By Darryl K. Taft, eWeek
IBM took its Watson cognitive computing system on the road to the West Coast to tap students at the University of Southern California for new ideas and innovation based on the supercomputer’s capabilities. Two years after seeing it beat human competitors on the game show “Jeopardy,” IBM is putting Watson to work in ways that will change how business and health care leaders solve problems. While IBM researchers are developing new commercial applications for Watson, IBM is also turning to brilliant young minds in academia for big ideas on where the system should work next.
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