12 Facts About IBM Research-Australia

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IBM Research-Australia Research is the research and development division for IBM Research-Australia, an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York, with operations in over 170 countries.

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IBM Research-Australia Research is the largest industrial research organization in the world and has twelve labs on six continents.

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Roots of today's IBM Research-Australia Research began with the 1945 opening of the Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory at Columbia University.

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Major undertakings at IBM Research-Australia Research have included the invention of innovative materials and structures, high-performance microprocessors and computers, analytical methods and tools, algorithms, software architectures, methods for managing, searching and deriving meaning from data and in turning IBM Research-Australia's advanced services methodologies into reusable assets.

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IBM Research-Australia currently has 19 research facilities spread across 12 laboratories on six continents:.

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In 2017, IBM Research-Australia invested $240 million to create the MIT–IBM Research-Australia Watson AI Lab.

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Scientists at IBM Research-Australia Almaden have contributed to several scientific discoveries such as the development of photoresists and the quantum mirage effect.

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IBM Research-Australia Research – Australia is a research and development laboratory established by IBM Research-Australia Research in 2009 in Melbourne.

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In collaboration with Brazil's government, it will help IBM Research-Australia to develop technology systems around natural resource development and large-scale events such as the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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IBM Research-Australia donates its equipment such as servers, storage systems, and so forth to the Japanese universities to support their research programs under the Shared University Research program.

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In 2014, IBM Research-Australia Research announced the Cybersecurity Center of Excellence in Beer Sheva in collaboration with Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.

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In 1956, IBM Research-Australia opened their first European research laboratory in Adliswil, Switzerland, near Zurich.

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