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(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Microsoft Research</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image logo"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Segoe_msr_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Segoe_msr_logo.png/250px-Segoe_msr_logo.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="71" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Segoe_msr_logo.png/375px-Segoe_msr_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Segoe_msr_logo.png/500px-Segoe_msr_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="1289" data-file-height="368" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data note">1991<span class="noprint">; 33 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1991</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Founders</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Rashid" title="Richard Rashid">Richard Rashid</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Nathan_Myhrvold" title="Nathan Myhrvold">Nathan Myhrvold</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Division_(business)" title="Division (business)">Division</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Lili Cheng (<a href="/wiki/Corporate_vice_president" class="mw-redirect" title="Corporate vice president">corporate vice president</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Havok_(company)" title="Havok (company)">Havok Group</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Employees</th><td class="infobox-data">~500<sup id="cite_ref-Bloomberg_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bloomberg-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (in in 2016)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:0.6em;">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.microsoft.com/research/">www<wbr />.microsoft<wbr />.com<wbr />/research<wbr />/</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Microsoft Research</b> (<b>MSR</b>) is the research subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a>. It was created in 1991 by <a href="/wiki/Richard_Rashid" title="Richard Rashid">Richard Rashid</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nathan_Myhrvold" title="Nathan Myhrvold">Nathan Myhrvold</a> with the intent to advance state-of-the-art computing and solve difficult world problems through technological innovation in collaboration with academic, government, and industry researchers. The Microsoft Research team has more than 1,000 computer scientists, physicists, engineers, and mathematicians, including <a href="/wiki/Turing_Award" title="Turing Award">Turing Award</a> winners,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Fields_Medal" title="Fields Medal">Fields Medal</a> winners, <a href="/wiki/MacArthur_Fellow" class="mw-redirect" title="MacArthur Fellow">MacArthur Fellows</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dijkstra_Prize" class="mw-redirect" title="Dijkstra Prize">Dijkstra Prize</a> winners. </p><p>Between 2010 and 2018, 154,000 <a href="/wiki/AI" class="mw-redirect" title="AI">AI</a> patents were filed worldwide, with Microsoft having by far the largest percentage of those patents, at 20%.<sup id="cite_ref-Forbes_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Forbes-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to estimates in trade publications, Microsoft spent about $6 billion annually in research initiatives from 2002 to 2010 and has spent from $10–14 billion annually since 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Microsoft Research has made significant advances in the field of AI which it has infused in its products including <a href="/wiki/Kinect" title="Kinect">Kinect</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Bing" title="Microsoft Bing">Bing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_HoloLens" title="Microsoft HoloLens">Holo Lens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cortana_(virtual_assistant)" title="Cortana (virtual assistant)">Cortana</a>, <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Translator" title="Microsoft Translator">Microsoft Translator</a>, <a href="/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">Linkedin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Havok_(software)" title="Havok (software)">Havok</a> and <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Dynamics" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Dynamics">Dynamics</a> to provide its customers with more benefits and better service.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The mission statement of MSR is: </p> <ol><li>Expand the state of the art in each of the areas in which we do research</li> <li>Rapidly transfer innovative technologies into Microsoft products</li> <li>Ensure that Microsoft products have a future</li></ol> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Key_people">Key people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Research&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Key people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Microsoft Research includes the core Microsoft Research labs and Microsoft Research AI, Microsoft Research NExT (for New Experiences and Technologies), and other incubation efforts all directed by corporate vice president <a href="/wiki/Peter_Lee_(computer_scientist)" title="Peter Lee (computer scientist)">Peter Lee</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Research_areas">Research areas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Research&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Research areas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Microsoft research is categorized into the following broad areas:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 20em;"> <ul><li>Algorithms and <a href="/wiki/Theory_of_computation" title="Theory of computation">theory of computation</a></li> <li>Communication and collaboration</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computational_linguistics" title="Computational linguistics">Computational linguistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computational_science" title="Computational science">Computational science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computer_vision" title="Computer vision">Computer vision</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computer_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer systems">Computer systems</a> and <a href="/wiki/Computer_network" title="Computer network">networking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Data_mining" title="Data mining">Data mining</a> and <a href="/wiki/Data_management" title="Data management">management</a></li> <li>Economics and <a href="/wiki/Computational_economics" title="Computational economics">computational economics</a></li> <li>Education</li> <li>Gaming</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computer_graphics" title="Computer graphics">Computer graphics</a> and multimedia</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computer_hardware" title="Computer hardware">Hardware</a> and <a href="/wiki/Embedded_system" title="Embedded system">embedded systems</a></li> <li>Health and well-being</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Human%E2%80%93computer_interaction" title="Human–computer interaction">Human–computer interaction</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=AI_for_Social_Good&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AI for Social Good (page does not exist)">AI for Social Good</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machine_learning" title="Machine learning">Machine learning</a> and <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mobile_computing" title="Mobile computing">Mobile computing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quantum_computing" title="Quantum computing">Quantum computing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Search_engine_technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Search engine technology">Search</a>, <a href="/wiki/Information_retrieval" title="Information retrieval">information retrieval</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Knowledge_management" title="Knowledge management">knowledge management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Computer_security" title="Computer security">Security</a> and <a href="/wiki/Privacy" title="Privacy">privacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_media" title="Social media">Social media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_science" title="Social science">Social sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Software_development" title="Software development">Software development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Programming_tools" class="mw-redirect" title="Programming tools">Programming tools</a> and <a href="/wiki/Programming_languages" class="mw-redirect" title="Programming languages">languages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Speech_recognition" title="Speech recognition">Speech recognition</a>, <a href="/wiki/Speech_synthesis" title="Speech synthesis">synthesis</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dialog_systems" class="mw-redirect" title="Dialog systems">dialog systems</a></li> <li>Technologies for <a href="/wiki/Emerging_markets" class="mw-redirect" title="Emerging markets">emerging markets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cryptocurrency" title="Cryptocurrency">Cryptocurrency</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div> <p>Microsoft Research sponsors the <i>Microsoft Research Fellowship</i> for graduate students. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Research_laboratories">Research laboratories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Research&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Research laboratories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Microsoft has research labs around the world including the following non-exhaustive list:<sup id="cite_ref-MSR-About-2017_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSR-About-2017-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Microsoft_Research%27s_new_building_%2299%22.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Microsoft_Research%27s_new_building_%2299%22.jpg/220px-Microsoft_Research%27s_new_building_%2299%22.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Microsoft_Research%27s_new_building_%2299%22.jpg/330px-Microsoft_Research%27s_new_building_%2299%22.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Microsoft_Research%27s_new_building_%2299%22.jpg/440px-Microsoft_Research%27s_new_building_%2299%22.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2112" data-file-height="3168" /></a><figcaption>Microsoft Research Redmond</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beijing_Zhongguancun_Microsoft_Tower_2_%E5%BE%AE%E8%BB%9F%E5%A4%A7%E5%BB%882%E8%99%9F%E6%A8%93_May-2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Beijing_Zhongguancun_Microsoft_Tower_2_%E5%BE%AE%E8%BB%9F%E5%A4%A7%E5%BB%882%E8%99%9F%E6%A8%93_May-2017.jpg/220px-Beijing_Zhongguancun_Microsoft_Tower_2_%E5%BE%AE%E8%BB%9F%E5%A4%A7%E5%BB%882%E8%99%9F%E6%A8%93_May-2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Beijing_Zhongguancun_Microsoft_Tower_2_%E5%BE%AE%E8%BB%9F%E5%A4%A7%E5%BB%882%E8%99%9F%E6%A8%93_May-2017.jpg/330px-Beijing_Zhongguancun_Microsoft_Tower_2_%E5%BE%AE%E8%BB%9F%E5%A4%A7%E5%BB%882%E8%99%9F%E6%A8%93_May-2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Beijing_Zhongguancun_Microsoft_Tower_2_%E5%BE%AE%E8%BB%9F%E5%A4%A7%E5%BB%882%E8%99%9F%E6%A8%93_May-2017.jpg/440px-Beijing_Zhongguancun_Microsoft_Tower_2_%E5%BE%AE%E8%BB%9F%E5%A4%A7%E5%BB%882%E8%99%9F%E6%A8%93_May-2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4608" data-file-height="3456" /></a><figcaption>Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Microsoft_Research%27s_soon-to-open_fancy_new_home_in_central_Cambridge._(8052982186).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Microsoft_Research%27s_soon-to-open_fancy_new_home_in_central_Cambridge._%288052982186%29.jpg/220px-Microsoft_Research%27s_soon-to-open_fancy_new_home_in_central_Cambridge._%288052982186%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Microsoft_Research%27s_soon-to-open_fancy_new_home_in_central_Cambridge._%288052982186%29.jpg/330px-Microsoft_Research%27s_soon-to-open_fancy_new_home_in_central_Cambridge._%288052982186%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Microsoft_Research%27s_soon-to-open_fancy_new_home_in_central_Cambridge._%288052982186%29.jpg/440px-Microsoft_Research%27s_soon-to-open_fancy_new_home_in_central_Cambridge._%288052982186%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="612" data-file-height="612" /></a><figcaption>Microsoft Research Cambridge</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Microsoft_Bangalore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Microsoft_Bangalore.jpg/220px-Microsoft_Bangalore.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Microsoft_Bangalore.jpg/330px-Microsoft_Bangalore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Microsoft_Bangalore.jpg/440px-Microsoft_Bangalore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2016" data-file-height="1512" /></a><figcaption>Microsoft Research Bangalore</figcaption></figure> <ul><li>Microsoft Research Redmond was founded on the Microsoft Redmond campus in 1991. It has about 350 researchers and is headed by Donald Kossmann. The bulk of research on the Redmond, Washington campus focuses on areas such as theory, artificial intelligence, machine learning, systems and networking, security, privacy, human–computer interaction, and wearable technologies.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Microsoft Research Cambridge was founded in the United Kingdom in 1997 by <a href="/wiki/Roger_Needham" title="Roger Needham">Roger Needham</a> and is headed by <a href="/wiki/Christopher_Bishop" title="Christopher Bishop">Christopher Bishop</a>. Antony Rowstron and <a href="/wiki/Abigail_Sellen" title="Abigail Sellen">Abigail Sellen</a> are Deputy Directors. The lab conducts research on topics including machine learning, security and information retrieval, and maintains close ties to the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge" title="University of Cambridge">University of Cambridge</a> and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cambridge_Computer_Laboratory" class="mw-redirect" title="University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory">University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="There is a redirect here that has citations not necessarily matching this content but these are needed here and I dont have time to sort it on this pass (July 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li>Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA or MSR Asia) was founded in Beijing in November 1998. It has expanded rapidly and now has more than 300 researchers and developers, along with approximately 300 visiting scientists and students (including its new satellite office in Shanghai). Its focus includes natural user interfaces, multimedia, data-intensive computing, search and online advertising, natural language processing, and computer science fundamentals.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This lab forms part of the Microsoft Asia-Pacific Research and Development Group (ARD) R&D center, which also has campuses in Suzhou, Shenzhen, Tokyo, and Taipei.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Microsoft Research India is sited in <a href="/wiki/Bengaluru" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</a> (Bangalore) and is headed by Sriram Rajamani.<sup id="cite_ref-MSR-About-20190615_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSR-About-20190615-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Microsoft Research Station Q, on the campus of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Santa_Barbara" title="University of California, Santa Barbara">University of California, Santa Barbara</a>, was founded in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its collaborators explore theoretical and experimental approaches to creating the quantum analog of the traditional bit—the qubit. The group is led by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Freedman" title="Michael Freedman">Michael Freedman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its Quantum Architectures and Computation (QuARC) group is based in Redmond,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while other Station Q satellite locations exist on the campuses of <a href="/wiki/Delft_University_of_Technology" title="Delft University of Technology">Delft University of Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Purdue_University" title="Purdue University">Purdue University</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Copenhagen" title="University of Copenhagen">University of Copenhagen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/University_of_Sydney" title="University of Sydney">University of Sydney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Microsoft Research New England was established in 2008 in Cambridge, Massachusetts adjacent to the MIT campus by <a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Chayes" class="mw-redirect" title="Jennifer Chayes">Jennifer Chayes</a> who also managed the New York and Montreal labs. The lab is now managed by <a href="/wiki/Susan_Dumais" title="Susan Dumais">Susan Dumais</a>. The lab collaborates with the broader research community and pursues interdisciplinary research that brings together computer scientists and social scientists to develop future applications.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Microsoft Research New York City was established on May 3, 2012. Susan Dumais serves as Managing Director of this location as well as the New England and Montreal labs. The lab collaborates with academia and other Microsoft Research labs in computational and behavioral social sciences, computational economics and prediction markets, machine learning, and information retrieval.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Microsoft Research Montreal was established after the acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Maluuba" title="Maluuba">Maluuba</a> by Microsoft in 2017. Susan Dumais serves as Managing Director of this location as well as the New England and New York City labs. The lab collaborates with academia and other Microsoft Research labs in natural language processing (specifically machine reading comprehension), deep learning and reinforcement learning.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Gray Systems Lab, in Madison, Wisconsin. Named after <a href="/wiki/Jim_Gray_(computer_scientist)" title="Jim Gray (computer scientist)">Jim Gray</a>, GSL opened in 2008 to research database technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Microsoft Research Asia - Tokyo was established in November 2024 and is headed by Yasuyuki Matsushita. The lab focuses on embodied AI, societal AI, well-being and neuroscience, and industry innovation. It collaborates with Japanese academic and industry partners while maintaining close ties with other Microsoft Research Asia facilities. The lab operates various research programs including joint research initiatives and internship opportunities, contributing to AI innovation in the Asia-Pacific region.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_research_laboratories">Former research laboratories</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Research&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Former research laboratories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Microsoft Research Silicon Valley,<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> located in <a href="/wiki/Mountain_View,_California" title="Mountain View, California">Mountain View, California</a>, was founded in August 2001 and closed in September 2014. Silicon Valley research focused on <a href="/wiki/Distributed_computing" title="Distributed computing">distributed computing</a> and included security and privacy, protocols, <a href="/wiki/Fault-tolerant_computer_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Fault-tolerant computer system">fault-tolerance</a>, large-scale systems, <a href="/wiki/Concurrency_(computer_science)" title="Concurrency (computer science)">concurrency</a>, <a href="/wiki/Computer_architecture" title="Computer architecture">computer architecture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Internet_search" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet search">internet search</a> and services, and related theory.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collaborations">Collaborations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Research&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Collaborations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Microsoft Research invests in multi-year collaborative joint research with academic institutions at <a href="/wiki/Barcelona_Supercomputing_Center" title="Barcelona Supercomputing Center">Barcelona Supercomputing Center</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/INRIA" class="mw-redirect" title="INRIA">INRIA</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Mellon_University" title="Carnegie Mellon University">Carnegie Mellon University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a>, São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), the Microsoft Research Centre for Social NUI and others.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2016, Microsoft has partnered with Toyota Connected to research technology for <a href="/wiki/Telematics" title="Telematics">telematics</a>, data analytics and network security services.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2019, Microsoft partnered with <a href="/wiki/Novartis" title="Novartis">Novartis</a> to apply <a href="/wiki/Artificial_intelligence" title="Artificial intelligence">artificial intelligence</a> to enhance <a href="/wiki/Personalized_medicine" title="Personalized medicine">personalized medicine</a> research.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, Microsoft signed a multi-year deal to collaborate with <a href="/wiki/Syneos_Health" title="Syneos Health">Syneos Health</a> in development of a platform to leverage <a href="/wiki/Machine_learning" title="Machine learning">machine learning</a> for the optimization of clinical trials.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="AI_for_Good">AI for Good</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Research&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: AI for Good"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Microsoft's "AI for Good" initiative represents a significant commitment to leveraging artificial intelligence technology for social and environmental benefits. This initiative is part of a broader vision by Microsoft to utilize AI in addressing some of the world's most challenging issues, including those related to health, the environment, accessibility, cultural heritage, and humanitarian action.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AI for Good includes topics like <a href="/wiki/Microsoft_AI_for_Earth" title="Microsoft AI for Earth">Microsoft AI for Earth</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quantum_Computing">Quantum Computing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Research&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Quantum Computing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Azure_Quantum" title="Microsoft Azure Quantum">Microsoft Azure Quantum</a> has researched <a href="/wiki/Quantum_information_science" title="Quantum information science">quantum information science</a> since 2000 and is developing a <a href="/wiki/Topological_quantum_computer" title="Topological quantum computer">topological quantum computer</a> based on Majorana zero modes.<sup id="cite_ref-DCD_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCD-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2000, physicist <a href="/wiki/Alexei_Kitaev" title="Alexei Kitaev">Alexei Kitaev</a> at Microsoft Research proposed developing a topological quantum computer from Majorana quasiparticles.<sup id="cite_ref-Kitaev_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kitaev-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DCD_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DCD-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Freedman" title="Michael Freedman">Michael Freedman</a>, who led Microsoft’s quantum research at Station Q in 2005, authored a paper with Kitaev demonstrating how a topological quantum computer could perform any computation that a conventional quantum computer could.<sup id="cite_ref-Freedman_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Freedman-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, 2006 and 2008, <a href="/wiki/Sankar_Das_Sarma" title="Sankar Das Sarma">Sankar Das Sarma</a>, Freedman and Chetan Nayak developed theoretical proposals for a topological qubit using the <a href="/wiki/Fractional_quantum_Hall_effect" title="Fractional quantum Hall effect">fractional quantum Hall effect</a> and for topological quantum computing based on non-abelian anyons.<sup id="cite_ref-Sarma_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sarma-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sarma_Freedman_Nayak_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sarma_Freedman_Nayak-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Nayak_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nayak-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2015, Microsoft developed the theoretical framework of <a href="/wiki/Majorana_zero_modes" class="mw-redirect" title="Majorana zero modes">Majorana zero modes</a> for information processing through braiding-based topological quantum computing.<sup id="cite_ref-Nature_Majorana_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nature_Majorana-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, Microsoft research demonstrated the creation and control of Majorana quasiparticles for topological quantum computing.<sup id="cite_ref-Topological_Gap_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Topological_Gap-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2024, Microsoft created 4 logical qubits from 30 physical qubits, demonstrating reliable logical qubits by reducing the logical error rate by 800x compared to the physical error rate.<sup id="cite_ref-Verge_QEC_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Verge_QEC-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Microsoft_Research&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Award" title="Microsoft Award">Microsoft Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Research_Maps" title="Microsoft Research 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Desktop Gadgets">Sideshow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_PixelSense" title="Microsoft PixelSense">PixelSense</a> (<a href="/wiki/TouchLight" title="TouchLight">TouchLight</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_SenseCam" title="Microsoft SenseCam">SenseCam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ClearType" title="ClearType">ClearType</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Group_Shot" title="Group Shot">Group Shot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegiance_(video_game)" title="Allegiance (video game)">Allegiance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TrueSkill" title="TrueSkill">TrueSkill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Songsmith" class="mw-redirect" title="Microsoft Songsmith">Songsmith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xbox" title="Xbox">Xbox</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kinect" title="Kinect">Kinect</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">MSR Labs<br />applied<br />research</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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Microsoft">Outline</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Founders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Gates" title="Bill Gates">Bill Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Allen" title="Paul Allen">Paul Allen</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Board of directors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Satya_Nadella" title="Satya Nadella">Satya Nadella</a> (Chairman and CEO)</li> <li><a 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Rodriguez">Carlos A. Rodriguez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Scharf" title="Charles Scharf">Charles Scharf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Stanton" title="John W. Stanton">John W. Stanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Thompson" title="John W. Thompson">John W. 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Smith</a> (CLO)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Shum" title="Harry Shum">Harry Shum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phil_Spencer_(business_executive)" title="Phil Spencer (business executive)">Phil Spencer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Hogan" title="Kathleen Hogan">Kathleen Hogan</a> (CPO)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Corporate VPs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Belfiore" title="Joe Belfiore">Joe Belfiore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Rashid" title="Richard Rashid">Richard Rashid</a> (SVP)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Cernuda" title="César Cernuda">César Cernuda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Employee groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Global_LGBTQIA%2B_Employee_%26_Allies_at_Microsoft" title="Global LGBTQIA+ Employee & Allies at Microsoft">Global LGBTQIA+ Employee & Allies at Microsoft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_and_unions" title="Microsoft and unions">Microsoft and unions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Products</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_hardware" title="Microsoft hardware">Hardware</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Azure_Kinect" title="Azure Kinect">Azure Kinect</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_HoloLens" title="Microsoft 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Navision Attain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/F_Sharp_(programming_language)" title="F Sharp (programming language)">F#</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Visual_Programming_Language" title="Microsoft Visual Programming Language">MVPL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Power_Fx" title="Microsoft Power Fx">Power Fx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PowerShell" title="PowerShell">PowerShell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Q_Sharp" title="Q Sharp">Q#</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transact-SQL" title="Transact-SQL">Transact-SQL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TypeScript" title="TypeScript">TypeScript</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Visual_J%2B%2B" title="Visual J++">Visual J++</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Visual_J_Sharp" title="Visual J Sharp">Visual J#</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Web properties</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Azure" title="Microsoft Azure">Azure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Bing" title="Microsoft Bing">Bing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Copilot" title="Microsoft Copilot">Copilot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GitHub" title="GitHub">GitHub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Learn" title="Microsoft Learn">Learn</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Channel_9_(Microsoft)" title="Channel 9 (Microsoft)">Channel 9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Developer_Network" title="Microsoft Developer Network">Developer Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_TechNet" title="Microsoft TechNet">TechNet</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LinkedIn" title="LinkedIn">LinkedIn</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/LinkedIn_Learning" title="LinkedIn Learning">LinkedIn Learning</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MSN" title="MSN">MSN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outlook.com" title="Outlook.com">Outlook.com</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Store" title="Microsoft Store">Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Translator" title="Microsoft Translator">Translator</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Company</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Conferences</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Build" title="Microsoft Build">Build</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Ignite" title="Microsoft Ignite">Ignite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Inspire" title="Microsoft Inspire">Inspire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MIX_(Microsoft)" title="MIX (Microsoft)">MIX</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Professional_Developers_Conference" title="Professional Developers Conference">PDC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windows_Hardware_Engineering_Conference" title="Windows Hardware Engineering Conference">WinHEC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Divisions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/.NET_Foundation" title=".NET Foundation">.NET Foundation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Digital_Crimes_Unit" title="Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit">Digital Crimes Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_engineering_groups" title="Microsoft engineering groups">Engineering groups</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Mobile" title="Microsoft Mobile">Mobile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skype_Technologies" title="Skype Technologies">Skype unit</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microsoft_Gaming" title="Microsoft Gaming">Gaming</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Activision_Blizzard" 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