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Microsoft Research
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Microsoft Research (MSR) is a division of Microsoft created in 1991 for researching various computer science topics and issues.
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Microsoft Research is one of the top research centers worldwide, currently employing Turing Award winners, C.A.R. Hoare, Jim Gray, Fields Medal winner Michael Freedman, Wolf Prize winner Laszlo Lovasz, MacArthur Fellow Jim Blinn, Dijkstra Prize winner Leslie Lamport and many other highly recognized experts in Computer Science, Physics and Mathematics.
MSR research is categorized into ten broad areas:[1]
- Algorithms and theory
- Hardware development
- Human–computer interaction
- Machine learning, adaptation, and intelligence
- Multimedia and graphics
- Search, retrieval, and knowledge management
- Security and cryptography
- Social computing
- Software development
- Systems, architectures, mobility, and networking
- Computational and Systems Biology[2]
One of the stated goals of Microsoft Research is to "support long-term computer science research that is not bound by product cycles."[3]
MSR sponsors the prestigious Microsoft Research Fellowship for graduate students and the New Faculty Fellowship for new faculty members.
There are laboratories around the world in Bangalore, Beijing, Cambridge, Mountain View, Redmond, and San Francisco.
- Microsoft Research Redmond was founded on the Microsoft Redmond campus in 1991 working in buildings 112 and 113.
- Microsoft Research Cambridge was founded in 1997 by Roger Needham and now numbers over 100 employees. It maintains close ties to the University of Cambridge.
- Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA) was founded in Beijing in November 1998. Advanced Technology Center was initially a group of MSRA until it became an independent R&D group of Microsoft.
- Microsoft Research Silicon Valley, located in Mountain View, California, was founded in August 2001. In January 2006, the Silicon Valley lab merged with Microsoft's Bay Area Research Center (BARC) in San Francisco.
- Microsoft Research India was established in January 2005 in Bangalore.
- ^ Research Areas
- ^ A Centre of Excellence in Scientific Research is founded in Trento. Centre for Computation and Systems Biology. Retrieved on March 19, 2007.
- ^ Microsoft Research Overview
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