Samsung Research Israel (SRIL), also called Samsung R&D Institute Israel, is Samsung Electronics' Herzliya research center, founded in 1997. It runs Advanced R&D and Open Innovation: in-house work in areas such as AI, optics and machine learning, plus scouting Israeli startups and academia for technologies that can enter Samsung products, including through Samsung investment vehicles. Managing Director is Sehoon Kim; careers for the center are posted on Samsung's Workday board and via sril.career@samsung.com.