European Microsoft Innovation Center (EMIC), Germany

The European Microsoft Innovation Center (EMIC) is one of four facilities dedicated to product innovation and research that Microsoft has established in Europe. EMIC is unique to Microsoft in its focus on applied research and its contribution to European Commission and other public-sector research programs.

The mission of EMIC is to take part in open and collaborative innovation with academia and industry partners, through R&D programs such as those sponsored by the European Commission, and to transfer the results to society through enhanced systems, products and standards.

EMIC’s applied research falls into three areas: Security and Privacy, Wireless technologies, and Web services; focusing on three technology

platforms: Enterprise computing, Embedded devices, and Extended home.

The goal of applied research at EMIC is to convert, in collaboration with partners, innovative ideas into technologies useful for society as a whole - typically within a period of 3 to 6 years.

EMIC benefits from its access to the collective Microsoft knowledge base and thereby strengthens the value of its contribution to collaborative projects. EMIC scientists and engineers engage actively with Microsoft Research, as well as Microsoft product development groups.

In addition to EMIC, Microsoft research and development centers in Europe include the following: Microsoft Research Cambridge, United Kingdom, focusing on fundamental research; European Microsoft Product Development Center in Dublin, Ireland, focusing on product localization; and the Center for software development in Vedbaek, Denmark.