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Microsoft Hires Chief Scientist for Live Search

Written by Doug Coleman / March 26, 2009 8:11 PM / 1 Comments

Microsoft_logo.jpgA spokeswoman from Microsoft confirmed today that it has hired former Yahoo! Search executive Jan Pederson to be its new Chief Scientist of Live Search.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Pederson was Chief Scientist of Search and Advertising at Yahoo! since 2003. Before that he was Chief Scientist at A9.com. He received his PhD in Statistics from Stanford University in 1990 and holds more than 10 patents. You can learn more about him on his website.


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  1. i want to say some thing "good job"
    Look at the best search engines from one place!

    http://trypu.com

    Posted by: saigeorge | April 1, 2009 1:16 AM



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