Microsoft Research Asia

Microsoft Research Asia appears in Momenta IPO后再访曹旭东：就是想做没有尽头的AI as a formative research environment for Cao Xudong. Cao says he worked in Sun Jian’s group there and shifted from a more theoretical and logical style toward paying attention to experiments, phenomena, and results that did not match his expectations.

The source uses MSRA less as an institution history and more as part of Cao’s training path into Momenta: statistical learning, computer vision, experiment discipline, product pressure at SenseTime, and later autonomous-driving commercialization become linked stages rather than separate biographical facts.

Connections

• Cao Xudong - researcher and founder whose method the source traces through MSRA.
• Sun Jian - group leader Cao credits for shaping his experimental style.
• SenseTime and Momenta - later AI commercialization environments in Cao’s path.
• Research Taste and AI Organization Design - broader wiki concepts around turning research judgment into organization-level execution.