Editing IBM Research (section)

===Australia===
IBM Research – Australia was a research and development laboratory established by IBM Research in 2009 in [[Melbourne]].<ref name="auto">{{cite web |date= 9 February 2021|title=Labs and locations |url=https://research.ibm.com/labs/ |access-date=28 December 2022 |website=IBM Research |archive-date=21 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221032216/https://research.ibm.com/labs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was involved in [[social media]], interactive content, healthcare analytics and services research, multimedia analytics, and genomics.  The lab was headed by several directors over its 10 years lifespan, including Vice President, Joanna Batstone <ref>{{cite web |author= |date= 9 February 2021|title=Labs and locations |url=https://research.ibm.com/labs/ |access-date= |publisher= |archive-date=2022-12-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221221032216/https://research.ibm.com/labs/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Professor Iven Mareels. It was to be the company’s first laboratory combining research and development in a single organisation.<ref>{{cite web |title=IBM CHOOSES AUSTRALIA FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY |url=http://www.austrade.gov.au/invest/doing-business-in-australia/success-stories/IBM-chooses-Australia-for-research-and-development-laboratory#.VNOPwmjF-Sp |website=austrade.gov |access-date=15 February 2020 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150205160741/http://www.austrade.gov.au/invest/doing-business-in-australia/success-stories/IBM-chooses-Australia-for-research-and-development-laboratory%23.VNOVLn3LfK6 |archive-date=5 February 2015}}</ref>

The opening of the Melbourne lab in 2011 received an injection of $22 million in [[Government of Australia|Australian Federal Government]] funding and an undisclosed amount provided by the [[Government of Victoria|State Government]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itnews.com.au/news/photos-ibm-launches-melbourne-rd-lab-276777|title=Photos: IBM launches Melbourne R&D lab|website=iTnews|access-date=2020-02-09|archive-date=2019-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424104805/https://www.itnews.com.au/news/photos-ibm-launches-melbourne-rd-lab-276777|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Melbourne Research lab was closed in 2021, approximately at the same time as the deal for tax breaks from the [[Government of Victoria|State Government]] ended. Approximately 80 full-time researchers were made redundant.