Editing IBM Research (section)

===Israel===

IBM Research – Haifa, previously known as the Haifa Research Lab (HRL) was founded as a small scientific center in 1972.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aya Soffer named as new Director of IBM's Haifa Research Lab |url=https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3896570,00.html |publisher=CTECH |date=3 March 2021 |access-date=18 August 2021 |archive-date=18 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210818112517/https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3896570,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Since then, it has grown into a major lab that leads the development of innovative technologies and solutions for the IBM corporation. The lab’s offices are situated in three locations across Israel: [[Haifa]], [[Tel Aviv]], and [[Beer Sheva]].

IBM Research – Haifa employs researchers in a range of areas. Research projects are being executed today in areas such as artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud, quantum computing, blockchain, IoT, quality, cybersecurity, and industry domains such as healthcare.

[[Aya Soffer]] is IBM vice president of AI technology and serves as the director of the IBM Research Lab in Haifa, Israel.

====History====

In its 30th year, the IBM Haifa Research Lab in Israel moved to a new home on the University of Haifa campus.

The researchers at the Lab are involved in special projects with academic institutions across Israel, the United States, and Europe, and actively participate in numerous consortiums as part of the EU Horizon 2020 programme. Today in 2020, the Lab describes itself as having the highest number of employees in Israel's hi-tech industry who hold advanced degrees in science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or related fields. Researchers participate in international conferences and are published in professional publications.{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

In 2014, IBM Research announced the Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (CCoE) in Beer Sheva in collaboration with [[Ben-Gurion University]] of the Negev.