Microsoft Research Cambridge was set up in July 1997 with three researchers. Today over 100 researchers, mostly from Europe, are engaged in computer research at the lab. The city of Cambridge, England, was the clear choice for the location of the facility because of its world-renowned reputation and its rich history as a center of learning.
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Gonthier Earns EADS Foundation Honor In Paris on Nov. 22, Georges Gonthier of Microsoft Research Cambridge was awarded the 2011 EADS Foundation Grand Prize in Computer Science. |
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Silicon Valley’s Kinect Contributions One year after the launch of Kinect, two researchers from Microsoft Research Silicon Valley recall their participation in the work that brought this groundbreaking product to market. |
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Kinect Body Tracking Reaps Renown Work from Microsoft Research Cambridge has proved integral to the skeleton-tracking capabilities of Kinect for Xbox 360, helping that product become a technological sensation. |
Research Groups
Research at the Cambridge facility focuses on the following areas.
From the Managing Director
“Microsoft Research Cambridge is an impressive laboratory conducting leading-edge research that is driven by tough challenges, and by our peoples’ scientific interests. We have made, and continue to make, substantial contributions to the company. Several recent examples include: the functional programming language F#; the body part recognition technology in Kinect for Xbox 360; and the advert prediction algorithm used in Bing. Through the talent of our researchers, and our many collaborative partnerships, we aim to push back the boundaries of computer science, and to enable the creation of software technologies that will help shape the future of society.”
— Professor Andrew Blake, Managing Director, Microsoft Research Cambridge
Why I Work for Microsoft Research Cambridge
Jasmin Fisher — I manage to bridge the gap between theory and lab experiments through very tight collaborations with colleagues in academia and take advantage of the huge talent and world leading computer scientists we have in Microsoft Research. Read more...
Open Research Positions
We are seeking candidates from all areas of Computer Science, including theoretical foundations, human-computer interaction, systems, networking, programming languages, and machine learning. We are also interested in candidates doing research at the frontiers of Computer Science with other disciplines (such as finance, biology, psychology, sociology, etc). We give higher priority to the overall originality and promise of the candidate's work than to the candidate's sub-area of specialization.
To be considered for a position at Microsoft Research Cambridge in 2012 the deadline for completed applications is Friday 17 February.
Careers at Microsoft Research
We are always looking for exceptional researchers, post-docs, and interns. For more information about a career at Microsoft Research Cambridge, see:
- Software Summit 2011
Paris, France ·13–15 April 2011 - F# in Education Workshop
Cambridge, MA, U.S. ·5 November 2010 - BooksOnline 2010
Toronto, Canada ·26 October 2010 - Tractability
Cambridge, U.K. ·5–6 July 2010 - PhD Summer School 2011
Cambridge UK ·27 June–1 July 2011 - Think Computer Science 2011
Cambridge UK ·7 December 2011
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