Jim Spohrer
Dianne Fodell
November 13, 2014
Cognitive Systems Institute Group
Speaker Series
Upcoming Presentations - Schedule
© 2014 International Business Machines Corporation
November 6 Jim Spohrer, Sridhar Iyengar IBM
November 13 Jim Spohrer, Dianne Fodell, Wendy
Murphy
IBM
November 20 Amar Viswanathan IBM and RPI
December 4 Bruce Porter UT Austin
December 11 Ashok Goel Georgia Tech
December 18 Jim Hendler RPI
January 15 Chris Biemann TU Darmstadt
January 22 Ayse Basar Bener Ryerson University
January 29 Mona Diab George Washington Univ
February 5 Wayne Gray RPI
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IBM Watson Academic Engagement
What Watson related skills do students need in the 21st century?
How can individuals get involved with Watson?
What role can universities play in Watson’s development?
How will Watson technology redefine the future of computing?
Supporting an educational strategy that promotes:
• Research: Collaborate on research with select institutions
• Readiness: Build a strong pipeline of skills
• Recruiting: Provide opportunities for graduates to secure and fill critical roles
• Results: Discover and drive opportunities today and tomorrow
SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT
STUDENT
ENGAGEMENTRESEARCH
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IBM Watson Academic Engagement Programs
• Curriculum
Cognitive
Computing
courses focused
on Watson
On-Line Content
White Papers
Case Studies
• Case Competitions /
Use Case projects
• The Great Mind
Challenge – Watson
Edition
• Hackathons /
Showcases
• IBM Speakers
• University Days
• Summer Internships
• CCAMSS
Cognitive
Cloud
Analytics
Mobile
Social
Secure
• Faculty Awards
Cognitive
Assistants
NLP
Machine Learning
Other
• Cognitive Systems
Institute
Colloquia
Community
Challenges
Speaker Series
SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT
STUDENT
ENGAGEMENTRESEARCH
OVERVIEW
Course will empower university students with the technical knowledge to build apps infused with
Watson's intelligence, while gaining the entrepreneurial vision to deliver their Innovations into the
marketplace First wave of universities offering Cognitive Computing coursework and the next step in
IBM's Strategy to fuel an ecosystem of innovators making Cognitive the new standard of
computing.
Syllabus includes a mix of technical and business areas
Section 1: Content Theory - collection, curation, etc. Assignment: corpus development
Section 2: Test Theory - test, training, evaluation, etc. Assignment: corpus training
Section 3: Prototype App Development - Assignment: design, develop and deliver a prototype app
Section 4: Business Planning – Assignment: Mini business plan
Carnegie Mellon
New York Univ
Northwestern
Ohio State
Rensselaer (RPI)
Stanford
UC, Berkeley
UT, Austin
Univ of Michigan
Univ of Toronto 10 PILOT
UNIVERSITIES
Bring Watson to your university!
Expanding globally to add 70-100
universities in 2015
Singapore, Australia/NZ, UKI/Europe,
Brazil, India, Africa & NA are target areas
Form on website to indicate interest
Plans underway to develop an entire
curriculum focused on cognitive
computing principles
GROWTH
PLAN
SYLLABUS
Fall 2014 Cognitive Computing Course leveraging Watson
Gives students unprecedented
access to Watson - via the Watson
Developer Cloud
IBM will provide: support on course
development, technical mentors,
guest speakers, and more to ensure
success
As a classroom, students will select
an industry to focus on and then
break into teams to develop prototype
apps and a business plan ·
SECRET
SAUCE
SKILL
BUILDING
The explosion of data-driven content has
sparked a new wave of career opptys
High need for professionals with
expertise in fields such as natural
language processing, machine
learning and content lifecycle
management
Actively recruiting for Watson jobs
2015 Academic Engagement Expansion Plans:
“Bring Watson to your university!”
Expanding globally to add 75-100 universities in
2015
6 of 7 continents: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe,
North America, South America
25+ countries
Menu: choice of two semester-long courses,
projects, modules, case competitions, The Great
Mind Challenge, Hackathons. Goal is to offer
flexibility to the university.
Bluemix Watson Services
Watson Academic Engagement: Around the world spotlight 2015
7
Europe: ~10-15
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Spain
UK and Ireland: ~7-10
Australia ~4
New Zealand: ~2
Africa: ~2
- Kenya
- Egypt
Brazil: ~2
Singapore: ~3
India: ~5
UAE: ~1
US and Canada: ~ 35-50
Peru: ~1
OVERVIEW
A collaborative effort between universities, research institutes, and IBM clients to advance the state-of-
the-art in cognitive computing. Launched in 2013 with just four universities, expanded in 2014 and
beyond. Will grow to 300+ universities at varying levels of research collaboration.
Create linkages between faculty and IBM Researchers to define cognitive system grand challenges
Help faculty and their top graduate students to prepare aligned collaborative research proposals to
submit to funding agencies, such as the just announced NSF Smart Service Systems program
Explore academic interest in hosting an IBM-Researcher(s)-In-Residence at their universities
Compile point of view (POV) documents on the potential impacts of cognitive systems on business and
society.
CALL TO ACTION
RESOURCES
GOALS
Cognitive Systems Institute
Go to website Cognitive Systems Institute
Join LinkedIn Group and join in the conversation
Take a short survey to update the Institute about your thoughts and priorities
Participate in weekly calls and present your research when ready
Build Handbook of Cognitive Systems Research
Platforms: Cognition as a Service BlueMix & SoftLayer & CCAMSS
DEEPQA Semantic Technologies
Watson Developer Cloud
Watson Platform Next (IBM Research)
Corelet Programming & TrueNorth
Access to Cognitive Platforms, Simulators
Researchers in Residence
Research papers and other publications
Point of View Documents
Courses, Videos, Book Articles
Website Tour Cognitive-Science.info
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