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== Location ==
 
Hynes Convention Center
900 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 954-2000
 
 
 
==Linked Data in Watson: Using Linked Data as Evidence for Natural Language Processing==
==Linked Data in Watson: Using Linked Data as Evidence for Natural Language Processing==
Chris Welty
Chris Welty
IBM Research
IBM Research
Location
Hynes Convention Center
900 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115
November 16, 2010 - 6pm


A team at IBM Research is working to build Watson, a computing system that can understand and answer complex questions with enough precision and speed to compete against the best human quiz show competitors http://www.research.ibm.com/deepqa/ As with the previous AI grand challenge attempted at IBM Research, (playing chess at a grand master level) the principle challenges for machines to achieve expert performance are fundamentally different than for people. For Watson, the challenge is not acquiring enough knowledge to answer questions, but understanding the questions well enough to exploit the knowledge it has. In this talk I will discuss the rather non-obvious role that linked open data has played in developing Watson.
A team at IBM Research is working to build Watson, a computing system that can understand and answer complex questions with enough precision and speed to compete against the best human quiz show competitors http://www.research.ibm.com/deepqa/ As with the previous AI grand challenge attempted at IBM Research, (playing chess at a grand master level) the principle challenges for machines to achieve expert performance are fundamentally different than for people. For Watson, the challenge is not acquiring enough knowledge to answer questions, but understanding the questions well enough to exploit the knowledge it has. In this talk I will discuss the rather non-obvious role that linked open data has played in developing Watson.
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Chris Welty is a Research Scientist at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in New York. His principal area of research is Knowledge Representation, specifically ontologies and the semantic web, and he spends most of his time applying this technology to Natural Language Question Answering as a member of the DeepQA/Watson team. He is best known as a co-developer of the OntoClean methodology with Nicola Guarino, and as the co-chair of the W3C RIF working group.
[[Chris Welty]] is a Research Scientist at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in New York. His principal area of research is Knowledge Representation, specifically ontologies and the semantic web, and he spends most of his time applying this technology to Natural Language Question Answering as a member of the DeepQA/Watson team. He is best known as a co-developer of the OntoClean methodology with Nicola Guarino, and as the co-chair of the W3C RIF working group.
 
The event is kindly sponsored by the [http://www.lotico.com/semsum2010/ Semantic Web Summit 2010], the premier Semantic Web business conference. The event will be free to attend but you can in addition use our SWNY coupon code to receive a special 15%
discount on a full conference ticket.
 
==Agenda==
 
6.00 pm Introduction - [http://www.marconeumann.org Marco Neumann], KONA
 
6.15 pm ISWC 2010 news, review & updates - [http://www.w3.org/People/Sandro/ Sandro Hawke], W3C
 
6.35 pm Linked Data in Watson: Using Linked Data as Evidence for Natural Language Processing - [http://domino.research.ibm.com/comm/research_people.nsf/pages/welty.index.html Chris Welty], IBM Research


==Attendee List==
==Attendee List==


(winner of the complementary Semantic Web Summit full conference ticket will be drawn from the list)
Please login to this wiki and add your name to the attendee list if you plan to attend (winner of the complementary Semantic Web Summit full conference ticket will be drawn from the list).


* Marco Neumann
* Marco Neumann
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* Veronika Zielinska
* Veronika Zielinska
* Peter Dixon-Moses
* Peter Dixon-Moses
* Douglas R. Donahue
* Ashley K. Marty
* Oscar Kafati
* Chris Smith
* Juan Rodriguez
* Eric Hoffer
* Andrew Giannelli
* Sandira Calviac
* Ben Robison
* Haibo Liu
* John Gugliotti
* Danielle Gould
* Marc Hadfield
* ''Greg Milbank''
* Robert Kost
* Mike Williams
===Plus the local Lotico Semantic Web community attendees===
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==Speaker==
[http://www.chrisWelty.org http://www.lotico.com/images/20101116/ChrisWelty.jpg]<br>
Chris Welty, IBM Research<br>
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[http://www.w3.org/People/Sandro/ http://www.lotico.com/images/20101116/SandroHawke.jpg]<br>
Sandro Hawke, W3C
== Location ==
Hynes Convention Center
900 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 954-2000
==Date==
November 16, 2010
==Time==
6pm
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Latest revision as of 16:45, 26 May 2020

Linked Data in Watson: Using Linked Data as Evidence for Natural Language Processing

Chris Welty IBM Research

A team at IBM Research is working to build Watson, a computing system that can understand and answer complex questions with enough precision and speed to compete against the best human quiz show competitors http://www.research.ibm.com/deepqa/ As with the previous AI grand challenge attempted at IBM Research, (playing chess at a grand master level) the principle challenges for machines to achieve expert performance are fundamentally different than for people. For Watson, the challenge is not acquiring enough knowledge to answer questions, but understanding the questions well enough to exploit the knowledge it has. In this talk I will discuss the rather non-obvious role that linked open data has played in developing Watson.

Please be advised that we will meet at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston for this special event which is kindly hosted by the Semantic Web Summit conference.

Bio

Chris Welty is a Research Scientist at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center in New York. His principal area of research is Knowledge Representation, specifically ontologies and the semantic web, and he spends most of his time applying this technology to Natural Language Question Answering as a member of the DeepQA/Watson team. He is best known as a co-developer of the OntoClean methodology with Nicola Guarino, and as the co-chair of the W3C RIF working group.

The event is kindly sponsored by the Semantic Web Summit 2010, the premier Semantic Web business conference. The event will be free to attend but you can in addition use our SWNY coupon code to receive a special 15% discount on a full conference ticket.

Agenda

6.00 pm Introduction - Marco Neumann, KONA

6.15 pm ISWC 2010 news, review & updates - Sandro Hawke, W3C

6.35 pm Linked Data in Watson: Using Linked Data as Evidence for Natural Language Processing - Chris Welty, IBM Research

Attendee List

Please login to this wiki and add your name to the attendee list if you plan to attend (winner of the complementary Semantic Web Summit full conference ticket will be drawn from the list).

  • Marco Neumann
  • Chris Welty
  • Marcus Trevisani
  • Marc Shifflett
  • Ashkhen Pogosyan
  • Marc Donatiello
  • Vasko Yordanov
  • Veronika Zielinska
  • Peter Dixon-Moses
  • Douglas R. Donahue
  • Ashley K. Marty
  • Oscar Kafati
  • Chris Smith
  • Juan Rodriguez
  • Eric Hoffer
  • Andrew Giannelli
  • Sandira Calviac
  • Ben Robison
  • Haibo Liu
  • John Gugliotti
  • Danielle Gould
  • Marc Hadfield
  • Greg Milbank
  • Robert Kost
  • Mike Williams

Plus the local Lotico Semantic Web community attendees


   

Speaker

ChrisWelty.jpg
Chris Welty, IBM Research

SandroHawke.jpg
Sandro Hawke, W3C

Location

Hynes Convention Center
900 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 954-2000

Date

November 16, 2010

Time

6pm