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Darío Gil

Under Secretary for Science at the U.S. Department of Energy; former IBM SVP and Director of Research

  • Under Secretary for Science, U.S. Department of Energy12

Darío Gil is Under Secretary for Science at the U.S. Department of Energy, the department's principal advisor on science and technology, with an office that supports the National Laboratories and is responsible for programs including advanced computing. Before this role, Gil was IBM Senior Vice President and Director of Research. The department's biography credits Gil as the force behind the creation of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab and the AI Alliance, and notes election to the National Academy of Engineering for contributions to artificial intelligence and quantum computing.12

Work

  • MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab (external site: mitibm.mit.edu)

    The Department of Energy biography names Gil as the force behind the creation of the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, a research collaboration between IBM and MIT whose site now presents it as the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab.13

  • AI Alliance

    The Department of Energy biography also names Gil as the force behind the creation of the AI Alliance.1

Other documented roles

Roles the sources document but that are not confirmed as current.

  • Senior Vice President and Director of Research, IBM1

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Sources · reviewed Oct 13, 2026

  1. 1.
    Darío Gil — Under Secretary for Science (external site: energy.gov)

    U.S. Department of Energy · Official page · accessed Oct 13, 2026

  2. 2.
    FACT SHEET: The Energy Department is Ushering in a Golden Age of American Science (external site: energy.gov)

    U.S. Department of Energy · Announcement · published Oct 8, 2026 · accessed Oct 13, 2026

  3. 3.
    MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab — home page (external site: mitibm.mit.edu)

    MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab · Official page · accessed Oct 13, 2026

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