IBM and MIT today announced the launch of the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab, advancing their long-standing collaboration to shape the next era of computing. The new lab expands its scope to include quantum computing, alongside foundational artificial intelligence research, with the goal of unlocking new computational approaches that go beyond the limits of today的 classical systems.
MIT-IBM 计算研究实验室建立在研究和学术界交叉领域的卓越科学历史之上。麻省理工学院-IBM 沃森 AI 实验室, 始建于 2017 年，位于 MIT 校园,，新实验室的前身是麻省理工学院— 校园,，新实验室反映了一种转变的技术格局—，其中人工智能已进入主流部署,，量子计算正在迅速向实际影响迈进。 , MIT 和 IBM 共同致力于帮助引领人工智能和量子领域的研究，并重新定义这两个领域的数学基础。
The MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab builds on a distinguished history of scientific excellence at the intersection of research and academia. Evolving from the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, which originated in 2017 on MIT的 campus, the new lab reflects a transformed technology landscape — one which AI has entered mainstream deployment, and quantum computing is rapidly advancing toward practical impact. Together, MIT and IBM aim to help lead research in AI and quantum and to redefine mathematical foundations across both domains.
“我们预计 MIT-IBM 计算研究实验室将成为世界领先的学术和工业中心之一’，加速计算的未来,” IBM 研究中心主任、IBM 研究员, 和 MIT-IBM 计算研究实验室的 IBM 主席 Jay Gambetta, 说道。 “一起,，麻省理工学院和 IBM 的最聪明的人将重新思考如何为一个时代设计模型, 算法, 和系统，这个时代将由人工智能和量子计算结合在一起时 可能实现的总和来定义。”
“We expect the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab to emerge as one of the world的 premier academic and industrial hubs accelerating the future of computing,” says Jay Gambetta, director of IBM Research and IBM Fellow, and IBM chair of the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab. “Together, the brightest minds at MIT and IBM will rethink how models, algorithms, and systems are designed for an era that will be defined by the sum of what的 possible when AI and quantum computing come together.”
解决计算的下一个前沿问题
Addressing the next frontiers in computation
MIT-IBM 计算研究实验室将成为 MIT 和 IBM 在 AI, 算法, 和量子计算, 以及将这些技术集成到混合计算系统中联合研究的焦点。该实验室旨在加速实现强大的新计算方法的进展，这些方法利用人工智能和以量子为中心的超级计算,的快速发展，包括将成熟的量子硬件与经典系统和先进的人工智能方法相结合的方法。
The MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab will serve as a focal point for joint research between MIT and IBM in AI, algorithms, and quantum computing, as well as the integration of these technologies into hybrid computing systems. The lab is designed to accelerate progress toward powerful new computational approaches that take advantage of rapid advances in AI and quantum-centric supercomputing, including those that combine maturing quantum hardware with classical systems and advanced AI methods.
这项研究计划将包括提高能力并将人工智能与传统计算,相集成，同时追求小型,高效,模块化语言模型架构,新颖的人工智能计算范式,以及专为部署在现实环境,中而设计的以企业为中心的人工智能系统，其中可靠性,透明度,和信任至关重要。
This research initiative will include improving capabilities and integrating AI with traditional computing, alongside pursuing advances in small, efficient, modular language model architectures, novel AI computing paradigms, and enterprise-focused AI systems designed for deployment in real-world environments, where reliability, transparency, and trust are essential.
与此同时，, 实验室将重新思考支撑下一个计算时代的数学和算法基础，加速开发解决复杂问题, 的新型量子算法，并对材料科学, 化学, 和生物学等领域产生影响。
In parallel, the lab will rethink the mathematical and algorithmic foundations that underpin the next era of computing by accelerating the development of novel quantum algorithms for complex problems, with impacts in areas such as materials science, chemistry, and biology.
此外, 实验室将研究机器学习的数学和算法基础, 优化, 哈密顿模拟, 和偏微分方程, 用于近似动态系统的行为，这些系统目前在有限的规模和精度范围内困扰着经典系统。该实验室的创新可能会对全球行业,产生广泛影响，从更准确的天气和空气湍流预测到更好的金融市场表现预测。同样，, 通过改进的优化方法, 实验室研究可以帮助降低金融等领域的风险, 预测更有针对性的药物的蛋白质结构, 并简化全球供应链。
Additionally, the lab will investigate mathematical and algorithmic foundations of machine learning, optimization, Hamiltonian simulations, and partial differential equations, which are used to approximate the behaviors of dynamical systems that currently stump classical systems beyond limited scales and accuracy. Innovations from the lab could have wide implications for global industries, from more accurate weather and air turbulence prediction to better forecasts of financial market performance. Similarly, with improved optimization approaches, research from the lab could help lower risks in areas like finance, predict protein structures for more targeted medicine, and streamline global supply chains.
麻省理工学院-IBM 计算研究实验室专注于 AI, 算法, 和量子,，将补充和增强 MIT的 两项战略举措, 的工作，即麻省理工学院生成人工智能影响联盟和麻省理工学院量子计划。麻省理工学院校长 Sally Kornbluth 发起了这些战略举措，以扩大和深化 MIT 在制定应对严峻的全球挑战的解决方案方面的影响。 The MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab will also leverage IBM的 longtime leadership and expertise in quantum computing.作为其雄心勃勃的路线图,的一部分，IBM 制定了一条清晰的道路，旨在到 2029, 交付世界上第一台容错量子计算机,，并正在跨行业努力推动以量子为中心的超级计算, 的价值，将量子计算机与高性能计算和人工智能加速器紧密集成，以解决世界的 最棘手的问题。
With its focus on AI, algorithms, and quantum, the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab will complement and enhance the work of two of MIT的 strategic initiatives, the MIT Generative AI Impact Consortium and the MIT Quantum Initiative. MIT President Sally Kornbluth launched these strategic initiatives to broaden and deepen MIT的 impact in developing solutions to serious global challenges. The MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab will also leverage IBM的 longtime leadership and expertise in quantum computing. As part of its ambitious roadmap, IBM has laid out a clear path to delivering the world的 first fault-tolerant quantum computer by 2029, and is working across industries to drive value from quantum-centric supercomputing, tightly integrating quantum computers with high-performance computing and AI accelerators to solve the world的 toughest problems.
MIT-IBM 计算研究实验室还将继续作为培训下一代计算科学家和创新者的基础。它将通过让麻省理工学院各院系的教职员工和学生参与,，启用新的计算方法来加速物理和生命科学领域的发现来实现这一目标。
The MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab will also continue to serve as a foundation for training the next generation of computational scientists and innovators. It will do so by engaging faculty and students across MIT departments, enabling new computational approaches to accelerate discoveries in the physical and life sciences.
以近十年的合作为基础
Building on nearly a decade of collaboration
MIT-IBM Watson AI 实验室帮助开创了学术与行业研究合作, 的模型，使长期科学探究与现实世界的影响保持一致。自成立以来, 该实验室已资助了 210 多个研究项目，涉及 150 多名 MIT 教员和 200 多名 IBM 研究人员。总计, 这些项目已发表超过 1,500 篇同行评审文章。该实验室还帮助塑造了许多麻省理工学院学生和初级研究人员的职业发展,，为 500 多名学生和博士后提供了资助。
The MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab helped pioneer a model for academic-industry research collaboration, aligning long-term scientific inquiry with real-world impact. Since its inception, the lab has funded over 210 research projects involving over 150 MIT faculty members and over 200 IBM researchers. Collectively, the projects have led to over 1,500 peer-reviewed articles. The lab also helped shape the career growth of a number of MIT students and junior researchers, funding more than 500 students and postdocs.
“这个实验室的真正衡量标准不仅仅是创新,，而是一个领域的转变。奥利瓦说，数百名学生在顶级会议和期刊上发表了数千篇论文,，展示了他们解决有意义问题的能力,”。 “MIT-IBM 计算研究实验室建立在具有非凡影响力的基础之上，致力于推进值得信赖的合作，从而以前所未有的方式重新定义 AI 和量子计算的未来。”
“The true measure of this lab is not just innovation, but transformation of a field. Hundreds of students have contributed to thousands of publications in top conferences and journals, demonstrating their capabilities to address meaningful problems,” says Oliva. “The MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab builds on an extraordinary legacy of impact to advance a trusted collaboration that will redefine the future of AI and quantum computing in a way never seen before.”
“通过将学术严谨性与工业规模,结合起来，实验室的目标是定义计算基础，为下一代 AI, 量子, 和科学突破提供动力,” Cox 说。 “通过在一项综合研究工作中汇集人工智能,算法,和量子计算的进步,，我们’正在为重新思考科学和工程的数学和计算基础创造条件。”
“By coupling academic rigor with industrial scale, the lab aims to define the computational foundations that will power the next generation of AI, quantum, and scientific breakthroughs,” says Cox. “By bringing together advances in AI, algorithms, and quantum computing under one integrated research effort, we’re creating the conditions to rethink the mathematical and computational foundations of science and engineering.”
MIT-IBM 计算研究实验室将利用该基金会, 扩大剑桥-波士顿地区及其他地区的科学范围和合作者生态系统。
The MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab will capitalize on this foundation, expanding both the scientific scope and the ecosystem of collaborators across the Cambridge-Boston region and beyond.