The End of Big Data?

By THCBist
Last week’s news that MD Anderson Cancer Center has pulled the plug on its two year partnership with IBM-Watson led many critics to wonder out loud if the machine-learning revolution is in trouble, and if Big Data could be about to become the latest tech industry buzzword to die a well-deserved death. It’s a little more complicated than that, argues HealthCatalyst’s Dale Sanders in this can’t-miss presentation. The problems with the MD Anderson-Watson partnership probably say more about the “Big Data Industry” and the goings-on at IBM as they do about the technology. Still, there are important lessons we can learn from the episode.
Related:

“Big Data Bust: MD Anderson IBM Watson Project Dies”   (Medscape, Feb 22)
“MD Anderson Benches IBM Watson in Setback For Artificial Intelligence”
(Forbes, Feb 19)
“As Rometty Prepares to Open HIMSS, MD Anderson Walks Away…”
(MedCity News, Feb 19″)
“Watson Can’t Cure Cancer .. or the Stuff That Breaks IT Projects”  (The Register, Feb 20)

Source: The Health Care Blog - February 28, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs