Cognitive Computing: Augmenting Human Capability
Dr. Jeff Welser Vice President & Lab Director IBM Research – Almaden
Brazil
T.J Watson Almaden
Austin
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Haifa
Africa
India
China
Tokyo
Australia
3000 Global Researchers
IBM Research: Globally and Vertically Integrated
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Watson Almaden
Austin
Tokyo Haifa Zurich
India
Dublin
Melbourne
Brazil
IBM Research labs Labs added since 2010
Kenya
future systems
nanotechnologies
processors/storage /switching
cloud
cybersecurity
analytics
industry expertise
Cognitive Computing Industry and Solutions
Computing as a Service Science & Technology
Research Strategies
Data
We are here
Sensors and Devices
Social Media
VoIP
Enterprise Data
2016
In just two days we now generate as much data as was generated in total through 2003
80% of all data is unstructured and growing 15 times the rate of structured data
Over 1 billion tweets are sent every 2 days
5 million trade events are clocked every day
2020
Percentage of uncertain data
The Role of Data Unstructured data volume grows substantially
Augmenting human intelligence
Understand multiple languages
Converse in spoken dialogue
Comprehend complex images
Interpret sensory perceptions
Develop domain knowledge
Derive new insights
Data growth and gravity distorts and impacts every component of IT – and business
Data curation leads to optimal value
Compute must move to data
New IT platforms will emerge at the edge
Un-curated Diverse sources, resolutions, gaps, data types, update frequencies and uncertainty levels
Curated Creates an integrated up-to-date view of layered spatio-temporal data with industry-specific analytics
Roads Soil
Weather Land
Analyzing open spatio-temporal data at scale illustrates the power of curation
Data at the edge is changing how we look at data
90%
By 2017
Of data created over the last 10 years was never captured or analyzed
The collective computing and storage capacity of smartphones will surpass all worldwide servers
60%
2X
Of valuable sensory data loses value in milliseconds
Rate of data creation compared to the expansion of bandwidth over the past decade
Do not distribute
Sensory data: High velocity, variety and volume Value is maximized with real time reaction
Automotive • 1GB/s per car fully
instrumented • React in 200 msec for
maximum value
Mobile • >10 sensor types • React in 200 msec for
maximum value • Need to be always on
Cameras • Continuous video streams,
always on • React 1-5s for maximum
value
Demonstrated 1 million neurons, 256 million synapses, ~70mW, ~4cm2
An end-to-end ecosystem consisting of development boards; a simulator; a programming
language; an integrated programming environment; a library of algorithms as well as applications; firmware; deep learning tools; a teaching curriculum; and cloud enablement.
Energy-efficient and Homogeneously Scalable Architecture for Multi-sensory Integration
3 color, 30 fps, object recognition Mobile Camera
Hot Word Detection Live Logo Detection
Stationary Camera
Cognitive Computing Today
Cognition occurs in the “cloud”
Minimal sensory perception
Challenged in real-time cognition
Minimal Interaction with other devices
Cognitive Computing Tomorrow
Light Cognition on mobile devices
Enable Rich Sensory Perception
Enable Real-Time Reaction
Collaboration & Interaction between devices
Mobile Cognition Concept
Cloud Mobile Device Unreliable Channel
- Manufacturing - Healthcare - Public Safety - Autonomous Car - Military Drones - ...
Cognitive Services (heavy processing)
Cognitive Agent (light processing)
Secure, reliable, universal protocol
Cognitive Machines Today versus tomorrow: moving towards the edge
High Performance Computing + Cognitive Analytics
Discovery New materials New capabilities New solutions
What can be calculated Predictive models Simulations, statistics, correlations
What is known Papers, patents, reports Experiments, extraction, similarity
Cognitive Systems
Software Defined
Environment
Atomic and Nano-scale
Data-centric Systems
Visual Analytics and Interaction
Context and Learning
Cognitive Computing
Key technologies for the next era of computing