China

IBM Research - China was established in Beijing in September 1995. In October 2008, a new research facility was opened in Shanghai to provide local partners greater accessibility to IBM Research’s capabilities. IBM Research - China has been growing steadily in the past years, and has become one of the most prestigious and well-recognized research institutes in China.

Currently, IBM Research - China is focused on research around Internet of Things, cloud and analytics. Additional projects focus on energy and utilities, supply chain optimization and Smarter Cities. In 2008, IBM Research - China was awarded the "Supply Chain Academic Excellence" and the "Global Award for Supply Chain Excellence," the most prestigious awards from the Supply-Chain Council.

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Meet the director

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  Xiaowei Shen

  Director, IBM Research - China

Features

Using analytics to build bank branches

• Helping banks put their branches in the right location, and serve their customers with the right services and products

Smarter transportation

• Using analytics to help traffic operators make smarter decisions

Social listening

• Using social listening to better engage customers

Projects

Find out which projects our researchers are currently engaged in.

• Spatio-Temporal Analytics
• Real Time Operational Data Base (RODB)
• Wireless Network Cloud
• iTrans (IBM Transcription Server)
• Intelligent Distribution Outage Planner (IDOP)