- -: The Brains Behind IBM's Watson
June 23, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/ideas_economy_information Anant Jhingran, CTO of the Information Management Divison for IBM, describes how the artificial intelligence computer system Watson always deduces the right answer. ----- The Ideas Economy: Information is a fresh look at kn...
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- -: Supercomputers: The New Face of Wall Street (For Better or Worse)
July 8, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/06/25/Data_In_Sight_Making_the_Transparent_Visual Joris Maltha, co-founder of Catalogtree, uses data visualization to show the impact that supercomputer error had on the New York Stock Exchange during the most recent crash. "There are no humans involved, it...
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- -: Obama's Blue Button Challenge for Digital Medical Records
July 20, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/06/22/Aneesh_Chopra_Policy_and_Progress_in_a_Borderless_World White House CTO Aneesh Chopra describes President Obama's challenge to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to digitize health records and allow veterans to download personal health i...
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- -: Foursquare's Plans for Monetization
August 9, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/07/13/Dennis_Crowley_Co-Founder_Foursquare Foursquare Founder Dennis Crowley discusses the company's business plans, explaining that while check-ins have proven to be a boon for businesses, he envisions building targeting tools on top of the data to help bu...
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- -: The Future of Cloud Enabled Devices
August 16, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/09/01/Anthony_Townsend_The_Future_of_Lightweight_Innovation Institute For The Future's Anthony Townsend demonstrates the benefits of Internet connected devices, such as sensors on a bicycle. Townsend explains how people and cities are able to gather data ab...
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- -: The World Bank's Commitment to Openness
August 17, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/series/nextwork_conference_2011 Shelley Leibowitz, chief information officer of the World Bank Group, explains that while the World Bank has historically been viewed as an exclusive, opaque organization, they are continuously working to be more open and cooperat...
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- -: Predicting Urban Crime? There's an Equation for That
August 18, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/07/25/Why_Cities_Grow_Corporations_Die_and_Life_Gets_Faster Theoretical physicist Geoffrey B. West discusses his work developing a model to formulate predictions about a city based solely on its size. His equations can predict "mundane" properties like the ...
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- -: A New Standard of Openness
April 23, 2009 (about 15 years ago)On his first full day in office, President Obama makes good on his campaign promise to bring significant change to Washington by signing an executive order on transparency and ethics. January 21, 2009 (public domain)
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- -: Open for Questions: The Year in Changing Washington
January 14, 2010 (over 14 years ago)CTO Aneesh Chopra and Norm Eisen with White House Counsel take your questions on changing Washington
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- -: What If Your Data Could Excuse You from Airport Security?
November 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/10/20/Think_Art_-_Act_Science_Global_Mobility Tired of waiting in line at the airport? Arup's Gareth Ashley discusses plans to use smart phones to speed up airport security. He explains that by tying personal information to your phone's RFID chip, security ...
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