Cognitive Computing and Big Data Analytics eBook

Cognitive computing systems are an important technology approach that will help organizations transform the way knowledge is leveraged to solve problems. In essence, cognitive computing creates new levels of human and machine interaction to create an evolutionary approach to learning and decision -making Important topics to be covered in this book include: The evolution of cognitive computing from Artificial Intelligence, Knowledge Management, and Expert Systems. How we evolved from the promise to reality. The elements of a cognitive computing system including important technologies such as big data, predictive analytics, Natural Language Processing. These will all be explained in the book since these technologies are the foundation of Cognitive Computing. While it is important to understand the underlying technologies, companies have to have an understanding of what to do to leverage this important technology to improve and transform their organizations.  Therefore there will be very detailed case examples that go step by step in terms of how organizations implement these cognitive systems in their organizations.  Examples will include uses in healthcare, financial services, and manufacturing. Source material will include perspectives from experts in the field, and perspectives from companies such as Cleveland Clinic, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, and CitiGroup that are implementing Cognitive Computing Systems based on IBMs Watson technology.