Q&A: IBM Fellow, Dillenberger, on Life, Work, and Innovation
The THINK Blog today kicks off a new series of weekly posts called, Perspectives, that feature stories by and about IBMers who take the “long view” – whether it’s discovering the next breakthrough, starting the next chapter in their career, or examining skills that drive the next wave of innovation. We begin the series with […]
Auto Industry Turns to Cognitive to Redefine Vehicle Safety
My first car was a ’65 Chevy Impala, which I bought from my uncle. The engine was in bad shape so within the first week, I swapped it out with one I bought from the local junk yard. It was a pretty simple car – manual transmission, manual windows and locks, no air and an […]
Using Watson to Stay On Top of Cancer Care Data
In 2012, an estimated 14.1 million people were diagnosed with cancer worldwide, and my country, Slovakia, ranks 22nd in terms of overall cancer frequency. As the incidence of cancer continues to grow and time constraints on oncologists intensify, the need for research and treatment innovation is more important than ever. The good news for patients […]
How a Small Organization Teamed with IBM for Made-in-Canada Innovation
It goes without saying: starting a business is tough, but growing a business is even harder. A recent Harvard study states that 75 percent of venture-backed startups fail. Industry Canada estimates that 85 percent of Canadian businesses that enter the marketplace will reach one full year, while 70 percent will make it to two years and […]
IBM, Salesforce Advance Partnership with Joint Solutions
Generating and gathering predictive insights from Artificial Intelligence (AI) is complex, complicated work. But spreading these capabilities through organizations and industries around the globe can be even more challenging. That’s one of the reasons IBM partnered with Salesforce six months ago. Together with Salesforce, we have designed and developed joint solutions that will enable an […]
Building Up Nonprofits in Atlanta’s Westside as New Stadium Opens
Cooperation to achieve common goals is as old as humanity itself. For me, this was instilled at a young age by my grandmother. Growing up in the working-class neighborhood of Hollis, Queens, we were reminded that we had an obligation to give back to our community. The explanation my grandmother gave was simple and direct. […]
IBM Blockchain: What Can We Solve Together?
About three weeks ago, Dutch authorities learned that 20 percent of the eggs coming from the Netherlands were unsafe. European authorities are now in a dash to pull the bad food from the shelves. Five months earlier, 3,000 school children in Egypt became ill in the early afternoon. Ambulances were dispatched to elementary schools, as […]
The Ultimate Fan Experience: Turning Fans into Advocates
In today’s sports and entertainment world, fans rule. Much like an individual to a brand, fans are a sports and entertainment firm’s greatest asset — loyal, daily advocates for their team and/or performer. Sports and entertainment firms are working diligently to know their fans and address their evolving desires and expectations. Do they attend events […]
Adapting to Wholesale Change in the Prime Brokerage Industry
The combination of changing financial regulations, capital and leverage requirements, shifting structure across the hedge fund industry and a global search for alpha amid low interest rates have placed enriched financial data at a premium. Unless investment banks and securities firms adapt their business models to these market forces, their prime brokerage businesses will feel […]
A Parable: “The Blind GPUs and the Elephant”
“…Each blind man feels a different part of the elephant body, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk. They then describe the elephant based on their partial experience and their descriptions are in complete disagreement on what an elephant is.” – The Rigveda This parable is helpful describing the problem that we […]
Do Doctors Fear AI? Not the Hundreds I Work with Around the World
Headlines abound about doctors cowering from AI. The reality: not so much. I’m a physician, and don’t think that’s a realistic concern. Rather, I envision a future in which AI-enabled insights help health and medical experts deliver patient-centered, personalized, value-based care. The future is here. For those of us at IBM, we are augmenting experts’ […]
Clarifying the Complex with a ‘Simpler Voice’
As smart as the phones in our pockets are, they’re not built to interpret the written word. Low-literate adults, of whom there are 757 million worldwide, including 32 million in the United States, instead rely on visual cues for recognition and comprehension. So, as part of IBM Research’s Science for Social Good initiative, our team […]