Craig Mundie kicks off Microsoft Research’s global 20th anniversary celebration in Beijing

Craig Mundie, Microsoft chief research and strategy officer, kicked off Microsoft Research’s global 20th anniversary events at Microsoft Research Asia in Beijing, China. He described how latest advances in areas such as natural user interfaces, machine learning, and big data will bring about a new era in computing. As one example of how Microsoft Research helps fuel the core businesses of Microsoft, he announced one of the latest technology transfers, “Tiger,” the next-generation index serving platform for Bing.