Why would decision makers attend these masterclasses?
To make informed business decisions on and around cognitive technologies, decision makers must understand the foundations, as well as the context, of these technologies.
What do we offer?
The IBM Benelux Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) teamed up with our long term collaborators in academia to deliver two 2-day masterclasses to educate decision makers about the technology. The first day of a masterclass will be at the university, covering the academic basics in an accessible way, while the second day is at IBM providing a more industrial angle of the topic.
The first masterclass, titled Foundations of Cognitive Computing, is delivered together with the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam featuring renowned professors such Lora Aroyo, Guszti Eiben, and Frank van Harmelen (final list to be confirmed), but we will also have talks by IBM Research (Ken Barker), and demonstrations of past and present projects delivered locally by CAS. The preliminary dates for this Masterclass are 16-17 November 2017.
Topics covered (subject to change upon demand):
- The past, present and future of Artificial Intelligence
- Introduction to Cognitive Computing and Watson
- How do Cognitive Systems learn?
- Where is Watson now?
- AI for the Masses (AI services in the cloud)
- When AI Goes Bad (Ethics)
- Demos and Corresponding Deep Dives
The second masterclass, titled The Internet of Everything and Everyone, is delivered with TU Delft, containing talks by prof. Geert-Jan Houben, dr. Alessandro Bozzon and several other researchers and students at the university, but also from IBM (John Cohn, Victor Sanchez, etc), CAS researchers and students. The date for for this masterclass are 7-8 December 2017.
Topics covered (subject to change upon demand):
- Data collection for Cognitive systems:
- big data,
- sensor data,
- human data
- Solving real problems with IoT and with human computation
- Data Science to connect machines and humans
- Demos by students, faculty and IBM on how the technology can be used
What benefits can the masterclasses bring?
By gaining and understanding of what the technology is based on and what it can do, attendees can engage in deeper, more meaningful conversations about Cognitive, IoT, etc. They might become inspired to start projects using the technology, or perhaps the class can help them become convinced about the value a proposed IBM project.
Interested? Contact us via casbnl@nl.ibm.com, or via Zoltan Szlavik and Benjamin Timmermans directly.