Since our first lab opened in 1945, we’ve authored more than 110,000 research publications. Our researchers are inventing what's next in labs around the world.

Labs

Since our first lab opened in 1945, we’ve authored more than 110,000 research publications.

Our researchers have won six Nobel Prizes, six Turing Awards, and IBM has been granted more than 150,000 patents.

Johannesburg

Nairobi

IBM Research – Africa is the first industrial research facility on the continent of Africa. With facilities in Kenya and South Africa, IBM Research Africa drives innovation by developing commercially-viable solutions to transform lives.

Africa

Zurich

IBM Research Europe – Zurich pursues cutting-edge research for tomorrow’s technology landscape. Through close relationships with academic and industrial partners, we’re advancing Europe’s innovation agenda.

Hursley

Daresbury

At IBM Research – UK, we bring cutting-edge computational science and engineering as well as applicable technologies, such as data-centric cognitive computing, to boost the growth and development of the UK economy.

United Kingdom

Tel Aviv

Be'er Sheva

Haifa

At IBM Research – Israel we champion open innovation, teaming with scientists from industry and academia to contribute to product and publication breakthroughs in natural language understanding, computer vision, quantum computing, and more.

Israel

Almaden

IBM Research – Almaden is IBM's Silicon Valley innovation lab. We’re pioneering scientific breakthroughs across disruptive technologies including artificial intelligence, healthcare and life sciences, and quantum computing.

Albany

At IBM Research – Albany we drive semiconductor technology innovation for the future of computing. We combine the strengths of industry, government and academia to drive faster progress and new breakthroughs in advanced semiconductors.

Thomas J. Watson Research Center

The Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY is the global headquarters of IBM Research.

Yorktown Heights

MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab

Cambridge

IBM Research – Cambridge is home to the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, which is focused on designing and deploying the next generation of artificial intelligence.

Tokyo

Shin-kawasaki

IBM Research – Tokyo was established in 1982 and has been focused on innovations that use cognitive computing to solve social and industry problems through expertise in cognitive device technologies, text analytics, and mathematical science technologies.

Bengaluru

Gurgaon

Established in 1998, IBM Research – India has emerged as a premier research lab in the region with an impressive list of achievements, including innovations in Hybrid Cloud, AI and Quantum Applications. 

India

Rio de Janeiro

São Paulo

IBM Research – Brazil was established in June 2010, with locations in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Developers, engineers, scientists and other experts at these labs are dedicated to advance artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud, science and quantum.

Brazil

Ireland

At IBM Research Europe in Dublin, Ireland, our open approach to research, coupled with the deep curiosity of our researchers, creates breakthrough client focused outcomes in domains including IoT, AI, security, privacy, healthcare, and cloud.