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1) IBM talk on Cognitive Computing, CBIS

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B0o3njzUGjTGaHFReGRVZzJxVXc

2) IBM contact, Dr. P Sarantham,Director of Cognitive Computing

3) Upcoming conversation with Joanne Luciano, affiliated with RPI Computer Science, has decades-long interest in response to behavioral therapy in depression sufferers.

4) Convesation points with Dr. P Sarantham (brief, introductory)
 * Question: In what was can neural networks enhance virtual environments?
 * NNs allow us to create more learned virtual environments, and can help with de-limiting.
 * Was a part of Second Life (major VR online platform), but found it to be relatively limited, however many of the interactions that occurred in the virtual world carried out in the reality world.
 * Problems with cognitive computing:
 * We don't know everything there is to know about the brain
 * The brain computes at relatively low wattage, "only about 50 watts,' have to figure out how to create a computing system if modeled off the brain, can perform in a smaller system.
 * IBM's TrueNorth chip is the latest answer in cognitive science computations.
 * Question: What is IBM working on in augmented reality/Virtural reality?
 * IBM is currently working on developing an advanced augmented reality system that allows users to interact directly with their environement--i.e.creating and identifying avatars based on their image, or displaying an interface system on walls or surfaces in reality using a display headset.