdCSDVLUU9BQi4u. (doesn't matter where your charity is based) You can see the 2023 report https://www.smartdesc.co.uk/charity-technology-leaders-report-2023/ too. Thanks a lot JamesAutogen: Microsoft’s Open-Source Tool for Streamlining Development
Are you a technical student looking for a tool that can help you generate high-quality code, documentation, and tests for your projects? If so, you might want to check out AutoGen a framework that enables development of large language model (LLM) applications using multiple agents that can converse with each other to solve tasks.11KViews1like0Comments