Google Research
Summary¶
Google Research is the technology research division of Google, specializing in computer science, machine learning, and natural language processing. The division focuses on long-term, open-domain scientific research and collaborative projects with academic institutions. Researchers from Google Research co-developed Empirical Research Assistance (ERA), an AI system designed to automatically optimize scientific software (as of 2026-05-19).
Research Areas¶
Google Research spans numerous computing and scientific domains: - Machine Learning Foundations: Developing large-scale neural network architectures and optimizing training and inference methods. - AI-Driven Scientific Discovery: Building tools to assist researchers in modeling complex systems, such as weather forecasting and epidemiological simulation. - Natural Language Processing: Creating language models that support multi-modal inputs, code execution, and reasoning tasks.
Citations¶
- Google Research Website: https://research.google (as of 2026-07-19)
- Key Publication: Aygün, E., et al. (2026). An AI system to help scientists write expert-level empirical software. Nature, 654, 909–915. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-026-10658-6. Source paper: s41586-026-10658-6.pdf