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IBM's Watson Gains Presence at Top Technical niversities
IBM recently announced it is partnering with several top U.S. technology universities to launch cognitive computing courses that give students access to its Watson computer system via the cloud.
Next fall, cognitive computing courses will be offered at Carnegie Mellon University, New York University, Ohio State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Michigan, and the University of Texas in Austin. The courses will provide students with the technical knowledge and hands-on learning required to develop cognitive computing applications using Watson's cognitive technology. The students will choose an industry to focus on and will develop prototype apps and a business plan based on that industry. "Classmates will split up into teams, identify uses for Watson, develop apps, and also write business plans — as if they're entrepreneurs creating startups," says University of Michigan professor David Chesney.
The initiative is part of an ongoing effort to expand and strengthen student skills and understanding of big data and analytics, with the goal of meeting the growing demand for highly skilled analytics professionals. Students who take the courses will learn about Watson and its underlying natural-language processing and machine-learning technologies.
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