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Microsoft Digital Advertising Lab
In the Microsoft Digital Advertising Lab, we are responsible for conducting applied research and providing data mining services for Microsoft online advertising monetization strategies and their execution worldwide.

We need researchers educated and practiced in data mining, machine learning and information retrieval to be able to perform applied research for cutting edge technologies in collaboration with various business and research units within Microsoft.

These are exciting and challenging positions, providing successful candidates opportunities to solve high impact business-related data mining problems, and to be part of a first-class research and analysis team at the forefront of the industry.

Core Job Responsibilities:
Successful candidates will

• Conduct applied research in the online ad targeting area using data mining, information retrieval and machine learning methodologies
• Research and experiment on new technologies in the text/content mining, classification, forecasting, and/or collaborative filtering areas
• Work on projects which may include algorithm and methodology research, prototyping, tool evaluation, model development and deployment
• Serve or grow into subject matter expert on solving data mining related research problems for ad targeting needs in Microsoft

• Extensive knowledge and/or education in text/content mining, classification, forecasting and/or collaborative filtering
• Preferred experience solving online ad targeting business problems using data mining and information retrieval techniques on large real-world business data sets
• Broad experience with various data analysis tools, data mining tools and statistical packages
• Familiarity with relational databases and OLAP
• Superior communications skills, both verbal and written
• Ability to work independently and in a team to research innovative solutions to challenging technical and business problems
• Attention to detail and data accuracy
• Good scripting and rapid prototyping skills, i.e. preferred fluency in the following: SQL, Perl, C#
• MS degree or PhD (preferred) in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, or equivalent is required for this position