The State of the Art — Most experts have settled on a description of Artificial Intelligence as being the scientific endeavour of building computers that mimic the capabilities of the human brain. To put that into perspective, we know that Human Intelligence started to evolve 7–8 million years ago when our oldest ancestors had a brain…

The State of the Art Most experts have settled on a description of Artificial Intelligence as being the scientific endeavor of building computers that mimic the capabilities of the human brain. To put that into perspective, we know that Human Intelligence started to evolve 7–8 million years ago when our…

The State of the Art Most experts have settled on a description of Artificial Intelligence as being the scientific endeavor of building computers that mimic the capabilities of the human brain. To put that into perspective, we know that Human Intelligence started to evolve 7–8 million years ago when our…

Cognitive Computing is not an IBM Fraud — In February, a couple of weeks ago, Dr. Roger Schank castigated IBM. Accusing IBM of “fraud”, Dr Schank asserted “they are not doing “cognitive computing” no matter how many times they say they are”. Dr Schank has been CEO of Socratic Arts since 2002, is a prolific publisher of articles…

Cognitive computing is not an IBM “fraud”! In February, a couple of weeks ago, Dr. Roger Schank castigated IBM. Accusing IBM of “fraud”, Dr Schank asserted “they are not doing “cognitive computing” no matter how many times they say they are”. Dr Schank has been CEO of Socratic Arts since…

Cognitive Computing is not an IBM Fraud — In February, a couple of weeks ago, Dr. Roger Schank castigated IBM. Accusing IBM of “fraud”, Dr Schank asserted “they are not doing “cognitive computing” no matter how many times they say they are”. Dr Schank has been CEO of Socratic Arts since 2002, is a prolific publisher of articles…

Australia’s ‘ABC Online’ highlights what few of us knew about Florence Nightingale; that she was a statistician more than a nurse. “Upon arriving at the British military hospital in Turkey in 1856, Nightingale was horrified at the hospital’s conditions and a lack of clear hospital records. Even the number of…

Introduction Commercializing Artificial Intelligence platforms, products and tools is much more challenging than traditional software. This is because 1. It represents a revolution in computing 2. Its new to IT staff, conceptually and in practice 3. It requires adoption of a substantially different way of thinking about computing 4. It…

Semantics in Medical Research The seminal Cancergrid project was a collaboration between five UK universities: Cambridge (specializing in oncology), Oxford (software engineering), University College London (semantic modelling), Birmingham (clinical trials management), and Belfast (telemedicine). It was funded in the first instance for three years from 2005 by the UK Medical…