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Open Collaborative Research: Optimizing capabilities to drill for petroleum Applied mathematicians from IBM Research, such as Andrew Conn, are working with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology to maximize oil exploration in the North Sea.
The beauty and mystery of mathematics IBM researcher Cliff Pickover, author of The Math Book and winner of the 2011 Neumann Prize, blogs about the biennial Gathering 4 Gardner meeting. [A Smarter Planet Blog]
Free iPad app from IBM reinvents iconic '60s era exhibit on history of mathematics App marks the impact of math on the world and pays tribute to Mathematica exhibit created by design team of Charles and Ray Eames.
Seven new IBM Fellows join a distinguished tradition of excellence and innovation Three are from IBM Research: Paul Coteus, Ron Fagin and Ruchir Puri.
Finding a model for ill-posed problems An IBM Research collaboration with the University of British Columbia homes in on solving problems based on scant but reasonable information.
Pat Goldberg Best Paper Awards for 2010 announced Winning papers focus on double patterning lithography, the distinct elements problem, discrepancy minimization and nested virtualization.
What's all this about P not equaling NP? Ken Clarkson, Ron Fagin and Ryan Williams look back on the Deolalikar affair and offer up an analysis of it.
John Cohn gets jiggy with kids over computer engineering IBM Fellow presents electrifying evidence for an exciting career in science. (YouTube)
Last updated on April 30, 2012