Microsoft to invest $1 billion to Moscow University research center
Microsoft has unveiled its plans to invest $1 billion in the creation of a research center on the basis of the Lomonosov Moscow State University (MGU)
Apr 11, 2014
The future center will have two laboratories, one dealing with big data processing and visualization, the other – with computer vision systems.
"Investments in MGU’s projects will enable Microsoft Research to advance its R&D activities in Russia," said Dmitry Khalin, Microsoft Russia Chief Technology Officer.
The laboratory of MGU’s Department of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics currently works on ChronoZoom (visualization chronology), FetchClimate (climate database starting from 1900) and Distribution Modeller (modelling of ecosystems’ behavior) projects using Microsoft Azure, Visual Studio 2013, Team Foundation Server and other Microsoft products.
Cooperation between Microsoft and MGU goes back to the early 1990s. About 10,000 MGU students and post-graduate students have participated in joint projects and events over the past years.
In 2013, Microsoft established an independent legal entity, OOO Microsoft Development Center Rus, specializing in software engineering.
"The Development Center is a logical continuation of Microsoft activities conducted in partnership with our best domestic programmers. The center was devised as a prospective branch inside the already existing structure, and it has proven to be effective - the number of programmers has grown to 200 and their projects have become more significant," Microsoft Russia President Nikolai Pryanishnikov said.
"Investments in MGU’s projects will enable Microsoft Research to advance its R&D activities in Russia," said Dmitry Khalin, Microsoft Russia Chief Technology Officer.
The laboratory of MGU’s Department of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics currently works on ChronoZoom (visualization chronology), FetchClimate (climate database starting from 1900) and Distribution Modeller (modelling of ecosystems’ behavior) projects using Microsoft Azure, Visual Studio 2013, Team Foundation Server and other Microsoft products.
Cooperation between Microsoft and MGU goes back to the early 1990s. About 10,000 MGU students and post-graduate students have participated in joint projects and events over the past years.
In 2013, Microsoft established an independent legal entity, OOO Microsoft Development Center Rus, specializing in software engineering.
"The Development Center is a logical continuation of Microsoft activities conducted in partnership with our best domestic programmers. The center was devised as a prospective branch inside the already existing structure, and it has proven to be effective - the number of programmers has grown to 200 and their projects have become more significant," Microsoft Russia President Nikolai Pryanishnikov said.