From Vivaldi to Wagner to Schubert

A machine that knows a musical era within three notes





Editor’s note: This article is by Computational Biologist
Guillermo Cecchi of IBM Research.



Music may "soothe a savage breast." But a machine can now identify
the music’s era and composer.







Periods
of Western Music*

1700-1770 Baroque Era
1770-1830 Classical Era
1830-1900 Romantic Era
1900 - Post-Romantic Era


*
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IBM Research - Zurich (Officially) Turns 50

On 22 May 1963, IBM Research was officially inaugurated in Rueschlikon, Switzerland, the leafy suburb of Zurich. A temporary lab was actually established in 1956 in the nearby town of Adliswil, but it was on this day where the current lab was opened in front of hundreds of guests, including IBM's CEO Thomas Watson Jr.

A History of Success

While he never could have imagined it, the Zurich lab's

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Profile of an IBM Scientist: Abu Sebastian

Who: Abu Sebastian

Location: IBM Research - Zurich

Nationality: Indian (born in Kerala)



Abu (right) accepting the IFAC Award.

Something about me: I’ve lived on four different continents for at least three years including India (Asia), Nigeria (Africa), the state of Iowa in the U.S. (North America) and Switzerland (Europe).

Focus: Dynamics, modeling and control at the nanometer scale.

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Atom + Atom = Molecule

IBM Research scientists Susanne Baumann and Ileana Rau explain how atoms form molecules, and why they used carbon monoxide in the film A Boy and His Atom.

What properties attract atoms to connect and form molecules?



Susanne Baumann

Atoms contain charged particles such as electrons and protons. The protons reside in the nucleus, while the electrons orbit around it. When you put atoms together

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