IBM Research is actively working with many of its clients, bringing the fruits of its technology research and development to help solve critical business problems in financial services. To meet the needs of any specific situation, the company has several different ways in which it works with its clients.
IBM Research’s renown makes it a very desirable collaborator to other large companies with their own significant research investments. The company’s efforts are very broad and deep, and their impact is profound on not only IBM’s, but also on the science and technical communities at large. Besides the technologies normally considered to be associated with the design and manufacture of computer information systems, IBM Research pursues research activities in areas of basic science, physics, mathematics, physical sciences, chemistry, biology, materials science, manufacturing research, business processes and decision support and efforts in these areas are closely aligned with the interests of IBM’s clients.
IBM has created a 'collaboratory' in Dublin . An IBM “collaboratory” is a laboratory where IBM researchers co-locate with a university, government, or commercial partner to share skills and resources. These projects allow IBM researchers the opportunity to pursue research outside IBM’s labs and business units.
While high performance computing today primarily focuses on scientific applications in areas such as physics or medicine, the exascale research will focus on how these new powerful computing systems can be applied to solving complex business problems. The research will include both technical and applications research.
The Dublin Center for Advanced Studies(CAS) was established in 2003. A number of activities have been initiated to enable collaboration between the staff of the lab and key researchers working in related areas. It is hoped that these activities will help ensure timely and effective transfer of leading-edge research to IBM product development groups.