Advancing the State of the Art: 20th Anniversary and Beyond

September 26, 2011

At Microsoft Research, we are celebrating over 20 years of turning ideas into products that continuously improve the way people interact with technology. We advance the state of the art in computer science through exploration and new approaches to solve large, complex problems.

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