Bala Kumaravel

Not every AI response should be paragraphs and paragraphs of text. We built Jacard to turn prompts into interactive answer pages. - a science question -> interactive demo - a comparison -> infographic you can scan at a glance - a trip itinerary -> a visual plan with places, and highlights Here’s a quick look at Jacard can do today:

AI answers got smarter, but also longer and harder to use. A few months ago, I left @MSFTResearch to solve that problem and build Jacard. With @sigchi in full swing this week, I’m excited to share that today, our Beta version is now live on Product Hunt. Jacard turns prompts into interactive answer pages you can actually use, right alongside the text response. It gives every knowledge task the interface it deserves. We’re launching now and would love your early feedback on the PH thread: producthunt.com/products/jacar… Grateful to Jacard’s advisors, my peers at Microsoft, and the broader HCI community for their support throughout. #ProductHunt #Launched #AgenticAI #JacardAI

@DuRuofei @MSFTResearch @sigchi Thanks @DuRuofei !! <3

@bala_tk @MSFTResearch @sigchi Congratulations @bala_tk!!

@realkaranahuja I love it! So cool, the outdoor tracking seems impressive!

Couldn’t be at #ACL2025NLP, but check out our ACL paper from @MSFTResearch! We study how implicit cues in video demos (eye gaze & speech) impact personalized assistance in VLMs. TL;DR: - RGB + gaze > RGB alone - Gaze vs. speech impact is task-specific 📄 arxiv.org/abs/2505.01578

🔬 My lab at @NorthwesternU has a new website! Visit spice-lab.org to see our latest research from CHI, ECCV & UIST 2024. 🎓 We're recruiting 2 PhD students (fully funded) for Fall 2025! Interested candidates, apply by Dec 1. Please RT to help spread the word!

More details can be found at tkbala.com/projects/blend… tkbala.com/projects/space… It was fun collab with amazing interns @shwetharajaram, @NelsNuman who drove the works forward, and the team @nicmarquardt, @thundercarrot + other MSR folks who helped bring these ideas to life! :)

Thrilled to share that at UIST' 24, amongst the many exciting works, we presented two of our own: SpaceBlender and BlendScape (received honorable mention award!🏆) These are tip of 🧊 of the many exciting Multimodal GenAI projects @MSFTResearch, @Microsoft Exciting futures! (1/n)

@mosesakashita (currently at job market) will be presenting our work - SharedNeRF, where we use a hybrid approach leveraging NeRFs & point clouds for Real-time, Remote Collaboration - done w/ @thundercarrot and @nicmarquardt at @MSFTResearch Learning & Work session - Thu, 11am

Off to attend #CHI2024 at Hawaii… 🌺🌺 Ping me if you are going to be around! Would be great to catch up and hang out! 🌊🌊 Do feel free to say Aloha, even if we haven’t met before! I am always up for knowing more of the cool stuff and the fun stories everyone has :) Also,…

Currently attending @IEEEVR 2024. If you are attending, feel free to say a "Hi!", Perhaps even in a Disney style 🏰 ChatGPT recommends the below

co-organized by Matias Volonte, @anthony_steed, Roshan Venkatakrishnan, @_ejgonz_, @hasti_seifi, @YuhangZhao1, and @twi_mar

Call for papers! We are hosting the 3rd Open Access Tools and Libraries for VR Workshop at @IEEEVR' 24 If you are building toolkits, datasets, etc. for AR/VR, do consider submitting! Deadline approaching soon... Jan 12, 2024 Website:openvrlab.github.io

Our intern posting is now available here - jobs.careers.microsoft.com/global/en/job/… Do apply if you are interested in interning at @MSFTResearch on Generative AI for Interactive, Reality-Aware Computing Systems . I am also currently at #UIST2023, feel free to say hi and connect with me 😀

We are looking for Summer Interns at @MSFTResearch. The internship will be focused on creating novel interactive systems that leverage Multimodal Generative AI and DL models. If interested, feel free to email me. I will also be at #UIST2023, let's connect if you are there :)

So awesome to see my previous PhD student Christine Dierk take the research she did in my lab on wearables into the big stage! After PhD at Adobe she furthered our wearables work and is now a trending researcher and fashion icon youtu.be/EvGquKkSFMM?si… congrats @christinedierk

I am super excited to see how this will power more research on not just multi agents workflows but entire new subtopics in human-AI interaction! Checkout our new paper below ⬇️

Imagine if ✨multiple✨ ChatGPT agents could collaborate to solve complex tasks for you! 🧑‍🦱🤝🤖🤖🤖 📢 AutoGen: A new framework for building multi-agent LLM applications aka.ms/autogen-pdf It allows creating many agents that converse to solve complex tasks! ... 1/4

Come help us make #UIST2023 a success in San Francisco by joining as a Student Volunteer. As a former SV - there is no better way to build connections and make the most of the conference. SVs are the amazing backbone to make UIST possible!

@EmiratesSupport Hi @EmiratesSupport , yes issues from original tweet remain - Cash deducted, and now Customer Care in Twitter DM has reiterated that I would have to book business class, or change my dates, or schedule for a 20+ hour layover for passengers who accessibility issues.

@bala_tk Hi, we've replied to your DM. Please have a look. Thanks.

@EmiratesSupport, urgent help. I booked a flight change for Mom to attend urgent medical care. Made the change on 08 Jun. Cash was deducted, mobile app showed the change. Now, I am unable to check in, Cust Care asks to pay higher, change dates, or book business / higher class