Community Question Answering systems (CQA) are interactive online platforms that facilitate the exchange of knowledge by connecting individuals who seek answers with others who can provide them. These ...

Type Bill Gates’ name into Google and the search engine will eagerly suggest things you might want to know about him. His net worth? Book recommendations? Information about his house? This ...

The International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) of Armonk, NY, is a multinational technology and consulting corporation with an unshakable lead in the realm of intellectual property ...

From the beginning of the digital age, we’ve looked to our computers for answers. Nowhere is this so evident as in the computer science discipline known as question answering, or QA. Overlapping the ...

A computer that can have a conversation with you in real, human language is a hallmark of science fiction films, but has always seemed ludicrously unrealistic. Here’s the thing: IBM just built one.

Watson in training. Image courtesy of IBM. The drama of this "man vs. machine" match gives our field a higher public profile and a jolt of credibility that will help us to promote a more effective way ...