Cognitive Sustainability Presentation for Berkeley

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Daryl Pereira IBM / Nustory@CagedEther

Building sustainable cognitive solutions

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What is cognitive computing?

“Cognitive computing refers to systems that learn at scale, reason with purpose and interact with humans naturally.” – IBM

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Shift to digital

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When did it last rain?

640,000 villages

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When did it last rain?

640,000 villages

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Structured vs Unstructured data

Guardian ModePani

c Safe

Overview Analysis Solution Business Model Summary

AdViz is an application that uses various information sources to provide local safety information.

Notifications about nearby crime

Navigation powered by a dynamic crime

mapAutomated incident reporting to make

sure you walk safely

AdViz

Mobile & Web App

Simplified digital outreach

Visualized crime data and insights

Complements centralized control

center

Admin Features

Overview Analysis Solution Business Model

Intelligence: IBM Watson

Summary

Real-Time Intelligence

Tradeoff Analytics

Safe routing to optimize safety

and speed

AlchemyLanguage

Process and verify crime

reports

Reduce mundane tasks

Dialog

E-Governance tools connect

police to citizens

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Medical Minecraft

Using IBM Watson, students have:

• Built a serious gaming mod of Minecraft that simulates the human body fighting diseases

• Received real-time feedback on their work

• Realized their artistic designs in a game environment

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Guiding Eyes

Genetic data from breeding program(structured)

Questionnaire data from raising program(unstructured)

$50k program has 36% success rate

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Guiding Eyes

Genetic data from breeding program(structured)

Questionnaire data from raising program(unstructured)

$50k program has 36% success rate

Create better trainer matches using IBM Watson Personality Insights

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A new model for Open Government“Information is power.  Communities that embrace technology and innovation thrive and grow, and while those that fail to keep up are increasingly left behind.  For the poorest and lowest skilled among us, the pace of innovation and information technology is a massive threat.”

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Open GovernmentUS Executive Order – Open and Machine Readable Government Information

General principles: • Openness strengthens democracy, promotes good services to citizens and contributes to

economic growth; fuels entrepreneurship, innovation and scientific discovery and contributes to job creation

• Default state for government information resources to be open and machine-readable, managed through life-cycle, promoting interoperability and openness

• Release data in such a way that it is easy to find, accessible, and usable

• Ensure safeguarding individual privacy, confidentiality, and national security

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When open government meets cognitive computing

https://console.ng.bluemix.net/catalog/ http://www.data.gov/

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New levels of engagement: chatbots

http://www.assi.st/

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What cognitive chatbots can you imagine?

IBM Engineer: John Cohn

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Jobs at IBM: Some Tips• Go to http://www.ibm.com/jobs • Type in “environmental”

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Try IBM Career Decoder

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Try LinkedIn

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Final Tips• Data is part of every job – even environmental

engineering!– Try “Watson Analytics”– Try “Big Data University” earn badges

• Develop domain expertise as well as deep technical prowess

• Keep up with the latest developments in cognitive computing!

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Daryl Pereira IBM / Nustory@CagedEther