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Hi, I am Andrea Martin, the distinguished engineer in IBM's Global Technology Services.
I'm also a member of the IBM Academy of Technology and lead the strategic value program for them.
I mainly work with clients on the topic of innovation. And, one of the most interesting
and exciting and really inspiring examples of innovation in the past years has certainly
been Cognitive Computing and IBM Watson, who won the Jeopardy game three years ago. Cognitive
systems are systems that understand natural language that generate hypothesis and evaluate
them, and also are able to adapt and learn. IBM has just announced that one hundred million
dollar investment in Watson for Africa, to solve some of the most pressing issues of
the continent. While in this fast changing and ever changing world, I imagine myself
as being the leader of technical teams, who improve the business environment of our clients
and also make the world a little better every day for all of us. If you stay curious and
open minded, I strongly believe everything is possible.