IBM Establishes Deep Computing Institute; $29 Million Institute Builds on Deep Blue Legacy to Pioneer Advanced Computing Initiatives.YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 1999-- IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) today announced the formation of the Deep Computing Institute, a $29-million research initiative that will bring together experts in academia and industry to address some of the world's most challenging business and scientific problems. "Deep computing" refers to supercomputer-scale processing initiatives that combine massive computation and very sophisticated software algorithms to attack problems previously beyond the reach of information technology. Deep computing techniques include optimization, simulation, visualization, as well as advanced pattern matching 1. pattern matching - A function is defined to take arguments of a particular type, form or value. When applying the function to its actual arguments it is necessary to match the type, form or value of the actual arguments against the formal arguments in some definition. and discovery. Along with pervasive computing Refers to the use of computers in everyday life, including PDAs, smartphones and other mobile devices. It also refers to computers contained in commonplace objects such as cars and appliances and implies that people are unaware of their presence. , IBM considers deep computing to be one of the two primary technology trends driving the next stage of e-business. Corporations, Academics and Government Labs to Participate The Deep Computing Institute will be guided by an advisory board of leaders from universities, government laboratories and corporations. IBM is committing more than 120 scientists and technologists in research labs in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , San Jose, Austin, Tokyo, Zurich, Haifa, Beijing and New Delhi in collaborative efforts that will address an initial slate of deep computing projects in areas ranging from how to schedule personnel in complex environments, such as airline scheduling, to modeling precise weather patterns. William R. Pulleyblank, Ph.D., director of Mathematical Sciences at IBM Research, will serve as director of the Institute. "Deep computing combines the best of business and scientific computing techniques to find the value buried in all this data and to apply that information to solve real-world problems," said Pulleyblank. "Thanks to the tremendous advances in computing power and mathematical algorithms, it's now possible to tackle problems of unbelievable complexity -- things we couldn't dream of doing even a few years ago. "Furthermore, e-business is creating new opportunities for companies turn massive quantities of data into competitive intelligence and knowledge," Pulleyblank continued. "That's where deep computing comes in -- while supercomputers historically have been focused primarily on scientific computing, the majority of the world's 500 largest supercomputer sites today are housed in commercial locations." Institute Releases Visualization Open Source Code In addition to specific research projects, the Institute will launch a series of efforts designed to stimulate discussion, experimentation and development in the field of deep computing. As part of that initiative, the Institute will release through open-source availability the IBM Visualization Data Explorer, a powerful software package that can be used to analyze and create 3D representations of data. Among other activities the Institute has planned are the release of additional software tools and problem libraries, sponsorship of conferences and symposia, and the establishment of Deep Computing Servers that will provide problem-solving resources via the Internet. Deep Blue Legacy The term "deep computing" was inspired by IBM's Deep Blue chess-playing computer, which defeated world chess champion Garry Kasparov in 1996. The chess project marked a breakthrough in the development of computing technology -- when mathematical algorithms, programming expertise, and computing power were combined for the first time to solve the extremely complex problem of playing chess at the grand master level. "IBM is extending the knowledge gained from the Deep Blue project to this new domain of deep computing," said Pulleyblank. "Deep computing techniques can help find the proverbial needle in an entire field of haystacks Haystacks can be:
Members of the Institute Advisory Board include: - Dr. Sidney Karin -- Director, National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI NPACI National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure ); Director, San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC SDSC San Diego Supercomputer Center SDSC Singapore Disability Sports Council SDSC Strategic and Defense Studies Center (Australia) SDSC Switched Data Service Center (Sprint) ), University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). - Dr. Ken Kennedy -- Director, Center for Research on Parallel Computation, Rice University - Professor Thomas L. Magnanti Thomas L. Magnanti is an Institute Professor and former Dean of the School of Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His teaching and research interests are in applied and theoretical aspects of large-scale optimization and operations research. -- Dean, School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, - Dr. Robert Mark -- Executive Vice President, Corporate Treasury and Risk Management, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce TSX: CM NYSE: CM, better known to most customers as CIBC, is one of Canada's major banks. CIBC is classified as a Domestic Chartered Bank (Schedule I). - Dr. Jorge More' -- Sr. Computer Scientist, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory Argonne National Laboratory, research center, based in Argonne, Ill., 27 mi (43 km) SW of downtown Chicago, with other facilities at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, 50 mi (80 km) W of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Founded in 1946 by the U.S. - Dr. Manuel C. Peitsch -- Director, Scientific Computing, World-wide, Head of GlaxoWellcome Experimental Research S.A.: GlaxoWellcome Research and Development - Chris Sander, Chief Information Science Officer, Millennium Predictive Medicine, Inc., and Visiting Professor, MIT MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Genome Research - Gary Smaby -- CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and Principal Analyst, Smaby Group, Inc. - Vivian M. Stephenson, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Office, Dayton Hudson Corporation - Rick Stevens -- Division Director, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory and Professor, Computer Science Department, University of Chicago - Colin White -- Founder, DataBase Associates International, Inc. - Dr. John C. Wooley -- Deputy Associate Director, Health and Environmental Research, Office of Biological and Environmental Research The Deep Computing Institute Web site is at www.research.ibm.com/dci. The Institute is headquartered at IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center in Westchester County, N.Y. |
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