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Innovation Abounds at Microsoft Research

Since Microsoft Corporation established it in 1991, Microsoft Research has become one of the largest, fastest-growing, most respected software research organizations in the world. Its distinguished researchers and scientists help shape the computing experience of millions of people worldwide, with innovations that enhance virtually every product Microsoft now releases. These innovations have fueled scores of incremental advances and giant technological leaps. Learn more…

What We Do

Research Areas: Learn about our areas of interestGroups: See how our researchers work collaborativelyPeople: Meet the people at Microsoft ResearchProjects: See what our researchers are working onPublications: Read publications written by our researchersDownloads: Try out our latest software

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Worldwide Locations

Today Microsoft Research has more than 800 researchers, including some of the world’s finest computer scientists, sociologists, psychologists, mathematicians, physicists and engineers, working across more than 55 areas of research. Although most of its researchers are based at Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., headquarters, Microsoft Research has expanded globally to ensure it can attract the richest pool of talent.

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