Microsoft Corp. officially opened the European Microsoft Innovation Centre (EMIC) today in Aachen, Germany. The facility, located in a leading European technology region, serves as the focal point for Microsoft's European collaborative applied research and development efforts. Microsoft scientists and engineers at EMIC, in conjunction with academia and industry partners, will take part in applied research projects, such as those sponsored by the European Commission (EC), national research programs and national governments in Europe.
EMIC was created to participate in European research and development, which responds to the EC's call for additional private investment to reach the goal of the Lisbon agenda: to become the most competitive knowledge-based economy in the world by 2010.
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