An Overview of Microsoft Research Silicon Valley

In this talk we will give a brief description of the organization of Microsoft Research and its role in Microsoft. In particular, we will discuss some of the on-going projects in MSR Silicon Valley lab, the newest lab of Microsoft Research which focuses on distributed system research. These projects range from anti-spam to specification and verification to distributed storage systems. MSR-SV is constantly looking for talented people and we hope this talk will give prospect candidates a picture of the on-going research activities in MSR-SV