People

Research at Google is an Engineering organization unlike any other. Because so much of what we do hasn't been done before, the line between research and product development is wonderfully blurred. The engineer is often engaged in research and the researcher in real-world systems.

We deploy small teams to test new ideas through large-scale experiments on real data, and shift strategy accordingly. What we discover affects the world both through better Google products and services, and through the dissemination of our findings by the broader academic research community. We value each kind of impact, and often the most successful projects achieve both.

The people who comprise Research at Google also actively share their research through publication in conventional scientific journals and through other venues such as industry forums, standards bodies, and open source software and product feature releases.