Jaime Teevan
Jaime Teevan is Microsoft’s Chief Scientist and Technical Fellow, whose research connects AI with how people search, collaborate, and work. She studied computer science at Yale and MIT, then joined Microsoft Research and co-wrote a book on collaborative web search. Her work includes Bing’s first personalized search algorithm, microproductivity in Office, a report on pandemic-era work, and M365 Copilot. She became Microsoft’s first chief scientist, won the Anita Borg Early Career Award, earned ACM Fellowship, and joined TIME’s 2023 AI 100.
Timeline
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1998–2010
From Yale to Microsoft Research
She earned a BS in computer science from Yale in 1998 and a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from MIT in 2007. After joining Microsoft Research in 2006, she focused on personalized search. With Meredith Ringel Morris, she co-wrote the 2010 book Collaborative Web Search: Who, What, Where, When, and Why? about searching together.
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2014–2018
From award to chief scientist
CRA-W named her the 2014 winner of the Anita Borg Early Career Award. Microsoft made her its first chief scientist in 2018.
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2021
Researching the future of work
She co-authored The New Future of Work, a report that synthesizes Microsoft research on the pandemic’s effect on work practices.
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2022
An ACM fellowship
The Association for Computing Machinery named her a Fellow in its 2022 class.
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2023
A place on TIME’s AI list
Time named her one of its 100 most influential people in AI.
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As of October 2026
AI in everyday work
She is Chief Scientist and Technical Fellow at Microsoft, driving research-backed innovation in its core products. Her research includes Bing’s first personalized search algorithm and microproductivity in Office. At Microsoft, her work also includes the creation of M365 Copilot, which integrates AI into the company’s suite of tools.
Sources and credits
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- iSchool Directory | Information School | University of Washington
- Researcher Teevan Wins Borg Early Career Award - Microsoft Research
- Collaborative Web Search: Who, What, Where, When, and Why? - Microsoft Research
- Microsoft’s Chief Scientist on AI’s Untapped Potential
- The New Future of Work: Research from Microsoft into the Pandemic’s Impact on Work Practices - Microsoft Research
- Jaime Teevan at Microsoft Research
- Jaime Teevan, ’98 BS, PhD | Yale University
- Jaime Teevan at Microsoft Research