Seminar

In this talk we will give a brief description of the organization of Microsoft Research and its role in Microsoft. In particular, we will discuss some of the on-going projects in MSR Silicon Valley lab, the newest lab of Microsoft Research which focuses on distributed system research.

Microsoft is building a next-generation compiler infrastructure that will be the basis for Microsoft's product compilers and other programming tools and a research platform as well. This project, code-named Phoenix, is a joint effort between the Developer Platforms Division and Microsoft Research.

This talk will describe the goals, design, and current status of two projects named Boxwood and Koh-i-Noor that are in progress at Microsoft Research in Silicon Valley.

Boxwood is exploring the design and implementation of persistent, distributed, and fault-tolerant B-Trees.