IBM’s Watson computer system burst into the nation’s consciousness in 2011 with a dominant run on Jeopardy!Then Watson started appearing elsewhere — in hospitals, laboratories, and other research environments — as a data-crunching, analysis tool. Now, Watson is coming to Tech.
Class begins today for Watson when it becomes part of Professor Ashok Goel’s Computational Creativity courses. Students will collaborate with Watson via the cloud throughout the semester.
