Lowering the Barriers to Global Trade with Blockchain
Ninety percent of the goods in the global market are at some point transported by ocean shipping container. To get these shipments from one port to the next, a complex series of interactions must take place. Global shipping and logistics leader, Maersk, found in 2014 that a single, simple shipment of refrigerated goods from East […]
Sparking the Next Wave of Innovation in AI
Significant advances in artificial intelligence over the past few years have broadened AI’s reach into industries such as healthcare, finance and even retail. Businesses and consumers alike are benefiting from the rise of big data and the growth of AI techniques like deep learning and natural language processing. But we’re still only scratching the surface […]
Business Mobility Gets a Cognitive Upgrade with IBM Watson
Ten years ago, the iPhone and iPad did not even exist but today, it’s hard to remember life before mobile devices. When I forget my iPhone at home, I feel anxious or like I’m constantly missing something. Let’s face it: no one feels the same way about leaving a pen behind. Mobile devices are transforming […]
Paul Rizzo – An Appreciation
The name Paul J. Rizzo is unknown to most current IBMers, but Rizzo was among the titans of the technology industry. He helped lead the company during a period of tremendous growth — and then returned, during IBM’s most troubled period, to help choose a new CEO and put the company on its modern path. […]
Women of Color in STEM Take Center Stage at the Oscars
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences holds the 89th Oscars this Sunday, I’ll be rooting for “Hidden Figures” to win Best Picture, and Octavia Spencer to win Best Supporting Actress. Since both Black History Month and National Engineers Week occur in February, it would be great if during this month, the movie […]
Northern Trust Trusts Blockchain for Private Equity
Today, private equity tends to be an opaque, costly endeavor. Often, ten percent or more is spent on administration. In addition, the administrative activities are manual and can take a great deal of time to complete. In the past, this information (or its owners) was not trusted enough to be digitized. So when Northern Trust […]
The Science of AI and the Art of Social Responsibility
I am a computer scientist and engineer, inspired by the art of the possible and driven by the practice of computing applications. For decades, I’ve quantified my professional achievements using metrics like computability, performance, scalability, and usability. But the transformational nature of artificial intelligence requires new metrics of success for our profession. It is no […]
How Blockchains Can Provide New Benefits for Healthcare
How valuable would it be to have the full history of your health? What if every one of your vital signs that have been recorded, all the medicines taken, information associated with every doctor’s visit, illness, operations and more could be efficiently and accurately captured? The quality and coordination of health care would be expected […]
Cognitive Health Care: We Have Liftoff
It’s hard to believe it’s only been two short years since Watson Health first launched at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference. IBM understood the massive potential to bring the power of cognitive computing to healthcare in a meaningful way and it already has – empowering researchers, supporting clinicians bringing the power […]
How Watson Can Help Close Gaps in Care Among the NY Medicaid Population
Doctors and hospitals often do tremendous work when health problems are immediate, acute and episodic – think of the heart attack or the broken leg – but getting patients with more long-term, chronic problems to get and stay healthy is an enormous challenge. This difficulty is why chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension make up […]
Building Loyalty Through IoT
We are just six weeks into the New Year and one thing has become crystal clear — businesses have made IoT a top priority for 2017. According to new research from Gartner, there will be 20.8 billion connected devices by 2020. But the impetus behind these investments isn’t solely about creating the next ground-breaking, life-altering […]
How Visa Embraced IoT to Advance Commerce
As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to grow and drive a more connected world, it is changing the way we live, shop and pay by moving data and the point-of-sale to wherever the consumer wants it to be. Visa’s new global collaboration with IBM is designed to bring the point-of-sale everywhere by allowing businesses […]