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Dr. James (“Jim”) C. Spohrer, [email protected] Champion and Director IBM UPward(University Programs worldwide, accelerating regional development)May 24, 2013
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Inspired by the function, power, and volume of the organic brain, IBM is developing TrueNorth, a novel modular, scalable, non-von Neumann, ultra-low power, cognitive computing architecture. TrueNorth consists of a scalable network of neurosynaptic cores, with each core containing neurons, dendrites, synapses, and axons. To set sail for TrueNorth, IBM developed Compass, a multi-threaded, massively parallel functional simulator and a parallel compiler that maps a network of long-distance pathways in the macaque monkey brain to TrueNorth. IBM and LBNL demonstrated near-perfect weak scaling on a 16 rack IBM Blue Gene/Q (262,144 processor cores, 256 TB memory), achieving an unprecedented scale of 256 million neurosynaptic cores containing 65 billion neurons and 16 trillion synapses running only 388× slower than real time with an average spiking rate of 8.1 Hz. By using emerging PGAS communication primitives, IBM also demonstrated 2× better real-time performance over MPI primitives on a 4 rack Blue Gene/P (16384 processor cores, 16 TB memory). Here is PDF of final paper. NEW NEWS: Since submitting the camera ready copy, using 96 Blue Gene/Q racks of the Lawrence Livermore National Lab Sequoia supercomputer (1,572,864 processor cores, 1.5 PB memory, 98,304 MPI processes, and 6,291,456 threads), IBM and LBNL achieved an unprecedented scale of 2.084 billion neurosynaptic cores containing 53x1010 neurons and 1.37x1014 synapses running only 1542× slower than real time. Here is PDF of IBM Research Report, RJ 10502.
Example: Leading Through Connections with…Universities Collaborate with IBM Research to Design Watson for the Grand Challenge of Jeopardy !
Assisted in the development of the Open Advancement of Question-Answering Initiative (OAQA) architecture and methodology
Pioneered an online natural language question answering system called START, which provided the ability to answer questions with high precision using information from semi-structured and structured information repositories
Worked to extend the capabilities of Watson, with a focus on extensive common sense knowledge
Focused on large-scale information extraction, parsing, and knowledge inference technologies
Worked on a visualization component to visually explain to external audiences the massively parallel analytics skills it takes for the Watson computing system to break down a question and formulate a rapid and accurate response to rival a human brain
Provided technological advancement enabling a computing system to remember the full interaction, rather than treating every question like the first one - simulating a real dialogue
Explored advanced machine learning techniques along with rich text representations based on syntactic and semantic structures for the Watson’s optimization
Worked on information retrieval and text search technologies
The NFL has spent the last two decades touting its parity—the idea that any team can win on any given Sunday (or Monday or Thursday). But this year, parity has truly run wild.
… here's the wackiest thing: Through six weeks, 11 of the NFL's 32 teams are 3-3. The Journal asked the statistical gurus of Massey-Peabody Analytics to run a coin-flip simulation…
IBM University Programs Worksheet:All Players: Benefits ($M) >> Costs
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IBM University Programs 6 R’s Proof-PointsIBM Smarter Cities & NYU CUSP Center for Urban Science and Progress Big Cities + Big Data Faculty Awards
MS in Applied Urban Science & Informatics
Academic, Government, Industry
NYU and NYU-Poly, Carnegie Mellon University, The City University of New York, The Indian Institute of Technology (Mumbai). The University of Toronto, The University of Warwick
IBM partners with State of Louisiana & City of Baton Rouge, & Louisiana State University
Creation Of 800-Job Technology Center In Downtown Baton Rouge
Gov. Jindal, Baton Rouge Mayor/President Kip Holden, Baton Rouge Area Foundation President and CEO John Davies, and Louisiana State University (LSU) College of Engineering Dean Richard Koubek.
The State will provide $14 million in funding over 10 years for expanded higher-education programs designed primarily to increase the number of annual computer science graduates.
IBM and Ohio State University collaborate to boost analytics skills in State of Ohio
Projected to create 500 new jobs and become an education and training hub for advanced data research, big data and cognitive computing
IBM worked with Ohio’s economic development organizations - aims to benefit than 30 regional companies in health care, financial services, government and retail.
State of Ohio providing incentives for the center.
IBM and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology collaborate on Service Science in Germany
The Karlsruhe Service Research Institute at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) aims to be the leading European research institute in the field of Service Science.
Develop concepts, methods, and technologies relevant for innovators and decision-makers to create and capture value in an increasingly services-led economy..
Holistic interdisciplinary approach to solvebusiness problems along the dimensions of people, organization, information, and technology
IBM University Programs 6 R’s Proof-PointsIBM University Programs supports IBM’s Delivery Center at Brno in the Czech Republic IBM’s Delivery Center at Brno employs about 3,000 IT professionals and supports over 600 clients from around the world
Best practices have been established by local University Relations personnel for internship programs that support IBM’s resourcing needs
This local expertise is now planned to be extended and applied to the resourcing requirements of the Brno Delivery Center
IBM UP / SWG supports IBM’s new Delivery Center in Costa Rica with faculty training IBM’s Delivery Center in Costa Rica opened in May with 1,200
employees & intends to hire up to 1,000 new IT professionals by 2014
Part of IBM’s agreement includes working with 6 local universities to help build the future workforce and training them on IBM’s Cloud, Cyber Security & various other technologies
IBM UR & SWG team members along with NC State University faculty are conducting curriculum workshops for local faculty in country to “train the trainors”. IBM is the first company to offer such a creative approach to helping establish the latest in technology skills in Costa Rica
IBM and University of Mauritius collaborate to boost computer skills in the Indian Ocean Islands Region off the coast of Africa IBM and University of Mauritius struck a academic partnership to provide technology and training resources for computer science professionals at the University
IBM also launched an IBM Africa Technical Institute in Mauritius offering education about IBM technologies and how these solutions solve some of the challenges facing businesses and the public sector in Africa.
IBM technical staff will provide guest lectures to students and IBM will also offer research collaboration for UM researchers
IBM and Stellenbosch University collaborate for computer skills development in South Africa IBM and Stellenbosch University (SU) have partnered to open a Software Center of Excellence to assist students in building strong SW development skills
The COE is a first-of-its-kind in South Africa including a post-graduate computer laboratory with advanced software (including Rational) to provide a full-fledged software production environment for students to hone their skills.
The Center seeks to integrate the latest technologies into SU’s curriculum to prepare students for high-value job opportunities
IBM University Programs 6 R’s Proof-PointsIBM Russia & Bauman Moscow State Technical University launch Smarter Cities Dev’t Education Center
BMSTU launched the Smarter Cities Education Center as a strategic initiative w/ IBM to help students and city leaders develop expertise and apply innovative technologies to create smart solutions to tackle issues that have high social and economic impact for cities around the world.
Aligned with the Russian government's priorities for the modernization and technological development of urban centers, the center will support the development of IT skills crucial to Russia's innovation agenda
As part of the Smarter Commerce China Summit, IBM announced the joint Smarter Marketing Course Program with Chinese University of Hong Kong and Shanghai Jiaotong University
The collaboration helps students learn more about the enormous opportunities brought by Smart Commerce and technology marketing and promote the local talent education
The program will train students & industry leaders with advanced smarter marketing mindset and solutions and build ecosystem for Smarter Commerce business impact
IBM SWG, IBM China UR and Leading Universities in China Team Up on Joint EMBA Program
IBM India Univ Relations Receives Award from Zinnov Consulting
India University Relations was presented w/ the “Ecosystem Enablement for Universities” award from Zinnov Consulting for the 3rd consecutive year
The award recognizes IBM’s contribution towards the development of the University R&D Ecosystem through depth of research and breadth of reach across Tier 1, 2 and 3 universities
Zinnov is a consulting firm providing services in the area of offshore advisory, market research, competitor analysis, business research, data analytics and HR consulting to Fortune 1000 companies
IBM Research, CC&CA & IBM UP Supports Brazil with 3 PhD Fellowships for 2012
Flavio Figueiredo from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais studying in filed of content popularity growth on online social networks
Ivan Mechado from Universidade Federal da Bahia studying in field of variabilities in product lines and the most suitable testing strategies
Gabriel Nazar from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul studying in the filed of cost-effective fault tolerance techniques for filed programmable gate arrays
“When we combined the impact of Harvard’s direct spending on payroll, purchasing and construction – the indirect impact of University spending – and the direct and indirect impact of off-campus spending by Harvard students – we can estimate that Harvard directly and indirectly accounted for nearly $4.8 billion in economic activity in the Boston area in fiscal year 2008, and more than 44,000 jobs.”
Daniel Patrick Moynihan said nearly 50 years ago: "If you want to build a world class city, build a great university and wait 200 years." His insight is true today – except yesterday's 200 years has become twenty. More than ever, universities will generate and sustain the world’s idea capitals and, as vital creators, incubators, connectors, and channels of thought and understanding, they will provide a framework for global civil society.
Dr. James (“Jim”) C. SpohrerInnovation Champion & Director, IBM University Programs worldwide accelerating regional development (IBM UPward)[email protected]
“Instrumented, Interconnected, Intelligent – Let’s build a Smarter Planet.” – IBM“If we are going to build a smarter planet, let’s start by building smarter cities” – CityForward.org“Universities are major employers in cities and key to urban sustainability.” – Coalition of USU
“Cities learning from cities learning from cities.” – Fundacion Metropoli“The future is already here… It is just not evenly distributed.” – Gibson
“The best way to predict the future is to create it/invent it.” – Moliere/Kay“Real-world problems may not/refuse to respect discipline boundaries.” – Popper/Spohrer
“Today’s problems may come from yesterday’s solutions.” – Senge“History is a race between education and catastrophe.” – H.G. Wells
“The future is born in universities.” – Kurilov“Think global, act local.” – Geddes
Universities Worldwide Accelerating Regional Development
“When we combined the impact of Harvard’s direct spending on payroll, purchasing and construction – the indirect impact of University spending – and the direct and indirect impact of off-campus spending by Harvard students – we can estimate that Harvard directly and indirectly accounted for nearly $4.8 billion in economic activity in the Boston area in fiscal year 2008, and more than 44,000 jobs.”
What do IBM Service Professionals Do? Run IT & enterprise systems for customers,help Transform customer processes to best practices, and Innovate with customers.
SSME: IBM Icon of Progress & IBM Research Outstanding Accomplishment– Internal 10x return: CBM, IDG, SDM Pricing & Costing, BIW COBRA, SIMPLE, IoFT, Fringe, VCR
• Key was tools to model customers & IBM better• Also tools to shift routine physical, mental, interactional & identify synergistic new ventures• Alignment with Smarter Planet & Analytics (instrumented, interconnected, intelligent)• Alignment with Smarter Cities, Smarter Campus, Smarter Buildings (Holistic Service Systems)
– External: More than $1B in national investments in Service Innovation activities
– External: Increase conferences, journals, and publications
– External: Service Science SIGs in Professional Associations
– External: Course & Program Guidelines for T-shaped Professionals, 500+ institutions
– External: National Service Science Institutions, Books & Case Studies (Open Services Innovation)
Service Research, a Portfolio Approach– 1. Improve existing offerings (value propositions that can move the needle on KPI’s)
– 2. Create new offerings (for old and new customers)
– I know/work with service research pioneers from many academic disciplines• I advocate for Service Science, Management, Engineering, and Design (SSME+D)
– Short-term: Curriculum (T-shaped people, deep in an existing discipline)– Long-term: New transdiscipline and profession (awaiting CAD tool)
• I advocate for ISSIP (“one of the founding fathers”)• Co-editor of the “Handbook of Service Science” (Springer 2010)
Other background (late 90’s and before)– Founding CTO of IBM’s Venture Capital Relations group in Silicon Valley
– Apple Computer’s (Distinguished Engineer Scientist and Technologist) award (90’s)
– Ph.D. Computer Science/Artificial Intelligence from Yale University (80’s)