IBM RESEARCH – ZURICH IBM Research – Zurich is one of nine IBM research laboratories around the globe. The Zurich laboratory At a glance was established in 1956. Cutting-edge research and Founded: 1956 outstanding scientific achievements—most remarkably Nationalities: 40 two Nobel Prizes—are associated with this lab. Nobel Laureates: 4 As the European branch of IBM Research, the mission – 1986: Nobel Prize in Physics for the develop- of the IBM Research – Zurich lab—in addition to pursu- ment of the scanning tunneling microscope by ing cutting-edge research for tomorrow’s information Heinrich Rohrer and Gerd K. Binnig technology—is to cultivate close relationships with ac- ademic and industrial partners, be one of the premier – 1987: Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery places to work for world-class researchers, to promote of high-temperature superconductivity by women in IT and science, and to help drive Europe’s K. Alex Müller and J. Georg Bednorz innovation agenda. Research areas In 2011, a new facility for collaborative nano-scale re- search will open on the campus of IBM Research – Zu- – Computer Science: Security and Privacy, rich. The nanotech center is part of a strategic part- Business Integration Technologies, Systems nership in nanotechnology with ETH Zurich, one of Management Europe’s premier technical universities. – Systems: Server Technology, Accelerator Technology, I/O Link Technologies, System Soft- ware, Energy Management IBM Industry Solutions Lab – Storage: Tape Technologies, Heads & Actua- The Industry Solutions Lab (ISL) is a unique place in tors, Storage Systems, Memory and Probe Europe to pick the brains of IBM researchers and in- Technologies dustry and trend experts, in order to tackle today’s and – Math & Computational Science: Business tomorrow’s challenges. The think-tank is an integral Optimization, Computational Sciences, Data part of the European IBM Forum Center network and is Analytics located on the campus of IBM Research – Zurich. – Science & Technology: Semiconductors, Sys- tems, Beyond the Transistor, Nanotechnology The ISL provides companies, academia and govern- ments with the opportunity to find out how IBM’s R&D IBM Research worldwide assets, trend research, advanced technologies and so- Founded: 1945 lutions could increase their success. It is also the place Employees: 3000 where customers can get firsthand experience of inno- Research centers: 9 vative prototype solutions. Nobel Laureates: 5 www.zurich.ibm.com.