IBM Watson
A session at Artificial Intelligence Night
- What problem is the Watson / DeepQA project trying to tackle? And why is it a difficult area?
- What were IBM's previous efforts in this space, and how did they lead to the Watson project?
- Why was Jeopardy chosen for the project?
- A crash course in how Watson works - the hardware architecture, the overall software architecture, and peeking under the hood at some of the more interesting algorithms
- Looking forward at what might come next for Watson.
About the speaker
Dale Lane
Software developer for IBM working on Watson. Also a mobile and gadget geek, father of two small girls and a youth charity trustee. @dalelane
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