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Abstract: Who is an intern at Microsoft Research? What do they do? Why should I apply for an Internship? These and other existential questions will be answered! Examples of recent Intern projects will give an insight into the variety and depth of work involved. In brief, Internships are a fantastic opportunity to learn more about research, learn about Microsoft from the inside, work with world-class researcher as mentors and colleagues, and have a great time.

Biography: Peter Key joined Microsoft Research’s European Research Centre in Cambridge, U.K., in 1998 where he is a Principal Researcher, co-leading the Systems and Networking area. He also acts as Intern Tsar! His current research is on multipath routing in wired and wireless networks, home networking, and the economics of networks and of ad-auctions. His other research interests include Distributed Control, Application Performance, Quality of Service and Stochastic Networks.

Prior to joining Microsoft, he was at BT, working in the field of Teletraffic Engineering and Performance Evaluation, where he was involved with the development and introduction of DAR (Dynamic Alternative Routing) into BT’s trunk network. At BT he led a mathematical services group, and 1992 ventured in to ATM to lead performance group. In 1995 he led a Performance Engineering team and then managed the Network Transport area.

He is a Visiting Fellow at the Statistical Laboratory, Cambridge, and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET). In 1999 he was Technical co-chair of the 16th International Teletraffic Congress (ITC) , and Program co-chair for Sigmetrics 2006.