# Accelerating Discovery to Solve Grand Challenges

- Institution: CERN
- Department: CERN Computing Colloquium
- Speaker: Dario Gil
- Year: 2021
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3017952)
- Licence: [CERN](http://copyright.web.cern.ch)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

For the last 60 years, the world of computing has been dominated by binary bits representing the intersection of information and mathematics. We have constantly pushed the boundaries of computation in this paradigm, with innovations in semiconductors reducing energy or increasing performance to enable more sophisticated calculations. Now, working at the intersection of information and biology, artificial intelligence advances and permeates through ever more applications affecting business and science. We have witnessed its power to learn and reason in human language. Powerful models are now emerging that evolve AI from discrimination to creation, enabling AI to create in new domains. We will discuss the underlying techniques enabling this future and their transformative impact. Finally, we are witnessing the growth of a new computing paradigm combining physics and information—quantum computing, with the potential to solve problems out of reach for even the most powerful supercomputers. We will discuss the opportunities and challenges defining the future of quantum computing.

We marvel at the power of each of these computing technologies, but we haven't fully grasped their most profound implication, one we will see this decade when we witness their convergence. The result will be the creation of unseen computational power accelerating the rate of scientific discovery. We will conclude with a reflection on this future of computing and the implications of this convergence of technologies.

About the speaker

Dr. Gil leads the technology roadmap and the technical community of IBM, directing innovation strategies in areas including hybrid cloud, AI, semiconductors, quantum computing, and exploratory science. Dr. Gil is responsible for IBM Research, one of the world's largest and most influential corporate research labs, with over 3,000 researchers. He is the 12th Director in its 76-year history. He is also responsible for IBM's intellectual property strategy and…

## Lectures

1. [Accelerating Discovery to Solve Grand Challenges](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3017952/023d2d3e0a8e), 1 h 1 min (CERN's player)