[Crib-list] SPEAKER: Dr. David Gondek (IBM Watson Research Center) -- Monday, Feb. 14 at 6:00 PM in Building 2, Room 105

[Shirley Entzminger]

Event Sponsor(s): SDM activities - sponsored by GSC, MIT SDM
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TITLE:		Watson on Jeopardy! : The Turing Test Breaks the 4th Wall

SPEAKER: 	Dr. David Gondek, IBM Watson Research Center

TIME: 		6:00p - 8:00p

LOCATION: 	Building 2, Room 105


On Feb. 14 - 16, a machine will compete shoulder to shoulder against 2 of 
the most successful competitors in TV game show history in a trivia 
contest which is widely considered to be a test of general intelligence.

Come hear from one of the developers on the IBM DeepQA project, Dr. David 
Gondek, that gave us this remarkable system. A viewing party will follow.

Erin McLean, winner of the 2010 Jeopardy! College Championship, will give 
us some tips and tricks on how to beat Watson before we introduce Dr. 
Gondek. Being a walking wikipedia is not enough; there is some strategy 
involved that may give us an advantage against our silicon-based 
opponents.

Web site: www.ibmwatson.com

Open to: the general public

Sponsor(s): SDM activities - sponsored by GSC, MIT SDM

For more information, contact:
debug at mit.edu

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