IBM Research's technology vision and exemplar Australian projects
Abstract
IBM Research is the world's largest industrial research organisation, with more than 3,000 researchers and software engineers spread across six continents.
Every year, IBM Research asks these 3,000 scientists what are the important technological changes in the next 5–10 years.
In this seminar, Dr Chris Butler of IBM Research – Australia will present a subset of this material covering core-AI science, AI applications, blockchain and Quantum computing. Together with this, he will present some of the work within IBM Research - Australia, located in Melbourne, with a focus on healthcare and financial services.
About the speaker
Dr Chris Butler is the Manager of Cognitive Analytics at IBM Research – Australia in Melbourne. He is part of IBM Research’s global Financial Services leadership team and has been working with AI technologies, such as natural language processing, across government and financial services sectors. His team is responsible for IBM Research – Australia’s engagements with Watson technologies, including a number of projects delivered in conjunction with IBM Watson. Throughout his tenure he has been engaging with clients across a wide variety of industries with a focus on government.
Chris joined IBM first at the IBM Research Collaboratory for Life Sciences in November 2010. In May 2011, he joined IBM Research – Australia as a research intern, and in 2012 he joined IBM Research as a research scientist full time.
Throughout his tenure at IBM Research, Chris has worked on a diverse set of projects, from numerical modelling of cardiac electrophysiology, to the analysis of social media for disaster management.
His PhD on utilising numerical modelling to understand in vitro blood flow experiments and his undergraduate degree (BE(Mech) / BTech (Aero) Hons.) were received from Monash University.
This is a free seminar. No RSVP or registration required. Just turn up! All welcome.
Please note this seminar will not be recorded.