Bits, Bytes and Brains - Where Watson Is and Where It's Going

Explore the evolution of IBM's Watson from its Jeopardy! win to its current role as a cognitive platform in this 58-minute Devoxx conference talk. Discover how Watson has transitioned from on-premise, monolithic solutions to a nimble microservice architecture with continuous delivery. Learn about the development of Natural Language Processing (NLP) microservices and their application in healthcare. Gain insights into the analytic NLP Pipeline, which enables sequential or asynchronous analytic flows and configurable behavior. Examine the pluggable architecture built for Watson Health, focusing on the Watson for Oncology offering. Join IBM experts Sandhya Kapoor, Scott Carrier, and Mike Wilcox as they share their experiences in artificial intelligence, deep learning, and healthcare technology. Understand the challenges, benefits, and future directions of Watson's cognitive computing capabilities in various industries.