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4 unusual facts about IBM Research


IBM Research

IBM Research was behind the inventions of the SABRE travel reservation system, the technology of laser eye surgery, magnetic storage, the relational database, UPC barcodes and Watson, the question-answering computing system that won a match against human champions on the Jeopardy! television quiz show.

The Watson technology is now being commercialized as part of a project with healthcare company WellPoint.

International Technology Alliance

The ITA group established in 2006 consists of 24 members from US and UK industries and universities (in addition to the ARL and MoD), and is led by IBM Research.

Karl Johan Åström

In 1961 Åström joined the IBM Nordic Laboratory to work on computerized process control, with tours at IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, New York (1962) and San Jose, California (1963).


Thomas J. Watson Research Center

The center, headquarters of IBM's Research division, is named for both Thomas J. Watson, Sr. and Thomas Watson, Jr., who led IBM as president and CEO respectively from 1915 (when it was known as the Computing Tabulating Recording Company) to 1971.


see also

Almaden

IBM Almaden Research Center, IBM research laboratory near San Jose, California

QBE

Query by Example, devised by Moshé M. Zloof at IBM Research during the mid-1970s