The 21st Century Scientist

Dr. Matthias KaiserswerthVice President and Director IBM Research - Zurich

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The World is Our Lab

Almaden China

Austin TokyoHaifa

Zurich

India

Dublin

Melbourne

Brazil

Watson

Kenya

IBM invested $6.3B on R&D in 2012

More than 3,000 scientists and

engineers

World's largest information technology research organization

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Computer Science at IBM Research - Zurich

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Security, Identity Management and Cloud Computing

Internet of Things and Mobile

Smart Grid and Big Data Analytics

Services Research Systems Management

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The Origins of Computer Science

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In the mid-1930s, General Electric suggested that IBM run customer executive training classes to explain what IBM products could do for clients. In response, IBM created a tabulating knowledge-sharing program.

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The Origins of Services Science

“IBM started computer science. You should start service science.” !Henry Chesbrough, a professor of business and innovation at the University of California at Berkeley, said to IBM’s Jim Spohrer in 2004.

450+ universities worldwide offer some sort of service science program—blending of courses from their computer science, social science and business management departments.

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P-TECH High School

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IBM created a blueprint fox six-year degrees in applied sciences, engineering and computer science for grades 9-14 called IBM's Pathways in Technology Early College High Schools (P-TECH). IBM provides mentoring to the students.

“Now at schools like P-TECH in Brooklyn, a collaboration between New York public schools and City University of New York and IBM, students will graduate with a high school diploma and an associate’s degree in computers or engineering. We need to give every American student opportunities like this.” Barack Obama, President of the United States

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Mobile Social

Cloud

Skills Development for SMAC

Analytics/Information

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The New Face of Innovation is T-Shaped

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Many disciplines (understanding & communications)

!Many systems

(understanding & communications)

Deep in one discipline

(analytic thinking & problem

solving)

Deep in one system

(analytic thinking &

problem solving)

Many team-oriented projects completed (resume: outcomes, accomplishments & awards)

Broad across many

Deep in at least one

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True Diversity Enables World Class Innovation

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Polymer Engineering Astrophysics Chemical Technology Electronics Engineering Engineering Mech Engineering Science Medical Sciences Medicine Metallurgical Engineering Metallurgy Microelectronics Business & Finance Management Media & Arts Science Linguistics Seismology Philosophy Economics Anthropology Medicine Music

Nuclear Physics Philosophy Photo Technology Physics-Chemistry Theoretical Physics Geologists Philosophy Computer Science Electrical Engineering Physics Chemistry Applied Math Operations Research & Statistics Computer Engineering Material Science Cryptography Metallurgy Psychology Mechanical Engineering Industrial Engineering Biomedical Engineering

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Dimensions of a Research Staff Member

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New Hire

Lead

Teamwork

External Impact

IBM Impact

Management

Research Relationship Manager

Task Force Chair

Project Lead

IBM Fellow

Executive

Client Interaction

Publications

Patents

Product Impact

Awards

Master Inventor

Non-Research Assignments

Cross-Org Projects

University Relations

Mentoring

Employee Development

People Management

Conference ChairsInvited Talks

Client Interaction

Scientific Results

Key Publications

Society Participation

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Career of an IBM Scientist

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Entry Level Mid-Career Hires Senior Professionals/

Technical Leaders Executives

Research Staff Member

IBM Fellows

Distinguished Engineers

IT ProfessionalsSenior Technical Staff Member

Since 1963, 246 IBM Fellows have been appointed - 85 are active today

+600 IBM Distinguished Engineers

+200,000 IBM Technical Community

40 Hours Annually Development, Sabbatical, Assignment

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Evangelos Eleftheriou - 2005 Storage Technologies

Heike Riel - 2013Nanoscale Electronics

IBM Fellows in Zurich

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Finding Talent

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•PhD Program •Great Minds Competition

•University Relations •Social Media and Virtual Recruiting Events

•Mentoring Programs •Collaborations

Maria Dubovitskaya is a PhD student of cryptography

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Preparing for the New Era of Computing

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Innopolis University: The First Russian IT University

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