IBM recently named 11 new IBM Fellows, the company's most prestigious technical honor. This new crop of fellows has expertise in a variety of disciplines, including cognitive computing, analytics, cloud, security, mobile and health care. "These extraordinary men and women join a select community made up of some of the world's most creative thinkers," said Ginni Rometty, IBM chairman, president and CEO. Past IBM Fellows have included five Nobel Prize winners. To become an IBM Fellow, an employee must meet four criteria: sustained innovation in some of the world's most important technologies; significant recognition as a leader among IBM's technical communities; broad industry acknowledgment of the individual's accomplishments; and a strong history of new technologies and business models being deployed at scale. For example, Director of IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences Research Ajay Royyuru is using Watson for genomics to translate genomic variations in cancer to treatment options. In a partnership with Pfizer, Royyuru also is heading up an effort to transform the care of individuals who suffer from Parkinson's disease. "We at IBM are really focused on building the technology in a manner that it would scale, because this is not just an academic exercise," Royyuru told eWEEK. This slide show introduces you to the 2016 class of IBM Fellows.
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