How to Create an Innovation Ecosystem - Art Markman. By Art Markman | 12:00 PM December 4, 2012 When we talk about innovation, we often focus on individuals. Take the endless fascination with Steve Jobs as an innovative leader, or our innate tendency to attribute a discovery to a single inventor. In business, we generally identify good innovators and nurture their ability to generate creative practical solutions to new problems. There is less focus on the kinds of structures that promote a culture of innovation. At the IC2 Institute at the University of Texas, we have been exploring the ecosystem of innovation using the Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) as a model.
While traditional incubators focus on providing inexpensive space and business advice for new companies, ATI, under director Isaac Barchas, helps early-stage technology companies to get their first round of funding. The program functions a lot like a coral reef for start-ups. Many large organizations innovate in a different way. Get the right people involved. Educate others. Pr_2012_715_3. 2011-03-30 IBM Watson Goes to School to Engage Next Generation of Innovators.
PITTSBURGH - 30 Mar 2011: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today will host a Watson symposium with Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the University of Pittsburgh, bringing together some of the brightest academic minds in the world to share ideas about what's possible with Watson technology in the areas of medicine, law, business, computer science, engineering and more.
In addition, teams of students from CMU and the University of Pittsburgh will put their skills to the test in a demonstration of IBM Watson's question and answer (QA) capabilities. This is the first time students will have the chance to face Watson's powerful analytical capabilities in a practice round exhibition game of Jeopardy!. Select symposium sessions and interviews will be webcast live at www.livestream.com/IBMWatson beginning at 11:00 a.m. Eastern time. "Machines that think have been Carnegie Mellon's stock in trade since the first artificial intelligence program was invented here more than 50 years ago," said Jared L.
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