Cognitive (Internet of) Things: Collaboration to Optimize Action - Hardcover

Sathi, Arvind

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137594659 ISBN 13: 9781137594655

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016

Synopsis

This book explores cognitive behavior among Internet of Things.  Using a series of current and futuristic examples – appliances, personal assistants, robots, driverless cars, customer care, engineering, monetization, and many more – the book covers use cases, technology and communication aspects of how machines will support individuals and organizations. 

This book examines the Cognitive Things covering a number of important questions:

•      What are Cognitive Things?  

•      What applications can be driven from Cognitive Things – today and tomorrow?

•      How will these Cognitive Things collaborate with each and other, with individuals and with organizations?

•      What is the cognitive era?  How is it different from the automation era? 

•      How will the Cognitive Things support or accelerate human problem solving?

•     Which technical components make up cognitive behavior?

•      How does it redistribute the work-load between humans and machines?

•      What types of data can be collected from them and shared with external organizations?

•      How do they recognize and authenticate authorized users?  How is the data safeguarded from potential theft?  Who owns the data and how are the data ownership rights enforced?

Overall, Sathi explores ways in which Cognitive Things bring value to individuals as well as organizations and how to integrate the use of the devices into changing organizational structures. Case studies are used throughout to illustrate how innovators are already benefiting from the initial explosion of devices and data. Business executives, operational managers, and IT professionals will understand the fundamental changes required to fully benefit from cognitive technologies and howto utilize them for their own success.

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About the Author

Dr. Arvind Sathi is a Cognitive Scientist with IBM®'s CognitiveSolutions team. Dr. Sathi received his Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligencefrom Carnegie Mellon University and worked under Nobel Prize winner Dr.Herbert A. Simon. Dr. Sathi is a seasoned professional with more than 20 years of leadership in Information Management architecture anddelivery. He works with IBM clients worldwide to envision and architectcognitive solutions. Prior to joining IBM, Dr. Sathi was the pioneer in developing cognitive solutions at Carnegie Group. At KPMG, he led thedevelopment of Enterprise Integration, MDM, and Operations SupportSystems/Business Support Systems (OSS/BSS) solutions for thecommunications market and also developed cross-industry analyticssolutions, which were implemented in communications services, financialservices, and public services. At IBM, Dr. Sathi has led severalanalytics programs including MDM, data security, advanced analytics, big data and related areas and has provided architecture oversight to IBM's strategic accounts. He has also delivered a number of workshops andpresentations at industry conferences on technical subjects includingIM, Big Data & Advanced Analytics, and he holds two patents in data masking. He has published three books on analytics - CustomerExperience Analytics, Big Data Analytics , and Engaging Customers UsingBig Data and releasing his fourth book titled "Cognitive (Internet of)Things" in October 2016 . He has also been a contributing author in anumber of Data Governance books written by Sunil Soares, and haspublished a article series on Advanced Analytics for IBM DeveloperWorks.

Arvind Sathi is a member of IBM's Academy of Technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1137594659
• ISBN 13: 9781137594655
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 195