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Oesterreichisches Forschungsinstitut fuer Artificial Intelligence(OFAI) der OSGK
Freyung 6/6, A-1010 Wien
Tel: +43-1-5336112-17, Fax: +43-1-5336112-77, Email: sec@ofai.at
JOHN M. PRAGER, PhD
IBM T.J. Watson Research Ctr. & IBM Watson Health, NY, USA
"WATSON AFTER JEOPARDY!:
QUESTION-ANSWERING IN THE HEALTHCARE DOMAIN & BEYOND"
In February of 2011, IBMâs computer system called Watson participated
in the US game show Jeopardy! on national television against two former
champions - and won. Jeopardy! is a question-answering challenge,
which, despite including elements of speed and betting, is at its core
about finding answers to questions and having a good confidence
estimate about those answers. Watson was built by a team of IBM
scientists and engineers who went on to apply the technology to other
domains, in particular healthcare. This talk will look at how Watson
was built, at some of its more interesting capabilities and
limitations, and some of the ways it is being applied to address
challenges in the field of healthcare.
John M. Prager has been working in technical fields related directly or
indirectly to Question Answering for most of his professional career.
Most recently, while at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center he has been
part of the Watson project, a system that played (and won) the
Jeopardy! TV quiz-show game. He has been involved in both the
algorithms area, concentrating on question analysis and wordplay, and
strategy. He is still involved with Watson, as it is being adapted to
clinical decision support in the healthcare domain.
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Time: Tuesday, 31st May 2016, 6:30 p.m. sharp
Location: Oesterreichisches Forschungsinstitut
fuer Artificial Intelligence, OFAI
Freyung 6, Stiege 6, 1010 Wien
OESTERREICHISCHES FORSCHUNGSINSTITUT
FUER ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
Univ.-Prof. Ing. Dr. Robert Trappl
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