Microsoft Research Podcast

Abstracts: Heat Transfer and Deep Learning with Hongxia Hao and Bing Lv

May 8, 2025 | Gretchen Huizinga, Hongxia Hao, and Bing Lv
Silicon has long borne the burden of heat transfer in electronics, but in a post-Moore’s Law world, researchers like Hongxia Hao and Bing Lv are using AI to discover and design next-generation materials that exceed the limits of silicon’s thermal conductivity.

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