# Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN, IBM named Gordon Bell finalists

DevFeed: [Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN, IBM named Gordon Bell finalists](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cleveland-clinic-riken-ibm-named-gordon-bell-finalists-17334.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://research.ibm.com/blog/gordon-bell-finalists-2026>)

Published: 2026-09-09T04:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [IBM Research](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/ibm-research.md>)

Topics: [High-Performance Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/high-performance-computing.md>), [ibm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ibm.md>), [Supercomputing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/supercomputing.md>), [Benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmark.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>)

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## AI overview

Cleveland Clinic, RIKEN, and IBM were named finalists for the 2026 ACM Gordon Bell Prize for quantum-HPC chemistry research. The collaboration simulated a 12,635-atom protein system and reported an automated workflow that reduces coordination and data movement across quantum and classical computing resources.

## Source excerpt

Finalist recognition for one of supercomputing's top prizes arrives as researchers report new progress in automated quantum-HPC chemistry workflows.