Microsoft has snagged Peter Lee, a prominent security researcher with expertise in software security and reliability, to head its research division.
Lee, who most recently worked for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, will take over as the managing director of Microsoft Research (MSR) later this year. Datamation has the story.
Microsoft said this week it has hired a former government researcher to head the Redmond labs contingent of its basic research organization, Microsoft Research (MSR).
In addition, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is expanding its New England Research and Development (NERD) facilities in Cambridge, Mass.