IBM’s Science and Technology Outlook

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Since its inception, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) has been on the forefront of advancing new technologies that have become synonymous with modern society. Their research programmes have also led to pivotal milestones in the history of Artificial Intelligence (AI), such as Deep Blue and Watson.

At the next Crime and Security Research Institute (CSRI) lunchtime seminar, Director of Research for IBM UK Dr Peter Waggett will outline the urgency for science and the potential to supercharge the scientific method with AI and Quantum Computing.

Dr Waggett will illustrate the progress being made in some case studies and will highlight key directions of travel for IBM and the wider IT community.

”Scientific discovery is driven by two forces: the development of new capabilities, and the relentless tenacity of the world’s sharpest minds.” - IBM

Speaker Bio

Dr Peter Waggett is Director of Research for IBM UK. He leads research teams at the Hursley and Daresbury Labs. These teams conduct fundamental research activities and deliver first of a kind or proof of concept systems for a wide range of commercial and public sector organisations. Dr Waggett has specific research interests in artificial intelligence, quantum computing and image processing. He sits on the EPSRC Digital Economy Programme Advisory Board and the Home Office Biometric and Forensic Ethics Group.