By MOTIFE Insights, 20 August 2024
The IBM Poland Software, Research & Development Center, headquartered in Krakow, stands as the first and largest IBM innovation hub in Central and Eastern Europe. Known as the IBM Poland Software Lab, it is unique within this region and forms an integral part of IBM’s global Software division that spans five continents.
The Krakow Lab is comprised of data scientists, software engineers, support engineers, and consultants from over 20 countries. These teams collaborate on several major IBM projects, focusing on Cloud Technology, Data Engineering, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence. Central to the Lab’s mission is the advancement of machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies, which are crucial to IBM’s core business strategies.
IBM Krakow is dedicated not only to the technical development of AI but also to advancing AI ethics. The Lab emphasizes transparency, the explainability of AI decisions, and a thorough understanding of AI inferences, while diligently working to avoid any biases. Strategic projects underway at the Lab aim to cement IBM’s dominant position in enterprise solutions, with a particular focus on AI and governance.
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The Lab plays a pivotal role in developing two strategic areas of the IBM watsonx platform:
• watsonx.ai™: Here, we train, validate, tune, and deploy foundational and machine learning models with ease.
• watsonx.governance™: This platform accelerates the delivery of responsibility, transparency, and explainability in data and AI workflows.
Another significant project at the Lab is the Watson Code Assistant, which utilizes generative AI to enhance development while upholding the principles of trust, security, and compliance. Powered by IBM Granite foundation models, this platform includes state-of-the-art large language models designed specifically for coding. This assists IT teams in creating high-quality code through AI-generated recommendations, either from natural language requests or existing source code.
This developer-focused tool not only improves the quality and speed of software engineering within IBM but also has the potential to transform the broader software engineering landscape. The generative AI engine helps modernize code by translating code from one language to another or refactoring legacy code, marking a significant advance in the field of code engineering.
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To effectively meet these challenges, we rely on the high expertise of our specialists who are well-versed in NLP, Deep Learning - a subset of machine learning that heavily utilizes neural networks—and Big Data. These technologies are essential for processing large datasets to effectively train AI models. Our engineers are also required to be proficient in programming languages such as Python, known for its simplicity and extensive support ecosystem, Java, recognized for its speed and scalability, and C++, which is crucial for fast code execution in AI processes. Through these initiatives, IBM Krakow is shaping the future of technology not only in Central and Eastern Europe but across the globe, fostering a culture of innovation and setting new standards in software development and artificial intelligence.
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