[Colloquium] Watson on Jeopardy!

[Ninfa Mayorga]

Man vs. Machine – who will win?

Watson on Jeopardy!

Cast your votes at our Viewing Party



February 15th 2011

2:30pm

Searle 240a



Join the Computation Institute and IT Services at a Jeopardy! Viewing  
party where the Watson supercomputer (developed by IBM) will make it's  
debut as the first non-human contestant to appear on the award-winning  
quiz show. Watson will take on all-time Jeopardy! Champions, Ken  
Jennings and Brad Rutter, in a bid to become a new breed of champion.

The event, moderated by Ian Foster, Computation Institute Director,  
will also include perspectives from Klara Jelinkova, Chief Information  
Technology Officer within IT Services and University faculty members,  
John Goldsmith (Computer Science and Linguistics) and James Evans  
(Sociology), on the impact of natural language processing.

Representatives from IBM will also be on hand to explain the  
technology behind Watson and what they hope to accomplish with it.

Refreshments will be served.

Can’t attend the event in person? Watch it on cTV on ABC-7 at 3:30!




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