[CSEE Talk] Cognitive Computing and Visualization at IBM Research / RPI CISL

[Jian Chen]

Dear all,

Please attend if you can. Since the semester is (almost) over, you don't
have any excuse not to come, right? :-). See you on Thursday.

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*Title: Cognitive Computing and Visualization at IBM Research / RPI CISL*

*Speaker*: Dr. Hui Su, IBM Research

*Time*: 10:30 - 11:30 am, May 19 (THIS Thursday)
*Location*: TBD (either 325B or 346, I will confirm this later)

Dr. Hui Su will talk about Cognitive and Immersive Systems Lab, a research
initiative to develop the new frontier of immersive cognitive systems that
explore and advance natural, collaborative problem-solving among groups of
humans and machines. This lab is a collaboration between IBM Research and
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Su will talk about why the research
for human computer interaction is extended to build a symbiotic
relationship between human beings and smart machines, what research is
going to be important to build immersive cognitive systems in order to
transform the way professionals work in the future.

Bio:
Dr. Su is the Director of Cognitive and Immersive Systems Lab, a
collaboration between IBM Research and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He
has been a technical leader and an executive at IBM Research. Most
recently, he was the Director of IBM Cambridge Research Lab in Cambridge,
MA and was responsible for a broad scope of global missions in IBM
Research, including Cognitive User Experience, Center for Innovation in
Visual Analytics and Center for Social Business. As a technical leader and
a researcher for 19 years at IBM Research, Dr. Su has been an expert in
multiple areas ranging from Human Computer Interaction, Cloud Computing,
Visual Analytics, and Neural Network Algorithms for Image Recognition etc.
As an executive, he has been leading research labs and research teams in
the US and China. He is passionate about game-changing ideas and
fundamental research, passionate in speeding up the impact generation
process for technical innovations, discovering and developing new linkages
between innovative research work and business needs.

Host: Jian Chen


   Best regards,
      -- Jian
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Jian Chen, PhD, Assistant Professor
UMBC Innovation Fellow
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
http://www.csee.umbc.edu/~jichen
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