External recognition demonstrates IBM Research's continuing contribution to the company and to the scientific community. Several researchers, past and present, were recognized during the quarter:Member - Major Honorary AcademyDon Eigler: Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 09/2010Major Award/Medal/PrizePhaedon Avouris: Pioneer Award, IEEE: Nanotechnology Council, 08/2010Marion Ball: IMIA
Tuesday, 19 October 2010
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Your personal assistant on the Web
Posted on 14:06 by Unknown
Having a newfound dependency on the mobile web, internet users are increasingly looking for shortcuts and the easiest way to get things done. For example, our GPS devices automatically know where we are – providing us with driving directions instantly or the location of the nearest hamburger joint quickly – without having to think much about it. And now, IBM Research has taken web automation
Thursday, 23 September 2010
Inventors' Corner: U.S. Patent #7,693,663 - System and method for detection of earthquakes and tsunamis, and interface to warning systems
Posted on 08:00 by Unknown
The patent describes a technique that uses data generated by vibration sensors (known as MEMS accelerometers) within computer hard disk drives to accurately and precisely conduct post-event analysis of seismic events, such as earthquakes. The invention also uses sensor data to assess and provide early warnings for tsunamis, which can follow earthquakes that occur at the ocean floor. Another
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
You Don’t Need a PhD to Improve Water Quality in Your Area
Posted on 11:31 by Unknown
This re-post is in support of Blog Action Day 2010: Water.Soon-to-be-released Mobile App Lets Anyone Contribute Valuable DataMany would agree that clean drinking water is one of our most precious resources. But what many don’t realize is that we walk over and drive passed our drinking water everyday, making valuable observations about the water’s condition as we do so.The problem is that the
Thursday, 26 August 2010
A breakthrough in live migration of data for virtual machines now available to the cloud community
Posted on 05:07 by Unknown
Guest post by Dr. Yaron Wolfsthal, Senior Manager of System Technologies and Services, IBM Research - Haifa.
In early 2008, the IBM Haifa Research Lab embarked on a three-year European Union sponsored framework program called RESERVOIR. The aim of this unique research initiative between IBM, the EU and twelve other European partners, has been to develop technologies around open standards to
In early 2008, the IBM Haifa Research Lab embarked on a three-year European Union sponsored framework program called RESERVOIR. The aim of this unique research initiative between IBM, the EU and twelve other European partners, has been to develop technologies around open standards to
Sunday, 1 August 2010
Sometimes Nature is the Best Medicine
Posted on 15:04 by Unknown
Written by guest bloggers Prof. Marcel Jaspars and Prof. Rainer Ebel, from the University of Aberdeen
At the University of Aberdeen we have a dedicated team and a brand new $2.5 million dollar laboratory looking at deep sea organisms, like sponges, soft corals and bacteria. We do this because extreme environments such as the Mariana Trench (10,916 meters below see level) yield unusual and
At the University of Aberdeen we have a dedicated team and a brand new $2.5 million dollar laboratory looking at deep sea organisms, like sponges, soft corals and bacteria. We do this because extreme environments such as the Mariana Trench (10,916 meters below see level) yield unusual and
Tuesday, 20 July 2010
IBM Research Second Quarter 2010 External Honors
Posted on 12:24 by Unknown
External recognition demonstrates IBM Research's continuing contribution to the company and to the scientific community. Several researchers, past and present, were recognized during the quarter:Member - Major Honorary AcademyFran Allen: National Academy of Science, 04/2010Major Award/Medal/PrizeBijan Davari: IEEE Andrew S. Grove Award, 06/2010Nicholas Donofrio: IRI Medal, 05/2010Erich Gamma,
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