Cognitive Computing
ABSTRACT
‘Cognitive Computing’ is a search for computer science-type software/hardware elements that are consistent with known neurobiological facts about the brain and give rise to observed mental processes of perception, memory, language, intelligence, and, eventually, consciousness.
Very simply speaking, Cognitive Computing is when computer science meets neuroscience to explain and implement psychology.
Cognitive computing refers to the development of computer systems modeled after the human brain. Originally referred to as artificial intelligence, researchers began to use the term cognitive computing instead in the 1990s, to indicate that the science was designed to teach computers to think like a human mind, rather than developing an artificial system. Cognitive computing integrates technology and biology in an attempt to re-engineer the ‘brain’, one of the most efficient and effective computers on Earth.
“The combination of people and computers will be able to think in a way that neither people nor computers have ever done before. I think that’s the really exciting potential and opportunity for us ahead. ”
-Thomas Malone, Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
TABLE OF CONTENTS
S.No. Content Page No.
1 INTRODUCTION 6
1.1 What Is Cognitive Computing? 6
2 COGNITIVE COMPUTING 8
2.1 Why Cognitive Computing? 8
2.2 Domain Expertise 8
2.3 From Programmable Computers To Cognitive Computers 9
2.4 Features Of Cognitive Computing 10
3 SyNAPSE 11
3.1 The SyNAPSE Project 11
4 WATSON 12
4.1 The 1st Cognitive Computing System: Watson 12
5 APPLICATIONS 14
6 BIBLIOGRAPHY 15
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Fig No. Illustrations Page No.
1 The 3 Pillars Of Cognitive Computing 7
2 Von Neumann Architecture 9
3 IBM’s SyNAPSE Chip 10
4 Von Neumann Machines v/s Neuromorphic Machines 12
5 Watson During The Jeopardy! Challenge 13
INTRODUCTION
What is cognitive computing?
Cognitive Computing systems learn
‘Cognitive Computing’ is a search for computer science-type software/hardware elements that are consistent with known neurobiological facts about the brain and give rise to observed mental processes of perception, memory, language, intelligence, and, eventually, consciousness.
Very simply speaking, Cognitive Computing is when computer science meets neuroscience to explain and implement psychology.
Cognitive computing refers to the development of computer systems modeled after the human brain. Originally referred to as artificial intelligence, researchers began to use the term cognitive computing instead in the 1990s, to indicate that the science was designed to teach computers to think like a human mind, rather than developing an artificial system. Cognitive computing integrates technology and biology in an attempt to re-engineer the ‘brain’, one of the most efficient and effective computers on Earth.
“The combination of people and computers will be able to think in a way that neither people nor computers have ever done before. I think that’s the really exciting potential and opportunity for us ahead. ”
-Thomas Malone, Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence
TABLE OF CONTENTS
S.No. Content Page No.
1 INTRODUCTION 6
1.1 What Is Cognitive Computing? 6
2 COGNITIVE COMPUTING 8
2.1 Why Cognitive Computing? 8
2.2 Domain Expertise 8
2.3 From Programmable Computers To Cognitive Computers 9
2.4 Features Of Cognitive Computing 10
3 SyNAPSE 11
3.1 The SyNAPSE Project 11
4 WATSON 12
4.1 The 1st Cognitive Computing System: Watson 12
5 APPLICATIONS 14
6 BIBLIOGRAPHY 15
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Fig No. Illustrations Page No.
1 The 3 Pillars Of Cognitive Computing 7
2 Von Neumann Architecture 9
3 IBM’s SyNAPSE Chip 10
4 Von Neumann Machines v/s Neuromorphic Machines 12
5 Watson During The Jeopardy! Challenge 13
INTRODUCTION
What is cognitive computing?
Cognitive Computing systems learn
Bibliography: • IBM Research: Cognitive Computing http://www.research.ibm.com/cognitive-computing/ http://www.research.ibm.com/cognitive-computing/watson/index.shtml http://www.research.ibm.com/cognitive-computing/neurosynaptic-chips.shtml • wiseGEEK: What is Cognitive Computing? http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-cognitive-computing.htm • The Register: Cognitive computing: IBM unveils software for its brain-like SyNAPSE Chips http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/08/08/ibm_unveils_computer_architecture_based_upon_your_brain/ • Wikipedia: Cognitive Computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive_computer