Re: Watson

It is a fascinating architecture.  What particularly drew me in is the
multiple different evidence spaces they had to use.  And that they made at
least a token mention to the power of utilizing structured knowledge to
enhance statistical methods.

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:50 PM, Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli@gmail.com>wrote:

>     Hello,
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>  They reported about it on NPR morning edition:
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> http://www.npr.org/2011/02/14/133697585/on-jeopardy-its-man-vs-this-machine
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>     Take care
>     Oliver
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> On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 11:09 AM, Michel_Dumontier
> <Michel_Dumontier@carleton.ca> wrote:
> > Given that IBM’s AI system called Watson is competing in Jeopardy against
> > grand champions, you might find the following overview of interest :
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> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3G2H3DZ8rNc
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> > m.
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> > Michel Dumontier
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> > Associate Professor of Bioinformatics
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> > Carleton University
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> > http://dumontierlab.com
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> --
> Oliver Ruebenacker, Computational Cell Biologist
> Systems Biology Linker at Virtual Cell (http://vcell.org/sybil)
> Turning Knowledge Data into Models
> Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling
> http://www.oliver.curiousworld.org
>
>


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