[Crib-list] TODAY -- SPEAKER: Dr. David Gondek (IBM Watson Research Center) -- Monday, Feb. 14 at 6:00 PM in Building 3, Room 270

[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

NOTE LOCATION: 	Building 3, Room 270


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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