LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- At CES 2019, IBM
(NYSE: IBM) will showcase how innovative technologies are changing
the world.
IBM Chairman, President and CEO Ginni
Rometty will deliver the opening keynote at CES 2019 on
Tuesday, Jan. 8 at 8:30 am PST (see live webcast here: www.ibm.com).
During her keynote, Rometty will show how technologies like
artificial intelligence, blockchain and cloud are reshaping the
world of business, and, in turn, our daily lives. She also will
talk about what's coming next in these pioneering technologies –
and how new data will revolutionize how we live, work and play.
The innovations include:
- IBM Q System One™ is the world's first
integrated universal approximate quantum computing system designed
for scientific and commercial use. IBM also announced plans to open
its first IBM Q Quantum Computation Center for commercial clients
in Poughkeepsie, New York, in
2019. IBM Q systems are designed to one day tackle problems that
are currently seen as too complex and exponential in nature for
classical systems to handle. For the first time ever, IBM Q System
One enables universal approximate superconducting quantum computers
to operate beyond the confines of the research
lab.
- IBM and its subsidiary The Weather Company unveiled a
powerful new global weather forecasting system that will provide
the most accurate local weather forecasts ever seen worldwide. The
new IBM Global High-Resolution Atmospheric Forecasting System
(GRAF) will be the first hourly-updating commercial weather system
that is able to predict something as small as a thunderstorm
globally. Compared to existing models, it will provide a nearly 200
percent improvement in forecasting resolution for much of the globe
(improving resolution from 12- to 3-square kilometers). It will be
available later this year.
- Last June, IBM Research unveiled Project Debater, the first AI
system that can debate humans on complex topics. This week at CES,
IBM shares a new dimension for this technology: Project Debater -
Speech by Crowd. The experimental cloud-based AI platform uses the
core AI behind IBM Project Debater to collect free-text arguments
from large audiences on debatable topics and automatically
constructs persuasive viewpoints to support or contest the topic.
Visit Project Debater - Speech by Crowd every day during CES to
weigh in on a new topic: http://ibm.biz/Debater2019
- IBM Research's first-of-a-kind "fingernail sensor"
prototype which, when combined with AI and machine
learning, could change the way that clinicians use data, such as
changes in an individual's grip strength, to monitor and track
disease monitor and track disease. The sensor measures how a
fingernail bends and moves continuously throughout the day to
indicate grip strength, a key biomarker for health. By continually
collecting data and feeding it into AI algorithms, the sensor could
one day give clinicians a more accurate picture of a patient's grip
strength and movement over time, which could enable doctors to
provide more personalized treatment recommendations for a range of
conditions, from Parkinson's Disease to cardiovascular disease. IBM
also announce a new initiative with The Michael J. Fox Foundation
to better understand Parkinson's Disease, and a new tool launched
with Medtronic aimed to help those with diabetes better predict the
likelihood when they will experience a low glucose event within an
upcoming 1-4 hour window.
About IBM
For more information, visit
www.ibm.com/press.
Contact:
Angelena Abate, IBM
Angelena.Abate@ibm.com
646-234-8060
Related materials:
Quantum: press release
Weather
forecasting system: press release
Project debater - Speech by Crowd: IBM Research blog
Fingernail sensor: IBM Research blog
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