Microsoft Egypt
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History
Microsoft established a branch in Egypt in 1995 as an office representative, becoming a limited liability companyLimited liability company
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in 1997.
CMIC
Microsoft launched the Cairo Microsoft Innovation Center in September, 2007. It is located in the Smart Village near CairoCairo
Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...
. Its mission is to work on concept-level research problems that are relatively short to market.. It is headed by Tarek El-Abbadi, a long time Program Manager at the Microsoft Redmond office.
The CMIC mission is to foster an environment of innovation in the Arab region that leverages local talent and collaborative research to incubate and develop strategic technologies that enable novel local experiences and pave the way for Microsoft
Microsoft
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opportunities. The success measure is the impact of research and incubations both on Microsoft
Microsoft
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's products and on the people in the Arab region. CMIC strive to provide the people in Arab region with technologies that enable them to fully utilize the computers and the Internet to fulfill their personal and business needs. To accomplish these objectives, CMIC have zoomed in on three key R&D areas that have the highest potential of impacting the region: Natural Language Processing (NLP)
Natural language processing
Natural language processing is a field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human languages; it began as a branch of artificial intelligence....
, Digital Content Services (DCS), and Mobile Multimedia. These areas have also been picked due to the high potential of transferring our R & D in these areas into real Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
products.
CMIC team is leading the effort to enable Microsoft's Decision Engine, Bing
Bing
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(www.bing.com) in the Arab Region. Our efforts include solving issues that are specific to Arabic search and monitoring and enhancing the quality of the Arabic index.
Citizenship
As an industry leader and the world's largest software company, MicrosoftMicrosoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
has a global obligation to act as a responsible member of the international community and as a conscientious corporate citizen. Whether it is complying with local laws and regulations, demonstrating ethical business standards,mitigating risks to the environment, or protecting human rights, Microsoft
Microsoft
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is committed to leading the way in corporate social responsibility.