Although most of its researchers are based at Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., headquarters, Microsoft Research has expanded globally, with labs and centers in six locations.
Where We're Located
Microsoft Research Labs
Microsoft Research Centers
Collaborative Institutes
About Microsoft Research Labs
Microsoft Research Asia is Microsoft’s basic research arm in Asia-Pacific region. Since its founding in November 1998, Microsoft Research Asia has attracted over 100 top-caliber researchers and scientists from all over the world, supplemented by a Post-Doc research center and over 200 visiting researchers and students. We perform leading-edge research on advanced user interface, networking and wireless, next-generation multimedia, and Asian information processing technologies.
Location: Beijing, China
Established: November 1998
Managing Director: Hsiao-Wuen Hon
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.
Location: Cambridge, U.K.
Established: 1997
Managing Director: Andrew Herbert
Microsoft Research India was established in January 2005 in Bangalore. The lab 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
Microsoft Research New England, located at the Microsoft New England Research & Development Center, was founded in July of 2008. It 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, will pursue 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.
Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Established: July 2008
Managing Director: Jennifer Chayes
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.
Location: Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Established: September 1991
Managing Director: Rico Malvar
Microsoft Research Silicon Valley Located in Mountain View, California, Microsoft Research Silicon Valley was founded in August 2001 and now employs about50 researchers. Our research work focuses on distributed omputing and includes privacy, security, protocols, fault-tolerance, large-scale systems, the Web, concurrency, computer architecture and related theory.
Location: Mountain View, California, U.S.
Established: August 2001
Managing Director: Roy Levin
About Microsoft Research Centers
Cairo Microsoft Innovation Center The Microsoft Innovation Lab in Cairo (CMIC) is a Microsoft group representing the company interest in applied research and development initiatives in the Middle East and Africa. CMIC projects are initiated and self directed by the staff and are measured by their success in producing new concepts, economic and business value and ultimately in tech transfer into Microsoft products and services.
European Microsoft Innovation Center Founded in 2003 in Germany, the European Microsoft Innovation Center (EMIC) in Aachen is one of Microsoft’s facilities in Europe dedicated to collaborative research and technology development. The laboratory is unique to Microsoft in its focus on collaborative applied research and technology development and in its goal of contributing to the public research programs of the European Commission and the German Government.
eXtreme Computing Group The eXtreme Computing Group (XCP) was formed in June of 2009 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.
Location: Redmond, Washington, U.S.
Established: June 2009
Managing Director: Dan Reed
