Jim Spohrer

Dianne Fodell

November 13, 2014

Cognitive Systems Institute Group

Speaker Series

Upcoming Presentations - Schedule

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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

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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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