More on Watson, the Jeopardy computer

Thanks to Sam S:

This is an article about the kind of collaborative effort that went into
constructing the Watson computer, and talks a little bit about how the computer works. It shows the contributions from several major universities and that it was a much larger project than just IBM. The specific things that each university added shows what went into making the computer so powerful. http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9209460/What_makes_IBM_Watson_so_smart_?taxonomyId=12&pageNumber=3

Watson - But Can It Play Jeopardy?

This comes from Josh:

Here is a video I found interesting about the IBM computer "Watson" that has been competing and succeeding in Jeopardy recently. I really liked this video, and the topic because it deals with computer programming, something that I am interested in and am taking next year. The video shows a brief summary of Watson's creation, which went through a lot of obstacles in order to make a competent computer that could deal with the complex, clever jeopardy questions at a quick enough rate to compete with legitimate Jeopardy contestants.