Why Dynamic Algorithms Still Haven’t Replaced Human Rules

In this contributed article, editorial consultant Jelani Harper discusses how there are certainly numerous use cases enriched by dynamic algorithms, such as fraud detection. However, the applicability of rules to analytics undertakings in which there is variability is clear. Subsequently, rules are undoubtedly here to stay, and a crucial means of facilitating enterprise analytics during the current epoch of cognitive computing.   

Enhancing Predictive Cognitive Computing Models with Traditional Data Modeling

In this contributed article, editorial consultant Jelani Harper suggests that with so much attention devoted to the purported wonders of predictive cognitive computing models (typically characterized by classic machine learning and deep learning), it’s easy to lose sight of the conventional data models underpinning these applications.

LevaData Introduces Cognitive Sourcing for New Product Introduction Teams

LevaData, the company that delivers applied AI to transform strategic sourcing and procurement, announced the launch of LevaData NPI (New Product Introduction), a solution extension of the LevaData Cognitive Sourcing Platform. Designed and built for enterprise manufacturing companies, LevaData NPI offers industry-first supply chain insights and actionable guidance to product planning, launch and introduction teams.

Infographic: The Cognitive Business Disruption

In the infographic below created by our friends over at the Ohio University Online Master of Business Administration program, we explain how the promise of the technology should be navigated: the principles of cognitive computing, factors affecting cognitive computing’s adoption, and how to integrate cognitive computing in business.

The Future of Cognitive Computing

In the video presentation below, Dr. John Kelly III, Senior Vice President, IBM Research and Solutions Portfolio, discusses the future of cognitive computing. Dr. Kelly is focused on the company’s investments in several of the fastest-growing and most strategic parts of the information technology market, including IBM Watson.