October 2013

WEEKEND EXTRA

Conflict of Interest-No Mr. Bill, Not Again! By Leonard Zwelling It is very interesting that IBM Watson and MD Anderson are collaborating on a research project. While I am quite confused as to what it really is, perhaps we should not at all be confused that this collaboration was launched. Did you know that the …

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CONFUSING

Confusing Watson, Confusing Me By Leonard Zwelling             I was just sent the video of the conference held last Friday, October 18, that demonstrated the Oncology Expert Advisor, the Madison Avenue name for the MD Anderson/IBM Watson collaboration. It’s definitely worth a look. http://www3.mdanderson.org/streams/FullVideoPlayer.cfm?xml=cfg%2FMoon-Shots-IBM-Watson-2013             Without going into the details of the presentation, I came …

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WRONG WATSON

Elementary, But It’s the Wrong Watson By Leonard Zwelling           I received an email from Houston while in Durham, NC. I was back at Duke for my 40th medical school reunion and thus did not see the article in Friday’s Chronicle reporting on the scheduled news conference at Anderson to announce the new partnership between …

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