Dr. Joseph Kozhaya, IBM Master Inventor, IBM Watson AI, U.S.A.

Title of Talk: An Overview of IBM Watson AI

Watson ushered a new era in AI when it competed and won in February 2011 against the two best jeopardy champions, Ken Jennings (longest unbeaten run) and Brad Rutter (biggest prize pot). Other contemporary advances in the availability of compute power and training data propelled AI as a leading opportunity for businesses to innovate and differentiate their solutions and products.