IBM Watson, AlchemyAPI, and a World of Cognitive Computing

AlchemyAPI sells text analysis and computer vision capabilities that can be integrated into application, services, and data systems via a SaaS API. But I don’t believe you’ll find the words “cognitive computing” on AlchemyAPI‘s Web site. So where’s the fit? What gap was IBM seeking to fill? For an IBM description of Watson cognitive computing,

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ECMLPKDD 2015 : PhD Session

The European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECMLPKDD 2015) will take place on September 7 of 2015, in Porto Portugal (http://www.ecmlpkdd2015.org/). The conference includes a PhD session that provides an environment for students to exchange their ideas and experiences with peers and senior researchers in machine learning,

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ECMLPKDD 2015 : Nectar Track

The European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECMLPKDD 2015) will take place on September 7 of 2015, in Porto Portugal (http://www.ecmlpkdd2015.org/) and includes a Nectar Track that offers conference attendees a compact overview of recent scientific advances at the frontier of machine learning and data mining with

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Qualcomm Previews The Next-Generation of Snapdragon Experiences at MWC 2015

BARCELONA, Spain, March 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. (QTI), will preview a series of next-generation mobile experiences at MWC 2015 through the power of the Qualcomm® Zeroth™ platform, Qualcomm Technologies’ first cognitive computing platform designed to enhance on-device user experience. The Zeroth platform will be

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RE.WORK Deep Learning Summit, San Francisco, January – videos, presentations

Interesting videos and presentations from January Deep Learning Summit include a Fireside Chat with Andrew Ng and Derrick Harris, presentations by Richard Socher (Founder, MetaMind), Quoc Le (Research Scientist, Google), Greg Corrado (Sr Research Scientist at Google), and more. Deep Learning Summit, San Francisco, Jan 29-30RE.WORK Deep Learning Summit took place in San Francisco, Jan

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5th Lisbon Machine Learning School – “Natural Language Understanding”

5th Lisbon Machine Learning School – “Natural Language Understanding” We invite everyone interested in Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing to attend the 5th Lisbon Machine Learning School – LxMLS 2015. Important Dates ————— * Application Deadline: April 8, 2015 * Decision: May 8, 2015 * Early Registration: June 8, 2015 * Summer School: July

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Tutorial: What is Deep Learning?

The term “deep learning” was coined in 2006, and refers to machine learning algorithms that have multiple non-linear layers and can learn feature hierarchies [1]. Most modern machine learning relies on feature engineering or some level of domain knowledge to obtain good results. In deep learning systems, this is not the case — instead, algorithms

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