BlueSNP scales statistical genetics studies

New open source tool
could help researchers and hospitals find the chromosomal needle in the
haystack using the processing power of computer clusters.





Editor’s note: This
article is by Dr. Robert Prill, IBM Research Alamaden.


At the genome level, everyone is 99.5 percent identical. It is the half percent difference that may hold the key to understanding many diseases and give clues about

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A scientist for a smarter planet: Bruno Michel

IBM Research scientist Bruno Michel is a classic intellectual omnivore,
with scientific interests ranging from semiconductors and computer
system design to solar energy, biology and water cooling systems. Here’s a video profile in which Bruno describes his career path, his motivations and some of  his ideas for saving the planet...





Read more about his work on the IBM Smarter Planet blog.

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Seeing the potential in digitized Braille

IBM Fellow
Chieko Asakawa recalls the painstaking process of translating her textbooks
to Braille when she was in college. No Braille textbooks were available, so family
members read while Chieko translated using a Braille typewriter. Translating an
English textbook required her family members to spell out each word – which
could take 20 to 30 minutes per page because Braille is “written” by

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Coding the human heart

Dr. Jeremy Rice and Cardioid.


Editor’s note: This article is by Dr. Jeremy Rice a
computational physiologist at IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Research Center, as told
to Chris Nay, IBM Research Communications.



The Journal of the American College of Cardiology reported
in 2006 that about two of 1,000 people, worldwide, die of a ventricular
arrhythmia every year – the most common cause of sudden

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Cryptographer, Change Agent, Anita Borg Award Winner

Maria Dubovitskaya is a PhD student of cryptography at the IBM Research – Zurich Lab and a member of the IBM Academy of Technology. She recently won the Anita Borg Change Agent Award in recognition of her technical leadership and efforts to encourage women to pursue scientific and technical fields. 


Tell us about the PhD in efficient cryptographic protocols for privacy protection  that you

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60 Seconds with an IBM scientist

Who: Diego Alejandro Ortiz-Yepes
Location: IBM Research - Zurich
Nationality: Colombian



Focus: Computer Scientist focused on Mobile Security

"Every day new security vulnerabilities are reported for PCs, which will eventually impact mobile technologies. Our clients in banking and government need to proactively stay ahead of these attacks to keep their data safe." 

"So the team I am on

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30 Years in Japan

Editor's note: This article is by IBM Research - Tokyo
Director Norishige (Noly) Morimoto.



Opening in 1982, IBM's research lab in Tokyo was its fourth
– and first in Asia. IBM saw Japan as an important market to invest in research
where information science and advanced computer technologies were emerging as
hot research topics for major IT companies. 








Past IBM Research - Tokyo

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