MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
OPERATIONS RESEARCH CENTER
FALL 2012 SEMINAR SERIES
DATE: December 6th LOCATION: E51-376 TIME: 4:15pm
Reception immediately following
SPEAKER:
Jeff Eisen
TITLE
Putting IBM Watson to Work
ABSTRACT
IBM Watson made its televised debut in February 2011, beating two of the all time grand champions in Jeopardy! Now, we are putting Watson to work, applying the technology to domains such as healthcare and financial services. We will present the evolution of IBM Watson from "Watson at Play" to "Watson at Work" as well as describe some of the technology behind Watson.