Microsoft to Open India Research Lab

Microsoft has announced plans to open its third research facility outside the United States, selecting Bangalore, India as the new locale. The Bangalore lab is scheduled to open in January and will employ about two-dozen scientists, interns and support staff the company said. Microsoft Research has had a presence in India since 2001 working with universities, and the new lab will build upon these relationships while investigating multilingual systems, technologies for emerging markets, geographical information systems, and sensor networks.