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Encyclopedia > IBM Research Laboratory

IBM Research is part of IBM and has eight locations throughout the world. In the United States, these include the Watson Research Laboratories (New York), the Almaden Research Center (California) and the Austin Research Lab (Texas). Internationally, IBM Research has laboratories in Zürich, Haifa, Tokyo, Beijing and Delhi. The 2400 scientists and engineers at IBM Research are trained in a wide range of disciplines, including physics, materials sciences, chemistry, computer science, electrical engineering, biology, social and behavioral sciences. Some major activities include the invention of innovative materials and structures, high-performance microprocessors and computers, analytical methods and tools, algorithms, software architectures, and methods for managing, searching and deriving meaning from data. IBM Research plays a major role in driving technology differentiation for IBM products and services. International Business Machines Corporation (IBM, or colloquially, Big Blue) (NYSE: IBM) (incorporated June 15, 1911, in operation since 1888) is headquartered in Armonk, New York, USA. The company manufactures and sells computer hardware, software, and services. ... The IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center is the headquarters for the IBM Research Division -- the largest industrial research organization in the world with 8 labs worldwide. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: A page of links If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... State nickname: Lone Star State Other U.S. States Capital Austin Largest city Houston Governor Rick Perry Official languages None. ... Zürich IPA (in English often Zurich, which is also the standard French form of the name) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 364,558 in 2002; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... For the Lebanese singer, see Haifa Wahbe Haifa (Hebrew חיפה; Arabic حيفا Ḥayfā) is the third-largest city in Israel, with a population close to 300,000. ... The modern skyline of Tokyo is highly decentralized. ... Beijing   listen? (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; Postal System Pinyin: Peking) is the capital city of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Delhi (दिल्ली or DillÄ« in Hindi and Bengali and دیلی in Urdu) is a term that refers to either the State of Delhi or the National Capital Territory (NCT) of the Republic of India. ...


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IBM India Research Laboratory, established in April 1998 as the eighth of IBM's research labs, is located on the New Delhi campus of the India Institute of Technology.
Currently, IRL researchers are working on several projects like bioinformatics, text mining, speech recognition for Indian languages, natural language processing, grid computing, and autonomic computing, among others.
IRL mission: To advance the state-of-the-art in Information Technology through research in software and services, and to provide leadership by delivering innovations to our clients and to IBM's operations in the region and globally.
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