Emre Kıcıman

Head of Research, Frontier Tuning | Partner Research Manager @ Microsoft

Seattle, Washington, United States

About

I am a Partner Research Manager at Microsoft, where I lead research efforts in Copilot Tuning related to model innovations and their applications to productivity scenarios. My research interests span causal inference, machine learning, and AI’s implications for people and society. See https://kiciman.org/ for publications, talks, and other details.

Experience

  • Microsoft (20 yrs 11 mos)
    • Head of Research, Copilot Tuning | Partner Research Manager
      Sep 2025 - Present · 10 mos

    • Researcher (Senior, Principal, Senior Principal, Partner)
      Aug 2005 - Present · 20 yrs 11 mos

    • Head of Research, Copilot Tuning | Senior Principal Research Manager
      Aug 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Microsoft Research (19 yrs 1 mo)
    • Senior Principal Research Manager
      Apr 2024 - Aug 2024 · 5 mos

      AI for Industry Research Team

    • Researcher (Senior, Principal, Senior Principal)
      Aug 2005 - Aug 2024 · 19 yrs 1 mo

  • PhD Student at Computer Science, Dept. Stanford University
    Sep 1999 - Sep 2005 · 6 yrs 1 mo

    http://www.stanford.edu/~emrek/

  • Intern at Amazon.com
    2003 - 2005 · 2 yrs

    Built machine learning models for application-level fault detection as part of my PhD