IBM Zurich Research Laboratory
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IBM Research - Zurich is the European branch of IBM Research
and has been located in Rüschlikon, near Zurich
, Switzerland
since 1962.
The Zurich Lab is world-renowned for its outstanding scientific achievements—most notably Nobel Prizes in Physics in 1986 and 1987 for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope
and the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, respectively. Other key innovations include; the Trellis-coded modulation, which revolutionized data transmission over telephone lines; Token Ring, which became a standard for local area networks and a highly successful IBM product; the Secure Electronic Transaction
(SET) standard used for highly secure payments; and Smartcard JavaCard technology.
The Zurich Lab is dedicated not only to fundamental research, but also to exploring and creating innovative industry and customer-oriented solutions based on several key areas including; future chip technology; nanotechnology; supercomputing; security and privacy; risk and compliance as well as business optimization and transformation. The Zurich laboratory is involved in many joint projects with universities throughout Europe, in research programs established by the European Union and the Swiss government, and in cooperation agreements with research institutes of industrial partners. The lab is currently managed under the leadership of Dr. Matthias Kaiserswerth.
is the Industry Solutions Lab (ISL), an executive briefing facility as well as a forum where IBM integrates and demonstrates leading-edge technology prototypes and solutions.
On 17 May 2011, IBM and ETH announced the Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center, which is located on the campus of the IBM lab in Ruschlikon.
IBM Research
IBM Research, a division of IBM, is a research and advanced development organization and currently consists of eight locations throughout the world and hundreds of projects....
and has been located in Rüschlikon, near Zurich
Zürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
since 1962.
Overview and history
IBM has maintained a research laboratory in Switzerland since 1956, located on its own picturesque campus in the leafy suburb of Rüschlikon near Zurich since 1962 - the original location was in the neighboring town of Adliswil. As the European branch of IBM Research, the Zurich Lab is proud of it multicultural and interdisciplinary research community, which includes a combination of 330 permanent research staff members, graduate students and post doctoral fellows representing 30 nationalities. Also located at the Zurich Lab is the Industry Solutions Lab, an executive briefing facility as well as a forum where IBM integrates and demonstrates leading-edge technology prototypes and solutions.The Zurich Lab is world-renowned for its outstanding scientific achievements—most notably Nobel Prizes in Physics in 1986 and 1987 for the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope
Scanning tunneling microscope
A scanning tunneling microscope is an instrument for imaging surfaces at the atomic level. Its development in 1981 earned its inventors, Gerd Binnig and Heinrich Rohrer , the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986. For an STM, good resolution is considered to be 0.1 nm lateral resolution and...
and the discovery of high-temperature superconductivity, respectively. Other key innovations include; the Trellis-coded modulation, which revolutionized data transmission over telephone lines; Token Ring, which became a standard for local area networks and a highly successful IBM product; the Secure Electronic Transaction
Secure electronic transaction
Secure Electronic Transaction was a standard protocol for securing credit card transactions over insecure networks, specifically, the Internet. SET was not itself a payment system, but rather a set of security protocols and formats that enable users to employ the existing credit card payment...
(SET) standard used for highly secure payments; and Smartcard JavaCard technology.
The Zurich Lab is dedicated not only to fundamental research, but also to exploring and creating innovative industry and customer-oriented solutions based on several key areas including; future chip technology; nanotechnology; supercomputing; security and privacy; risk and compliance as well as business optimization and transformation. The Zurich laboratory is involved in many joint projects with universities throughout Europe, in research programs established by the European Union and the Swiss government, and in cooperation agreements with research institutes of industrial partners. The lab is currently managed under the leadership of Dr. Matthias Kaiserswerth.
Activities and organization
The research projects pursued at IBM's Zurich Research Laboratory are organized into five scientific and technical departments: Science & Technology, Math & Computational Science, Storage, Computer Science and Systems. Also located at ZurichZürich
Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
is the Industry Solutions Lab (ISL), an executive briefing facility as well as a forum where IBM integrates and demonstrates leading-edge technology prototypes and solutions.
On 17 May 2011, IBM and ETH announced the Binnig and Rohrer Nanotechnology Center, which is located on the campus of the IBM lab in Ruschlikon.