Systems & networking
Researching and inventing new technologies for next-generation infrastructures and platforms for sensors, devices and the cloud.
Publication
Capybara: Microsecond-Scale Live TCP Migration
Microsoft Research Blog
A fail-in-place approach for sustainable server operations
Managing server failures at the scale of a cloud platform is challenging. The Hyrax fail-in-place approach reduces the need for immediate repairs and creates a path toward lowering water consumption and carbon emissions in cloud…
Group
Data Systems
The Data Systems group at Microsoft Research works on problems in data management. Our current areas of focus include infrastructure for large-scale cloud database systems, storage and indexing in key-value stores and vector databases, leveraging modern…
Project
CRAFT: Creative Robotics and Future Technologies
Microsoft’s data-centre footprint is expanding rapidly to meet the growing global demand for compute and storage. Our team is exploring the potential of automation and robotics to enhance the sustainability, efficiency, and reliability of the…
Project
Copilots for Specialized Domains
Adapting foundation models to specialized domains like 5G to enable a conversational artificial intelligence tool for information synthesis of wireless communication specifications. Existing approaches to understanding, developing and researching modern wireless communication technologies involves time-intensive…