Great Minds: student interns in Haifa and Zurich

In 2012, IBM Research Labs in Haifa and Zurich hosted nine students from seven countries. Before packing their bags and heading home, a few of them left comments and tips for future Great Minds applicants.

Adela-Diana Almasi
Adela-Diana had set the bar very high for the renowned IBM Research Lab. She comments, "I am very excited to be here. I came to Zurich with very high expectations and they

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SuperMUC Gets Powered Up

SuperMUC, the fastest supercomputer in Europe and fourth fastest in the world, officially went live on Friday, 20 July during a gala event at the Leibniz Rechenzentrum near Munich, Germany.





Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Hoffmann, president of the BAdW, Prof. Dr. Arndt Bode, Chairman of the Board of LRZ, Martina Koederitz, IBM Germany, Federal Minister Annette Schavan and State Minister Dr. Wolfgang

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Olympicene: Doodle to Stunning image of smallest possible 5 rings

Scientists have created and imaged the smallest possible five-ringed structure – about 100,000 times thinner than a human hair – and you'll probably recognise its shape.









A collaboration between the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), the University of Warwick and IBM Research – Zurich has allowed the scientists to bring a single molecule to life in a picture, using a combination of

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Lose 5 pounds instantly: Stop schlepping your laptop

Michael Baentsch and Paolo Scotton, the scientists who spearheaded the development of the Secure Enterprise Desktop, give a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the work that led up to this attractive new technology and explain its advantages for both companies and end users.IBM scientist Michael BaentschQ. In a nutshell, what was the motivation to develop the Secure Enterprise Desktop, which you

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Like a kid in a toy shop

Beat Weiss, engineer and lab technician at the IBM Research – Zurich Lab, celebrates 25 years of service.Q: What originally brought you to the IBM Research – Zurich Lab?After my apprenticeship as a mechanic, I applied for an opening. At my interview, they gave me a tour of the labs, and wow! In this one lab, it was rather dark and there was this bright green laser, cables everywhere, high-tech

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26 years at IBM Research - Zurich. A personal summary

Dieter Jaepel retires from IBMDr. Dieter Jaepel, computer scientist and executive briefer at the Industry Solutions Lab, which is part of the IBM Forum Center organization in Europe, looks back on a rich and varied career.Q. What brought you to the IBM Research – Zurich lab?DJ: When I joined IBM in 1986, the idea was to strengthen the software work at the Zurich Lab. For me that was quite a

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Looking back on 25 years of service to IBM

Christophe Rossel, physicist at the IBM Research – Zurich Laboratory, shares some thoughts and insights on a quarter century of service.Q. Christophe, congratulations on your 25th service anniversary. What brought you to the Zurich Lab?CR: I was attracted to the reputation of IBM. After doing a post-doc, I had been working on superconductivity as a research associate at UCSD in San Diego,

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Q&A with Giovanni Cherubini, IBM storage scientist

Scientist at the IBM Research - Zurich Lab celebrates 25 years of serviceGiovanni Cherubini celebrates his 25th anniversary of service this month. He is a member of the Storage Technologies department, has been an IBM Master Inventor since 2009 and an IEEE Fellow since 2006. Hailing originally from Padua, Italy, Giovanni now has dual Italian and Swiss citizenship. He has over 80 publications in

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