Microsoft at SOSP 2024

Systems research at Microsoft

Discover the diverse and interdisciplinary systems work at Microsoft, where research and product teams innovate and drive progress across various fields. Explore more about each team below.

Microsoft Research

Microsoft Research unites global interdisciplinary teams to advance systems research and foster impactful collaborations with academia and product teams for the benefit of customers, community, and society. By bringing together expertise in systems, networking, programming languages, machine learning, security, and privacy, Microsoft Research innovates on cloud, AI, and datacenter infrastructure. Their focus is on developing solutions that are sustainable, reliable, efficient, and secure.

Team members attending SOSP 2024: Richard Black, Burcu Canakci, Ying Cao, Chris Hawblitzel, Changho Hwang, Jay Lorch, Shan Lu, Lingxiao Ma, Dushyanth Narayanan, Suman Nath, Kaushik Rajan, Ant Rowstron, Aashaka Shah

Azure Research

Azure Research conducts world-class research relevant to Azure. The Security and Privacy group focuses on cloud security and privacy, shaping Microsoft’s products and services through research on secure distributed computing, privacy-preserving AI, software security, and verified cryptography. Meanwhile, the Systems group enhances the cost efficiency of Microsoft’s online services and datacenters by exploring chip-to-datacenter power management, efficient AI infrastructure, sustainability, resource optimization, next-generation cloud platforms, and AI-driven systems, driving technological innovation and operational efficiency for Azure.

Team members attending SOSP 2024: Daniel Berger, Manuel Costa, Rodrigo Fonseca

M365 Research

M365 Research is dedicated to pioneering advancements in AI and systems, driving the transfer of innovative technologies into our products, establishing Microsoft’s leadership in the industry. We are doing cutting edge research leveraging our deep understanding of workloads combining algorithmic research with AI/ML techniques and hardware innovation to provide a step function improvement in efficiency and reliability enabling us to deliver best in class productivity experiences.

Team members attending SOSP 2024: Srikant Bharadwaj, Saravan Rajmohan, Renee St Amant