Research
The IBM-Illinois Discovery Accelerator Institute serves as a leading model for collaboration between the private sector and academia. This partnership facilitates connected and interactive research, weaving together the strong scientific foundation of an academic institution and the real-world translational expertise of a large industrial research organization.
In the Discovery Accelerator Institute, IBM Research teams and Illinois faculty and students will work side-by-side on projects to accelerate:
AI Systems
Technological innovations in hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence to expand the potential of edge computing and cloud security capabilities across public and private clouds. As the high-performance computing needs of global society ramp up, the ability to access curated data and processing power from multiple distributed data centers and workloads will be paramount. With an emphasis on data protection and isolation, IBM and Illinois teams will collaborate to explore building scalable, efficient and adaptable platforms for next-generation AI workloads, systems and hardware-aware optimization.
Quantum-Centric Supercomputing
Systems, architectures, materials, and algorithms, to advance quantum computing as an industry, including a multi-node quantum testbed that enables researchers to explore and implement new ideas for distributed quantum processing and quantum networks. With Illinois' strong interdisciplinary leadership in quantum technologies across physics, computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and materials science, and IBM’s world-class expertise in quantum computing, researchers will aim to integrate quantum processing with classical high-performance computing to address problems beyond today's supercomputers.