Currently, I am working on a new “science of cognitive computing” curriculum for IBM with our partner universities and others to allow people of all ages to design, build, understand, and work with cognitive mediators. The curriculum is inspired in part by the work of Douglas Engelbart, an American engineer and inventor, and an early …
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A colleague of mine, whom I have great respect for, just sent a fascinating email to a group of global computer science researchers as well as social science and policy making scholars. He wrote in part: Building robust cognitive systems requires moving beyond task-specific systems, to cognitive architectures where the same system (1) handles …
Startups are hard work and most will fail. However, most students and early career professionals will become more future-ready T-shaped adaptive innovators if they work hard and learn fast at one or more startups. Steve Miller (IBM Analytics) sent me these interesting reads: Check out one experience about how hard it really is to spin …
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