Microsoft Research Forum | Season 2, Episode 3

Microsoft Research Forum is a virtual series highlighting purposeful research and its real-world impact, from fundamental exploration to advancing AI responsibly, scaling innovation through products and open source, and driving positive change for society. Register for the series to learn about future episodes: https://events.microsoft.com/flow/ms/researchforum/register/page/microsoftresearchforumreg/?OCID=msr_researchforum_YTDescription Explore all previous episodes: https://aka.ms/researchforumYTplaylist https://aka.ms/theshapeofthingstocome https://aka.ms/msr-newsletter Magentic Marketplace ArXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.25779 GitHub: https://github.com/microsoft/multi-agent-marketplace Blog: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/magentic-marketplace-an-open-source-simulation-environment-for-studying-agentic-markets/ Agent Lightning GitHub Repo: https://github.com/microsoft/agent-lightning Tech Report: https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.03680 Documentation: https://microsoft.github.io/agent-lightning OptiMind Technical report: https://aka.ms/OptiMindReport Microsoft Blog: https://aka.ms/OptiMindBlog Microsoft Foundry Catalog: https://aka.ms/OptiMindCatalog Hugging Face: https://aka.ms/OptiMindHF GitHub: https://aka.ms/OptiGuideGithub HealthBots ASHABot CHI’25 research paper: https://dl.acm.org/doi/full/10.1145/3706598.3713680 CataractBot YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HeJ69hZ6Gg ARO Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09006 Dion2 GitHub Repo: https://github.com/microsoft/dion Microsoft Research Forum, Season 2 Episode 3 aired on March 3, 2026.