Cognitive Computing - Disrupting intelligence from unstructured data

As we see evolution in connectivity, computing, and technologies, we see disruptions continuing in the industry. IoT has been a blessed recipient of many disruptions due to its charm. We have lately seen the evolution of cognitive computing in the IoT ecosystem.

Cognitive computing can be defined as the third era of computing where it solves problems that have increased complexity and uncertainty, that is, the human kind of a problem. To solve such problems, the systems have been designed to mimic the way the humans solve a problem.

So on a general note, how do we learn? Humans learn from experiences. At any point of time, there is a flow of information that we consume from the world. We learn how to react to new situations based on our historic learnings; we teach ourselves how to learn. The simplest evidence for this can be, say you are asked to solve a puzzle that you have never heard before. How do you solve it? You think...