Redmond-based Microsoft will be opening a new research lab in New York City. To work on the new lab are a solid, well-experienced group of scientists who have been formerly working for Yahoo. Apparently, the team of scientists, all of 15 of them, was absorbed by Microsoft following the shedding of 2,000 employees – at Yahoo last month. The team includes researchers like Duncan Watts (online social behavior), John Langford (machine learning), and David Pennock (prediction markets).
Ubergizmo, Yahoo scientists heading to new Microsoft research lab in New York
