May 1, 2011

Researcher at Microsoft



Job Category: Research
Location: Egypt, Cairo
Job ID: 752351
Division: Microsoft Research

Title: Researcher
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Lab: Microsoft Innovation Lab, Cairo (CMIC)

CMIC is a Microsoft applied research lab representing the company interest in applied research and development initiatives in the Middle East and Africa. CMIC projects are initiated and self-directed by the staff and are measured by their success in producing new concepts, economic and business value and ultimately in tech transfer into Microsoft products and services.

CMIC is seeking to hire a talented and highly motivated applied researcher in the areas of analytics, machine learning, information retrieval, and data mining. Prior research on Social Networks would be a plus.

Job Responsibilities:
Conduct research in the aforementioned areas.
Engage Microsoft product groups on problems of mutual interest to enhance Microsoft’s product offering.
Work closely with internal CMIC incubation team to aid their charter of delivering highly innovative solutions.
Establish strong collaborations with other researchers inside and outside of Microsoft.
Show community leadership in the area(s) of expertise.

Qualifications:
PhD degree in areas related to information retrieval, data mining, or machine learning (or the equivalent combination of education and experience).
Extensive knowledge and experience in at least two of the following areas: statistics, data analysis, data mining, web mining, machine learning, user modeling, information retrieval, e-metrics/measurement, parallel and distributed computation (three or more areas are preferred).
Experience in analyzing very large real world datasets (esp. web data).
Prior research on Social Networks would be a plus.
Superior communications skills, both verbal and written.
Hands-on approach to data analysis and a strong focus on quality.
Ability to work independently and in a team to develop innovative solutions.
Programming skills and experience (e.g. C/C++/C#/SQL).

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