Robert Morris

Bio

Dr. Robert JT Morris is Professor, National University of Singapore Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Chief Technology Strategist for the Ministry of Health Transformation (MOHT). He is also an Advisor to the National Research Foundation in the Prime Minister’s Office. His current focus is on application of computer and information sciences, including AI, to transform healthcare. From 2011-2017, he led all IBM Research’s Global Laboratories, and built new laboratories in Brazil, Australia, Africa and Singapore. IBM Research earned 6 Nobel prizes, laying the basis for the information revolution. In 2010 Fortune and Money Magazine declared Robert the “Smartest Scientist in Technology” in their print magazines and on the web https://ibm.biz/BdrbY4. During 2006-2011, Robert was VP Services Research, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, NY, helping start IBM’s healthcare and IoT businesses, and earlier VP Assets Innovation, IBM Global Services. From 1999-2004, he was the VP & Director of IBM Almaden Research Center, Silicon Valley, where relational database technology, the disk drive, etc., were invented. Responsible for creation of Services Science, research for IBM’s ThinkPad, and Storage Systems. Earlier he led advanced systems research at TJ Watson Center, including the Deep Blue chess machine, which defeated world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997. Originally from Australia, he began his career at Bell Labs working on early neural networks and the largest packet switch of the era (2STP).

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) University of California Los Angeles
• BSc BE (Hons, with University Medal) University of New South Wales, Sydney Australia

Companies

• Professor, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine National University of Singapore (2017)
• VP Global Labs IBM (2011 — 2017)
• VP Services Research IBM (2006 — 2011)
• VP Assets Innovation, IBM Global Services IBM (2004 — 2006)
• Director, Almaden Research Center; VP Storage, Personal Systems IBM (1999 — 2004)
• Honest Researcher, Almaden and TJ Watson Labs IBM (1990 — 1999)