Cognitive Computing with IBM Watson

Cognitivecomputingisrapidlyinfusingeveryaspectofourlivesridingonthreeimportantfields:datascience,machinelearning(ML),andartificialintelligence(AI).Itallowscomputingsystemstolearnandkeeponimprovingastheamountofdatainthesystemgrows.Thisbookintroducesreaderstoawholenewparadigmofcomputing–aparadigmthatistotallydifferentfromtheconventionalcomputingoftheInformationAge.YouwilllearntheconceptsofML,deeplearning(DL),neuralnetworks,andAIthroughthesetofAPIsprovidedbyIBMWatson.Thisbookwillhelpyoubuildyourownapplicationstounderstand,plan,andsolveproblems,andanalyzethemasperyourneeds.Youwilllearnaboutvariousdomainsofcognitivecomputing,suchasNLP,voiceprocessing,computervision,emotionanalytics,andconversationalsystems,usingdifferentIBMWatsonAPIs.Fromthis,thereaderwilllearnwhatMLis,andwhatgoesoninthebackgroundtomakecomputers"dotheirmagic,"aswellaswheretheseconceptshavebeenapplied.Havingachievedthis,thereaderswillthenbeabletoembarkontheirjourneyoflearning,researching,andapplyingtheconceptintheirrespectivefields.