Mathematics

Microsoft Research provides a dynamic environment for research careers with a network of world-class research labs led by globally-recognized scientists and engineers. Our researchers and engineers pursue innovation in a range of scientific and technical disciplines to help solve complex challenges in diverse fields, including computing, healthcare, economics, and the environment. Job number: 756993

The Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection team, jointly with Microsoft Research, is offering a research internship this year with a focus on identifying malicious behavior in computer networks using anomaly detection and statistics on graphs. In short: we’re finding bad behavior using math. This intern will join a team of excellent statisticians, mathematicians, computer scientists and threat researchers who conduct research into new algorithms that can be used to help protect our customers. Job number:…

Promoting research that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries is a core strength and enduring value of Microsoft Research New England. Researchers in our lab were trained in diverse academic departments, including computer science, economics, media studies, mathematics, statistics, and others. We seek applicants in Microsoft Research New England (Cambridge, MA) for full-time positions that build on and extend the lab’s strengths as well as those who can foster new connections between them. Microsoft Research offers an…

Microsoft Research New England has a twelve-week research intern position available in mathematics for the summer of 2020, with Henry Cohn as mentor. Eligible applicants include graduate students in mathematics or closely related fields, exceptionally knowledgeable and experienced undergraduates, or students starting their graduate program in the fall. Job number: 749422

The Computational Social Science group at Microsoft Research NYC is actively seeking qualified interns to join us in advancing the state-of-the-art in computational social science and online experimentation. The ideal applicant will possess awareness of the theoretical and experimental social science literature, experience with experimental design, as well as demonstrated statistics and computer programming expertise. Job number: 742690

The Machine Learning and Optimization Group in Microsoft Research AI (MSR AI) seeks exceptional postdocs who are passionate about developing the next generation of principled machine learning and optimization algorithms. Applicants must have a demonstrated ability for independent research and a strong academic publication record in machine learning algorithms or optimization algorithms. Job number: 737250

The Machine Learning and Optimization Group in Microsoft Research AI (MSR AI) seeks exceptional researchers who are passionate about developing the next generation of principled machine learning and optimization algorithms. Applicants must have a demonstrated ability for independent research and a strong academic publication record in machine learning algorithms or optimization algorithms. Job number: 737251

The Machine Learning and Optimization group in MSR AI focuses on designing new algorithms to enable the next generation of AI systems and applications and on answering foundational questions in learning, optimization, algorithms, and mathematics. Our main research areas include statistical and online learning, convex and non-convex optimization, combinatorial optimization and its applications in AI, statistics, and probability. Additionally, our engineering arm builds world-class machine learning and optimization systems. Research interns will work with our…

The Cryptography and Privacy Research Group at Microsoft Research seeks to hire researchers with a passion for solving the important problems of ensuring privacy and security in today’s fast-evolving world of technology and AI. Job number: 732268