Leading the way into the Cognitive Era

with IBM Watson

Hélène QuillaudWatson Leader, IBM Client Center Montpellier

helene.quillaud@fr.ibm.com

@helenequillaud

Montpellier, France July 2017

Agenda Watson Overview

Watson Use Cases

Watson Cognitive Services

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Watson Overview

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4Source: http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/51353.wss

Everything started with a Research project…

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2011: IBM Watson wins « Jeopardy! »

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What are the possible

meanings of the question?

Many potential responses:

quantity trumps accuracy

Hypothesis & Evidence

Scoring of hundreds of

potential responses

Final Merging & Ranking

How to respond quickly and accurately?

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Understands the

question

Generates

hypothesis

Gathers evidence

Evaluate

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DywO4zksfXw

Three capabilities differentiate cognitive systems from

traditional programmed computing systems…

Reasoning

They reason. They understand

underlying ideas and concepts. They

form hypothesis. They infer and

extract concepts.

Learning

They never stop learning getting

more valuable with time.

Advancing with each new piece of

information, interaction, and

outcome. They develop “expertise”. Understanding

Cognitive systems understand

like humans do.

…. allowing them to interact with humans.

What is Watson today?

Watson Developer Cloud

VisionSpeechLanguage Data Insights

Products

Watson Analytics Watson ExplorerWatson Virtual

Agent

Enable cognitive

computing features in

your app using APIs.

Primarily Software-as-

a-ServiceWatson Knowledge

Studio

Industries and Professions

Offerings & Solutions

Watson

CommerceWatson

Education

Watson Financial

ServicesWatson Health

Watson IOTWatson

Marketing

Watson Supply

Chain

Watson for

Cyber Security

H u ma n s e x c e l a t :

Dilemmas

Compassion

Dreaming

Abstraction

Imagination

Morals

Generalization

C o g n i t i ve Sys t e m s

e x c e l a t :

Common Sense

Natural Language

Locating Knowledge

Pattern Identification

Machine Learning

Eliminate Bias

Endless Capacity

Cognitive systems forge a new

partnership between man and

machine.

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So, will artificial intelligence replace us?

Watson Use cases

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Pioneering new ways to shop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpmvF8KPyag

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Watson Cognitive Services

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Conversation

Discovery

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Add a cognitive search

and content analytics

engine to applications to

identify patterns, trends

and actionable insights

that drive better decision-

making

https://discovery-news-demo.mybluemix.net/

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Building a virtual assistant at the French Open

http://my-match.au-syd.mybluemix.net/

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helene.quillaud@fr.ibm.com

@helenequillaud

+33 6 8475 5829

Thank You

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