Cognitive (Internet of) Things

Dr. Arvind Sathi is a Cognitive Scientist with IBM®’s Cognitive Solutions Lab. Dr. Sathi received his Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence from Carnegie Mellon University and worked under Nobel Prize winner Dr. Herbert A. Simon. Dr. Sathi is a seasoned professional with more than 30 years of leadership in cognitive and analytic solution development and delivery. He works with IBM clients worldwide to envision and build cognitive solutions. Dr. Sathi was a pioneer in developing cognitive solutions at Carnegie Group, leading to its successful public offering as a profitable AI company. At KPMG / Bearingpoint, he led the practices for Cognitive Process Automation, Enterprise Integration, & Analytics. At IBM, Dr. Sathi has led several cognitive and analytics programs including a number of IBM products from Watson, Analytics and business units, and has provided technical oversight to IBM’s strategic accounts. He has also delivered a number of workshops and presentations at industry conferences on technical subjects, and holds two patents in data masking. He has published three books on analytics—Customer Experience Analytics, Big Data Analytics, and Engaging Customers Using Big Data—and is releasing his fourth book titled Cognitive (Internet of) Things in October 2016. He has also been a contributing author in a number of Data Governance books written by Sunil Soares, and has published an article series on Advanced Analytics for IBM Developer Works. Arvind Sathi is a member of IBM’s Academy of Technology.

1. Introduction.- 2. What is a Cognitive Device?.- 3. Cognitive Devices as Human Assistants.- 4. Cognitive Things in an Organization.- 5. Reuse and Monetization.- 6. Intelligent Observations.- 7. Organization of Knowledge and Problem Solving.- 8. Installation, Training, Maintenance, Security, and Infrastructure.- 9. Machine-to-Machine Interfaces.- 10. Man-to-Machine Interfaces.- 11. Assisting in Human Communications.- 12. Balance of Power and Societal Impacts.