Seven of the nation’s leading technology institutions unveil cognitive computing courses leveraging IBM Watson — from IBM.com
In Fall, 2014, new courses will inspire university students to build apps infused with Watson’s intelligence while gaining the entrepreneurial vision to deliver their innovations into the marketplace. Announcement marks the newest step in IBM’s strategy to fuel an ecosystem of innovators who will make cognitive computing the new worldwide standard of computing.

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ARMONK, N.Y. – 07 May 2014: IBM (NYSE: IBM) is partnering with the country’s leading technology universities to launch cognitive computing courses that give students unprecedented access via the cloud to one of the Company’s most prized innovations: Watson.

For the first time, enrollment is now open for fall 2014 cognitive computing courses at Carnegie Mellon University, New York University (NYU), The Ohio State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), University of California, Berkeley, University of Michigan and the University of Texas in Austin.

Co-designed by the Watson Group and leading academic experts in fields such as Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, the courses will empower students with the technical knowledge and hands-on learning required to develop new cognitive computing applications fueled by Watson’s intelligence.

 

IBM partners with universities on Watson projects — from abcnews.go.com by Bree Fowler

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Watson is going to college.

Students at seven of the country’s top computer science universities will get a chance to try out IBM’s famous cognitive computing system as part of new classes set for next fall.

The partnership between Armonk, New York-based IBM and the universities, which was set to be announced Wednesday, will let students use the “Jeopardy!” champion to develop new cognitive computing applications for a variety of industries ranging from health care to finance.

“If they’re interested in these kinds of technologies, when they graduate they’re going to have a natural proclivity to designing them,” says Michael Rhodin, IBM’s senior vice president overseeing Watson.

“The logic here is that the next generation of entrepreneurs is in universities today.”