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IBM Research - Zurich:From Atoms to Big Data Analytics

Transforming IBM into the “Cognitive Solutions and Cloud

Platform” Company

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IBM invested

$5.2B on R&D in

2015

More than 3,000

scientists and

engineers

World's largest information

technology research

organization

2015 US Patent Leadership: 23 Years and Counting

- Established in 1956

- 45+ different nationalities

- Open Collaboration:- Horizon2020: 30 funded projects and +200

partners

- Two Nobel Prizes (1986 and 1987)

- Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Centre opened in 2011 (Public Private Partnership with ETH Zürich and EMPA)

- 9 European Research Council Grants

IBM Research - Zurich

Major Historic Accomplishments

How do clients gain access to our Research and IP?

Big Data Analytics

Atoms

Scientific Departments

Cognitive Computing &

Industry Solutions

Cloud & Computing

Infrastructure

Science & Technology

Scientific DepartmentsServices

Research

Business

OptimizationCognitive

Systems

Cognitive

Computing &

Industry

Solutions Foundations of

Cognitive

Solutions

Security &

Privacy

Analytics

Solutions

Scientific DepartmentsI/O Link

Technology

Storage for

Big Data

Cloud &

Computing

Infrastructure

Accelerator

Technologies

Non-Volatile

Memory

Systems

Cloud Server

Technologies

Cloud

Storage &

Security

Memory and

Cognitive

Technologies

Scientific DepartmentsSmart

System

IntegrationBinnig and

Rohrer

Nanotechnology

Center

Science

&

Technology

Quantum

Technology

Materials

Integration &

Nanoscale

Devices

Precision

Diagnostics

Neuromorphic

Devices and

Systems

Physics of

Nanoscale

Systems

New Areas of Focus in Zurich

Systems Biology Quantum Computing and

Neuromorphic Computing

Cloud Delivery Internet of Things

Edge Computing, Wearables, CognitiveBlockchain for the Enterprise, Cold Storage,

PowerCeph, I3: I/O for Instant Insights, Z2C,

PASIR, TSS

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Mobile SocialCloud Analytics

Research Supporting IBM Strategic Imperatives

Security

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360 degree view of B2B

clients using analytics and

industry specific Key

Performance Indicator (KPI)

in real time. Combines

internal sales data with

external data services like

Hoovers, Reuters and

Yahoo/Google Finance.

WATSON COMPANY ANALYZER

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A long-range, low-data-rate

communications

infrastructure that needs

fewer base stations to serve

more simple devices like

online smoke detectors,

temperature sensors or smart

electrical heating controllers.

LONG RANGE SIGNALING & CONTROL

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IBM scientists first to

distinguish individual

molecular bonds. Recently, ,

they have observed a

fascinating molecular

rearrangement reaction

known as a Bergman

cyclisation.

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY

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Five-year collaboration with

ASTRON to research

extremely fast, but low-power

exascale computer systems

targeted for the international

Square Kilometre Array

(SKA), the world’s largest

and most sensitive radio

telescope.

SQUARE KILOMETER ARRAY (DOME)

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“A Datacenter the size of a

pizza box” - 64-bit, 2U rack

with 1,536 cores and 3,072

thread microserver is being

built to handle petabytes of

data.

133 mm

55 mm

HOT WATER µSERVER

Copper Cooling

Plate/Heat Spreader

Processor Chip

Power Inductors

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Simulates and optimizes the

total value stream of a multi-

echelon production chain

including capturing

operational processes in all

significant details such as

stochasticity of yields and

production times, multi-

sourcing, concurrent Push &

Pull logic and complex bill of

material structures.

MULTI-ECHELON SIMULATION & OPTIMIZATION (MESO)

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IBM's state-of-the-art all-flash

array with industry leading

performance and reliability.

The FS900 is the product of

tight collaboration between

Flash engineers and

Research scientists. The ZRL

team played a fundamental

role in architecting and

implementing key algorithms

at the core of the FS900.

FLASHSYSTEM 900

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Can be configured to connect to one or more clouds (public, private, or hybrid), adds enterprise features, including; encryption, integrity, and resiliency, it’s transparent to General Parallel File System (GPFS) and manages keys/metadata.

CLOUD OF CLOUDS TOOLKIT

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GORDON BELL 2015

Scientists at the University

of Texas at Austin, IBM

Research, New York

University and the

California Institute of

Technology have been

awarded the 2015 Gordon

Bell Prize for realistically

simulating the dynamics of

Earth’s interior. The team’s

work could herald a major

step toward better

understanding of

earthquakes and volcanic

activity.

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Parked cars with sensors

and cameras can help with

security

Parked cars in large cities

can provide more eyes to

find Alzheimer's patients

Parked cars with sensors

can detect gas leaks before

humans

Parked Cars as a Service

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The protocol distributes

information required for the

password verification

process over multiple

servers such that attackers

have to compromise all

involved servers

simultaneously to

compromise the passwords.

DISTRIBUTED PASSWORD VERIFICATION

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A smart energy grid on the

Danish island of Bornholm

that will allow smart devices

to use renewable electricity

based on near real-time

pricing and availability.

ECOGRID 2.0

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Developing secure multi-

party transactions via

tokenization, digital identity &

digital signatures for

industrial grade blockchain

applications spanning from

banking, insurance and the

supply chain.

BLOCKCHAIN FOR THE ENTERPRISE

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Design intelligent service

systems that use data and

analytics as the basis for

understanding and

implementing ongoing

improvements in the

efficiency and effectiveness

of services - server

decommissioning and

migration, incident reduction,

and services automation.

SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT RESEARCH

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Collaboration to develop a

thermally powered

adsorption heat pump to

relieve the strain on the

power grid on the one hand

and harness heat from

factories, power stations and

cloud data centres centers.

THRIVE PROJECT

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Mobile Security Analytics

empowers enterprises to

gain control over the mobile

landscape in enterprise

networks thanks to a novel

non-intrusive big data and

data mining analytics

approach discovering mobile

devices connected as well as

prioritizing security risk

arising by these devices.

MOBILE NETWORK SECURITY

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IBM Research – Zurich

Flexible, non-contact

microfluidic probe can aid

researchers and pathologists

to investigate critical tissue

samples accurately for

disease diagnostics and

drug discovery. The probe

has been licensed and is

being tested at the

University Hospital Zurich.

MICROFLUIDIC PROBE

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A new record of 123 billion bits

of data per square inch in

areal data density on low-cost

linear magnetic particulate

tape — a significant update to

one of the computer industry's

most resilient, reliable and

affordable data storage

technologies.

TAPE: 123 BILLION BITS OF BIG DATA

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For the first time, scientists

at IBM Research have

demonstrated reliably storing

3 bits of data per cell and

retaining the information at

elevated temperatures using

a relatively new memory

technology, known as

phase-change memory

(PCM).

PHASE CHANGE MEMORY

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IDENTITY MIXER

An innovative cloud-based technology for developers to help consumers better protect their personal data online such as their date of birth, home address and credit card numbers. The cleverly designed algorithm enables transactions to occur without involuntarily sharing any personal data.

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