Evolution or Revolution? Embracing AI in IT and beyond in the fast-changing world

by Dr Axel Koester (IBM)

Tuesday 27 May 2025, 11:00 → 12:30 Europe/Zurich

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

Abstract: When AI news shakes stock markets around the world, we can be sure that the next big thing is only a step away. How do we cope with this hyper-exponential development? Does it clash with a conservative approach to IT infrastructure design?

From an engineer’s perspective:
- Why “Private AI” in the organization – not just relying on Cloud services?
- Taming the avalanche of new AI models.
- Low-hanging fruits for AI projects in infrastructure departments.
- AI for IT operations
- How Storage and Cybersecurity can benefit from AI.
- What’s cooking in the labs.

Bio: Dr. Axel Koester is Storage Chief Technologist for the IBM EMEA Storage Competence Center. He is a certified Executive IT Specialist, forward-looking strategist, client innovation consultant and trainer. He is also chairman of the IBM TEC think tank, the german-speaking affiliate of the IBM Academy of Technology in Germany/Austria/Switzerland.
Prior to joining IBM in 2000, Axel participated in the Large Hadron Collider project at CERN, Geneva, and worked for the Fraunhofer Research Institutes. Axel holds a PhD in electrical engineering and computer science from the RWTH Aachen University.