Watson the Supercomputer

Taken from:

 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/19/ibm-watson-supercomputer-cancer-dna_n_4993331.html



Watson is IBM's "Supercomputer" most famous for winning Jeopardy in 2011. Watson works on a question answering system that learns from reading and searching rather than from info entered into its memory. It was recently announced that Watson will help sequence the DNA of cancer patients to assist in finding the best treatment plan. The doctors will sequence the DNA and use Watson’s speed in searching for most compatible treatment plan. This is a job that could be done by a team of professionals, but is time consuming and would not be able to help as many people. Watson will speed up the process and allow a larger scale of patients to be reached.