Blog entries originated by Spohrer
For those interested in open deep question-answering – the following pointers from Jack Park may be of interest: ” Hi Jim, I am glad we got to cross paths today. Below are some links mentioned, and a few as reminders: [1] is my talk in Tokyo and Hokkaido about my project, originally called SolrSherlock, but …
This just came into my mail from Martin Wetzels: “Dear colleagues, Service researchers worldwide are experiencing exciting, remarkable and dynamic new times. The advent of digital technology allows the design of new services and changes the competitive environment rapidly. Mobile and location-based services are increasingly realizing their promise. Service organizations are evolving into …
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http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/itcfp2 IT-Enabled Business Innovation Submission deadline: 1 Sept. 2014 Publication: March/April 2015 IT is a key enabler of business innovation. The impact on businesses in every industry has never been greater. IT is a key source of innovations that drive growth. Indeed, it’s rare to find a product or service that’s not touched by, or …
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The Cognitive Systems Institute, which is a new set of IBM university programs in conjunction with IBM Research and the Watson Business Unit, will focus faculty collaborators on building and evaluating cognitive assistants for every profession. Artificial cognitive systems, or cognitive systems for short, exhibit capabilities and/or perform tasks deemed intelligent by natural cognitive …
It is time to re-read Vannevar Bush’s “As We May Think” and Douglas Engelbart’s “Augmenting Human Intellect.” Bush (1945) wrote: There is a growing mountain of research. But there is increased evidence that we are being bogged down today as specialization extends. The investigator is staggered by the findings and conclusions of thousands of other …
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Competing for collaborators is the new normal in a highly interconnected, innovation-driven global economy. Especially, when it comes to winning the hearts and minds of faculty and students to build startups on industry platforms. Platforms (sometimes referred to as solution stacks, or HW/SW stacks) include Apple iPhone and Google Android. IBM has platforms as well …
Jean Paul Jacob (IBM Research Emeritus) alerted me to this NYT article “Automation Alone Isn’t Killing Jobs” … The author of the NYT article, Tyler Cowen, notes: “Many other examples of automatable jobs are discussed in “The Second Machine Age,” a book by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, and in my own book, “Average Is …
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How can a food truck become an example of a smart service system, known for creative new recipes? Before explaining, consider recipes just a bit… Recipes are new combinations and configurations of existing ingredients. Some recipes are appealing, and stick around. In his book “The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs Are Transforming The Global Economy” Phil …
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“Cogs” can be thought of as a new species of intelligent agents (“smart machines“) that can learn and communicate with us, and know a person and a person’s history very well. For example, already doctors are starting to recommend healthcare apps to patience, and perhaps soon they will prescribe apps, and insurers will pay. However, …
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Pentland, A. (2014). Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread-The Lessons from a New Science. Penguin. “Most people think in relatively static terms…. I think in terms of social physics: growth processes within networks” p. ix “…research program to develop a rigorous intellectual framework that extends current individual-centric economic and policy thinking by including social interactions. …