Deep Computing Institute

In 1997, DEEP BLUE®, a specially modified IBM RS/6000® SP™ computer, defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov. Deep Blue provided the impetus for Deep Computing: the application of very large amounts of computer power to very large amounts of data to enable better decision-making. Here are a few areas being explored.

New Computational Tools for Biology

We are developing methods for very fast pattern discovery and protein structure prediction that can be applied on genome-wide scales to the molecular sequences found in genomic data. One application - the dynamics of protein folding - is being attacked through the Blue Gene™ project.

Risk Management

IBM researchers are currently exploring ways to manage risk - decision support tools as well as numerically intensive computational methods for evaluating and exploiting trade-offs between risks and returns in such areas as supply chain and e-business management. The range of activity includes asset-liability management, risk-neutral pricing for supply contracts, dynamic pricing for supply-chain revenue optimization, stochastic capacity planning and dynamic resource allocation with quality of service guarantees, as well as fundamental research into algorithms and software for stochastic analysis, simulation, optimization, and control.

Better Coffee - Simulations from First Principles as a New Modeling Tool

Because of the complexity of currently used materials and the ambitious goals of new technologies in many industrial sectors, leading companies are now looking for competitive advantages by turning to accurate computer simulations and rational modeling to guide materials development. We are using quantum-mechanical methods, such as ab initio molecular dynamics, to explore novel gate-dielectric materials and organic electronics for displays, as well as to unravel the chemistry of coffee and to study the dynamics of enzymatic reactions involved in the design of new drugs.

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