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"Watson on Jeopardy! Cast your votes at the CI’s viewing party"

DATE: February 15, 2011
TIME: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
LOCATION: Searle 240A, University of Chicago, 5735 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL
HOST: Ian Foster, Director of the Computation Institute

Description:
Join the Computation Institute and IT Services at a Jeopardy! Viewing party where the Watson supercomputer (developed by IBM) will make its debut as the first non-human contestant to appear on the award-winning quiz show. Watson will take on all-time Jeopardy! Champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, in a bid to become a new breed of champion.

The event, moderated by Ian Foster, Computation Institute Director, will also include perspectives from Klara Jelinkova, Chief Information Technology Officer within IT Services and University faculty members, John Goldsmith (Computer Science and Linguistics) and James Evans (Sociology), on the impact of natural language processing.

Representatives from IBM will also be on hand to explain the technology behind Watson and what they hope to accomplish with it.

Refreshments will be served.

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