This series showcases some of IBM’s brightest thinkers as they share insights into emerging subject areas and technologies. Their thoughts can help us understand the topics — such as smarter cities, the cloud and big data — that are changing our world.

A deeper understanding

Portrait of Dr. Pin-Yu Chen in front of cherry blossoms

Building the most trustworthy AI

Pin-Yu Chen is working toward a world where humans and AI collaborate to achieve the best possible outcomes

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Portrait of Sekou Remy

It’s all about the data

Sekou Remy and his team are tapping the power of AI to help scientists and policy-makers use all the data available to them to make better decisions

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IBM Garage

Led by IBM Fellow Rachel Reinitz, this new business model transformed the development process

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Biniok sits with his hand on his face, working on CIMON

AI in space

Working in partnership with the German space agency DLR and Airbus, Matthias Biniok led a team that created CIMON, the world’s first free-flying AI astronaut assistant

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Accessibility

Researcher Chieko Asakawa dedicates her life to helping the visually impaired maintain their independence

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Mike Abbink holding a card written in plex font

Brand experience and design

The font Mike Abbink created, IBM Plex, represents the merger of technology and humanity

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Charlie Hill portrait

Platform experience

IBM Fellow Charlie Hill leads by design, incorporating design thinking across the product development spectrum

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Dario Gill standing beside a window wall

Quantum computing

Dario Gil’s IBM Research team explores entirely new ways of computing beyond atomic dimensions

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Ajay studies a complex molecule model

Cancer research

Ajay Royyuru’s team is working to treat the genetic characteristics of cancer cells

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Tanveer sits with a screen displaying images of brain scans

Medical research

A call about her father’s health moved Tanveer Syeda-Mahmood to help create a revolution in radiology

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The world’s water

Using big data and advanced analytics, Rajasekar Krishnamurthy’s team studies the real cost of water worldwide

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Semiconductor research

Mukesh Khare leads a team working to defeat Moore’s Law in the semiconductor realm

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David Chambliss portrait, gray backdrop

Food safety

David Chambliss and his team are enlisting microbes as tiny sentries in the battle to keep our food safer

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