Former Microsoft execs launch AI agents to end Excel-led finance

Maximor has come out of stealth with a human-in-the-loop agentic platform that does the finance team's grunt work.

Dreaming of spreadsheets and battling stage fright: Behind the world Excel championships

From spreadsheets to showdowns, the Excel World Championship turns number-crunching into a high-stakes spectacle.

Master Excel Copilot Without Falling Into These Common Traps

Learn the essential rules for using Excel Copilot effectively, maximizing its strengths while avoiding critical errors in ...

MS Excel Slicers Without PivotTables : The Disconnected Table Trick

Learn the secret to building interactive Excel reports with slicers and disconnected tables—no PivotTable needed for dynamic ...
IEEE

On-Chip Learning of Neural Network Using Spin-Based Activation Function Nodes

Abstract: Spintronic devices have been considered a promising candidate for the hardware implementation of neural networks (NNs) due to their potential to address the contemporary issue of power ...
MUO on MSN

I didn’t know these Excel functions existed, but now I can’t live without them

The function returns both columns as a spill array, automatically sizing to fit the data. This is why CHOOSECOLS is one of the Excel functions that can save significant time. It eliminates the need ...
MUO on MSN

I use Excel's FILTER function for everything now—here's why

FILTER works well with other Excel functions like SORT and UNIQUE to create powerful data management combinations. You can ...
IEEE

Differential High Order Control Barrier Function-Based Safe Reinforcement Learning

Abstract: Safe reinforcement learning (RL) aims to learn policy while also ensuring the safety constraints. An increasingly common approach is to design a safety filter based on control barrier ...