About Microsoft Research Locations

Microsoft Research Redmond was founded on the Microsoft Redmond campus in 1991. To this day, the bulk of Microsoft researchers work out of the Redmond, Washington, campus in building 99. Being near the product teams at Microsoft proved valuable in the early days, and that remains true today. Redmond often hosts researchers from Cambridge, England; Beijing, China; and San Francisco, California who come to collaborate closely with teams and other researchers onsite. Learn more...

Location: Redmond, Washington, U.S.

Established: September 1991

Managing Director: Peter Lee

Microsoft Research Cambridge was founded in 1997 and now numbers over 100 employees. The Cambridge lab conducts basic computer science research on a wide variety of topics, including machine learning, security, information retrieval, operating systems, programming techniques, and networking. Microsoft Research Cambridge maintains close ties to the University of Cambridge and the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory. Learn more...

Location: Cambridge, U.K.

Established: 1997

Managing Director: Andrew Blake

Microsoft Research Asia is founded in Beijing as Microsoft’s fundamental research facility in the Asia Pacific region and expands rapidly. By attracting the best talent from Asia and across the globe, Microsoft Research Asia has grown into a world-class research laboratory with more than 230 researchers and developers and more than 250 visiting scientists and students. Today, the lab conducts basic research in natural user interfaces, next-generation multimedia, data-intensive computing, search and online advertising, and computer science fundamentals. Learn more...

Location: Beijing, China

Established: November 1998

Managing Director: Hsiao-Wuen Hon

Microsoft Research Silicon Valley was founded in August 2001 and now employs about 65 researchers. Our research work focuses on distributed computing and includes privacy, security, protocols, fault-tolerance, large-scale systems, concurrency, computer architecture, Internet search and services, and related theory. Learn more...

Location: Mountain View, California, U.S.

Established: August 2001

Managing Director: Roy Levin

Advanced Technology Labs (ATL) Europe is an advanced technology facility working in the areas of distributed embedded systems, data analytics, and systems assurance. ATL Europe connects closely with European industry to understand and address real-world challenges. By placing an emphasis on industry engagement, ATL Europe seeks to incubate, validate, and deliver technologies that provide substantial, near-term impact. Learn more...

Location: Aachen, Germany

Established: 2003

Managing Director: Bill Dunlap

Microsoft Research India employs about 50 scientists and support staff and hosts a large number of interns each year. The lab conducts long-term basic and applied research in different areas: cryptography, security, and algorithms; digital geographics; mobility, networks, and systems; multilingual systems; rigorous software engineering; and technology for emerging markets. Microsoft Research India also collaborates extensively with research institutions and universities in India and abroad to support scientific progress and innovation. Learn more...

Location: Bangalore, India

Established: January 2005

Managing Director: Dr. P Anandan

Advanced Technology Labs (ATL) Cairo is an applied research lab with focus on explorations and incubations in the areas of natural language, information retrieval, and mobile multimedia, with a high impact potential on Microsoft’s products and services. ATL Cairo leverages its location in Egypt to establish joint applied research programs with leading research institutes in Egypt and the Middle East and to focus its R&D on opportunities to improve the Internet usage experience in the region. Learn more...

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Established: 2006

Managing Director: Hussein Salama

Microsoft Research New England builds on Microsoft’s commitment to collaborate with the broader research community and to advance the state of the art in multiple areas of computing research. The lab, Microsoft Research’s sixth research facility worldwide, pursues new, interdisciplinary areas of research that bring together core computer scientists and social scientists to understand, model, and enable the computing and online experiences of the future. Learn more...

Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

Established: July 2008

Managing Director: Jennifer Chayes

The eXtreme Computing Group (XCG) was formed with the goal of developing radical new approaches to ultrascale and high-performance computing hardware and software, an area of research that the U.S. government has identified as critical for the future. The group's research activities include work in computer security, cryptography, operating system design, parallel programming models, cloud software, data center architectures, specialty hardware accelerators, and quantum computing. Learn more...

Location: Redmond, Washington, U.S.

Established: June 2009

Managing Director: Surajit Chaudhuri

Future Social Experiences (FUSE) Labs was founded as a consolidation of three previously independent research initiatives—the Creative Systems Group, the Startup Lab, and the Rich Media Lab. FUSE Labs is an applied research-and-development team that designs, develops, and releases applications and services that provide new social, real-time, media-rich experiences for home and work, thereby connecting you to the people, information, and ideas that matter most. Learn more...

Location: Redmond, Washington, U.S.

Established: 2009

Managing Director: Lili Cheng