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Australia Development Laboratory
© 2008 IBM Corporation2 30 Sep 2008 | IBM Confidential | Collaborating in Research – IBM Research in Action
“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we
created them.”
Albert Einstein
IBM Deep Computing
© 2003 IBM Corporation3
IBM Research Defined
IBM Research is a $5 Billion IBM funded agency with over 3200 scientists and technologist actively performing research in 8 IBM Research labs and over 100 IBM Development Labs around the globe in collaboration with research partners to solve real world problems .
IBM researchers have been recognised with five Nobel laureates, seven U.S. National Medals of Technology, five National Medals of Science and 21 memberships in the National Academy of Sciences
Australia Development Laboratory
© 2008 IBM Corporation4 30 Sep 2008 | IBM Confidential | Collaborating in Research – IBM Research in Action
Australia Development Laboratory8 Major Locations
Gold CoastTivoli SecurityLab Services
Perth(2 locations)Tivoli ABSMNetcoolSystem zLab Services
Sydney(3 locations)Dev: WCMSupport: DB2, Informix, U2, Ascential, FileNet, MRO, Rational, TivoliLab Services
CanberraLinux PowerLinux CellVirtual WorldsFile SystemsLab Services
MelbourneUbiquityLab Services
IBM Deep Computing
© 2003 IBM Corporation5
IBM Research Strategy Refined
IBM/ Saudi Arabia Nanotechnology Collaboratory Launched on 26 February 2008
The two sides plan to develop technologies for solar energy and water desalinization. The Saudis chose IBM because of its expertise. IBM scientists won a Nobel Prize in 1986 for nanotech breakthroughs, and they're leaders in developing new nanotech materials. "We want to work with the best in the field," says Turki Saud Al-Saud, vice-president for Research Institutes in King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology.
Big Blue Goes for the Big WinIBM's director of R&D is shifting the tech giant's focus—and making a
few enormous bets
The other major change Kelly has in the works is overhauling the way IBM does research. Today the tech giant has eight research facilities with 3,200
scientists, and it hasn't opened a new one in a decade. Kelly foresees creating dozens of new joint ventures for research, which he calls "collaboratories,"
with countries, companies, and independent research outfits.
"Great ideas are springing up everywhere, and we need to shift from focusing on large brick-and-mortar operations to having a much more collaborative outreach program."
IBM Deep Computing
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Life Sciences (Solving the Problem)
Project Checkmate seeks to model mutations and interactions between avian flu and human influenza to determine strains that could cause an epidemic:
• Before the epidemic occurs.• In time to produce vaccine to avoid the epidemic.
Project Checkmate is a collaboration between IBM Research and the Scripps Institute.
Identify anticipatedantigen and antibody
usingIBM technology
IBM Deep Computing
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The first objective of the Blue Brain is to create a cellular level, software replica of the Neocortical Column for real-time simulations.
Blue Brain will search for:• New insights into how human beings think and
remember.• How specific defects in our circuitry may contribute to
autism, schizophrenia and Parkinson's.
With Blue Brain, research that used to require several years of lab work can be done in a matter of days or minutes – using Blue Gene.
A project of Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
Life Sciences (Making the Connection)
IBM Deep Computing
© 2003 IBM Corporation8
Life Sciences (Being Bold)
Blue Fern is used for:• Modeling blood flow to the brain to better understand
prevention and diagnosis of strokes• Modeling Auto-regulation in the Kidney
News
Global supercomputer rankings: UC in the Top 100
2nd July 2007
The University of Canterbury's new IBM Blue Gene supercomputer officially recognised as one of the 100 most powerful supercomputers in the world.
UC gains Southern Hemisphere research advantage
31 May 2007
The University of Canterbury will be the first research institution in the Southern Hemisphere to have an IBM Blue Gene supercomputer, putting it among elite research-led universities such as Harvard University, Princeton University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States.
Supercomputer takes up residence at UC
20 June 2006
The most powerful scientific research computer in the Southern Hemisphere has just been installed in the University of Canterbury's College of Engineering building.