The IBM Research Frontiers Institute

What is the Frontiers Institute?

IBM Research is inviting partners to explore the furthest horizons of our research. Frontiers Institute members enjoy access to IBM Research infrastructure and scientists through the Institute’s research agenda. Technical staff from member companies, known as scholars-in-residence, have the opportunity to work alongside our scientists. Together we’re pushing the limits of today’s technologies, developing tomorrow’s computing architectures, and imagining the implications on business and society. Co-located in IBM Research labs across the world, Frontiers Institute research focuses on three themes, with projects that are each led by a dedicated principal investigator and a team of scientists and engineers.

Founding Members are: Samsung, JSR, Honda, Hitachi Metals, Nagase, and Canon.

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Research Themes

Early Access Programs

Computing Reimagined

Computing Reimagined centers on reinventing the computing stack — just as IBM has been doing for more than 100 years — and developing new forms of artificial intelligence and quantum applications for a post-Moore’s Law world.

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Data Experienced

Data Experienced is our quest to analyze and interact with the massive explosion of data in the world and put it to use — to improve human health and well being, optimize productivity, and bring human-like sensing capability to the Internet of Things.

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Discovery Accelerated

Discovery accelerated is aimed at building tools to make sense of the millions of technical documents that are produced each year, so that businesses can extract value efficiently from this knowledge.

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