Friday, May 30, 2014
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Do you want to co-invent the world of the future?
In the era of cognitive computing a vast amount of information will be processed to give new insights to the humongous amount of data that is being generated
As mentioned by Steve Hamm in his article this will lead to new opportunities as well as challenges.
Lets see what some some of the best brains in the world have to say about this in the LiveStream by New York Academy of Sciences, ETH Zurich and IBM as they present a discussion between Lino Guzzella, president-elect of ETH, the MIT of Europe; and John Kelly, senior vice president and director of IBM Research, the largest corporate research organization in the world
I will do a synopsis on the video in a later post.
IBM Watson - looking into investments in Asia-Pacific
Awesome move by IBM looking for building a ecosystem worldwide for the IBM Watson Platform. This is the right move in the right direction as done by by Apple for iOS or Google for the Android platform.
Just imagine millions of Made with Watson powered applications built globally using various installations of IBM Watson. I guess this is the vision of IBM. There are some people who says “IBM has missed the bus - see article below”, but to me everything has its particular sweet time and I believe this is the absolute correct timing to grow Watson.
“We will be announcing some of the investments in Asia-Pacific around two centres of excellence in the region in a couple of weeks,” Michelle Unger, vice-president of worldwide sales at IBM Watson, said in an interview on Monday.
I wonder whats the next move for big shots like Google in this direction.
http://www.livemint.com/Companies/ttYuTX5lm9mFLA0qXnuMAM/IBMs-Watson-to-get-push-in-AsiaPacific.html
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Amazing discussion with IBM Watson
Today was first step for a long exciting journey for me and Anblicks. We had the first scheduled meeting with Jonas Nwuke, Partner Development, IBM Watson.
As planned invited Kumar to be part of the initial discussion and share the excitement.
After a brief introduction about each other Jonas gave a basic overview of IBM Watson.
Some of the key areas goes like this.
1) IBM Watson is a showcase project to mimic the cognitive part of a human brain. This is revolutionizing the Traditional computing and brining in the new concept of Cognitive computing. Rather than programming a computer for different alternatives, here we feed Watson with a corpus of information and then let it decide and come up with suggestions on its own.
2) Rather than giving a single correct answer, it comes up with multiple answers with confidence scores.
3) On top of that its ability to continuously learn and improve its accuracy on its own makes it remarkable.
One line - which actually changed my thought process is, IBM Watson is going to help highly skilled people like Doctors, Lawyers etc do their regular job in a much efficient way.
That said I started thinking about how Google changed the way Software Developers did their coding. It did not replace Software Developers, but rather helped thousands of developers around the globe to become more efficient. Same holds true for others professionals.
Now IBM Watson is going to revolutionize what Google did 16-18 years back. Out of the zetabytes of data, to take a better decision we will be using IBM Watson all the time as our personal guide for any decision making.
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Thomas John Watson & Watson Jr
Being in IBM for 10+ years, frankly speaking I didnot get time to check out the roots of my the then company. This is my 1st year out of the Big Blue. June 9th 2013 was my last day in IBM.
But recently while digging in with IBM Watson, just a thought struck my mind.. how did Mr Watson grow this huge organization.
After a quick reading in wikipedia I was amazed to see a story of a great salesman who joined CTR as a general manager, transformed the company from a mid size company to a giant like IBM.
Mr Watson (CEO IBM 1914-1956 i.e. 42 years) and his son Thomas Watson Jr (President IBM 1952-1971 i.e. 19 years) made a huge impact in building IBM to where it is now.
This definitely increases my interest to know more about the details of his life story.
Big day coming up - IBM Watson Ecosystem
To be part of the IBM Watson Ecosystem, is it something great?
Lets see what is the IBM Watson Ecosystem. By definition it says : A community of organizations, providing an outlet for developers and content providers to collaborate and create the next generation of cognitive apps.
Wow, that sounds interesting, so who are the organizations in there?
As of today there are 5 ecosystem partners.
1. Fluid Inc: The app calls upon Watson’s ability to understand the nuances of human language and uncover answers from Big Data. Consumers who use Fluid’s app will interact with rich media and dialogue with Watson, their newfound “cognitive, expert personal shopper.” The Fluid app incorporates the information users share and questions they ask to help them make smart, satisfying purchases by putting the most knowledgeable sales associate in the hands of consumers, every time.
2. MD Buyline: This provider of supply chain solutions for hospitals and healthcare systems has developed a powered-by-Watson application that allows clinical and financial users make timely, informed decisions to help improve quality, value, outcomes and patient satisfaction. Their Hippocrates application will give users access to a research assistant that provides fast, evidence-based recommendations from a wealth of data, to help medical organizations make the best decisions for their physicians and patients.
3. Welltok, Inc: These personalized itineraries, sponsored by health plans, health systems and health retailers, will include tailored activities, relevant content and condition management programs, and reward users for engaging in healthy behaviors. Consumers who use Welltok’s app – CaféWell Concierge built with IBM Watson – will participate in conversations about their health with Watson. By using Watson’s ability to learn from every interaction, the app will offer insights specific to individuals’ health needs.
4. Healthline: Healthline, a leading provider of health information, data and technology solutions, is lending its comprehensive, health reference library to enable the promotion of healthy lifestyles, support disease prevention, and offer clinically-significant, medically-reviewed health information to everyday people so they are able to make more confident healthcare decisions.
5. Elance: Elance operates an online work marketplace of more than 3 million freelancers specializing in such fields as app development, web programming and graphic design. Elance is creating clouds where app providers can tap into a pool of highly-skilled freelancers who are available to build Watson-enabled apps and have completed an IBM certification program.
Apart from these 5 there are the next batch of 25 companies in the pipeline to become part of the IBM Watson Ecosystem. So it makes a total of 30 companies right now. There may be many more, which is not in my knowledge.
Beyond these all the applicants that applied for the IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge are going to be part of the IBM Watson Ecosystem.
Lets see what is IBM Watson and its Ecosystem?
In the youtube video - the first line spoken by Mike Rhodin , Senior VP, IBM Watson Group, “If you can take the best practice of a Lawyer and make it replicable through Watson …”.
Wow, isnt this the same thing that we at Anblicks are thinking?
Do you want to build a Junior Watson in your basement?
Do you want to build your own Watson? Is it feasible? Isnt Watson a big deal, like a robot with a cognitive side of the Human brain? Isnt it only available to the big shots or the scientists only with the crazy hair?
Not any more, IBM shows you how you can build your own “Watson like” at your basement.
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
IBM Watson acquires Cognea - and artificial intelligence startup
IBM Watson is all out in a shopping mood - purchasing Cognea. Cognea is a startup backed by Angel.co and co-founded by Liesl Capper and John Zakos. They are now part of the bigger IBM Watson team.
Friday, May 16, 2014
IBM Watson Finalists
After several hundred applications finally 25 companies got selected as part of IBM Watson Mobile Developer Challenge. Those of you who missed out can still be part of the Watson ecosystem.
IBM Watson - for Dermatologists
Would you like to visit a Doctor or a Doctor equipped with a Super Computer to assist you? Would you like to goto a Doctor who is highly equipped with technology?
To know more check out how Modernizing Machine (http://www.modmed.com/) partners with IBM Watson to deliver solution
http://www.fastcompany.com/3030723/ibms-watson-is-ready-to-see-you-now-in-your-dermatologists-office