Prof. Porter’s career in Artificial Intelligence spans over three decades. His participation will help advance the company's Machine Learning technology.
Austin, TX (PRWEB) July 21, 2014
SparkCognition, the world’s first Cognitive Security Analytics company, announced that eminent Artificial Intelligence researcher and Chairman of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin, Prof. Bruce Porter, will be joining the company’s Board of Advisors.
“Prof. Porter has a long and highly distinguished career in Artificial Intelligence. He’s done some absolutely amazing work in Knowledge Integration and Explanation Generation. His experience and insights will be immensely valuable as we build the industry’s leading Cognitive Analytics platform,” said Amir Husain, Founder and CEO of SparkCognition. “I was one of Prof. Porter’s students many years ago. His work was inspirational to me then, and it is indeed gratifying to have his support and guidance now as we go about solving some significant and important problems in AI.”
Prof. Bruce Porter has been active in the Artificial Intelligence community since the early 1980s and has made key contributions to numerous areas, such as Expert Systems, Knowledge Representation, Question-Answering Systems and Automated Reasoning. His research publications have been cited over 3,000 times and have generated a lot of recent interest.
Prof. Porter presently serves as the Chairman of the Dept. of Computer Science at UT Austin, one of the country’s top ten Computer Sciences Graduate schools, as rated by U.S. News. He also heads the Knowledge Systems Research Group at the same institution.
“Many of the long-held aspirations of the Artificial Intelligence community are now finally within our reach,” said Prof. Bruce Porter, Chairman of the Dept. of Computer Science at UT Austin. “Having looked at the AI work SparkCognition is doing, I am optimistic that it will lead to advancements that have the potential to solve very significant, real-world problems. I am pleased to support Amir and his team in this effort.”
About SparkCognition, Inc.
SparkCognition, Inc. is the world’s first Cognitive Security Analytics company. Its groundbreaking MindSpark platform and Cognitive Fingerprinting technology model physical and virtual assets, continuously learn from data, and derive intelligent insights to secure and protect assets round the clock. SparkCognition, Inc. is based in Austin, Texas and has secured investment from Michael Dell private investment firm, MSD Capital, L.P., T. B. Pickens III, CEO of Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC), Manoj Saxena, former GM for IBM Watson Solutions, and California-based venture firm, The Entrepreneurs’ Fund (TEF). For more information on the company, its technology and team, please visit http://www.sparkcognition.com. Reported by PRWeb 3 hours ago.
Austin, TX (PRWEB) July 21, 2014
SparkCognition, the world’s first Cognitive Security Analytics company, announced that eminent Artificial Intelligence researcher and Chairman of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin, Prof. Bruce Porter, will be joining the company’s Board of Advisors.
“Prof. Porter has a long and highly distinguished career in Artificial Intelligence. He’s done some absolutely amazing work in Knowledge Integration and Explanation Generation. His experience and insights will be immensely valuable as we build the industry’s leading Cognitive Analytics platform,” said Amir Husain, Founder and CEO of SparkCognition. “I was one of Prof. Porter’s students many years ago. His work was inspirational to me then, and it is indeed gratifying to have his support and guidance now as we go about solving some significant and important problems in AI.”
Prof. Bruce Porter has been active in the Artificial Intelligence community since the early 1980s and has made key contributions to numerous areas, such as Expert Systems, Knowledge Representation, Question-Answering Systems and Automated Reasoning. His research publications have been cited over 3,000 times and have generated a lot of recent interest.
Prof. Porter presently serves as the Chairman of the Dept. of Computer Science at UT Austin, one of the country’s top ten Computer Sciences Graduate schools, as rated by U.S. News. He also heads the Knowledge Systems Research Group at the same institution.
“Many of the long-held aspirations of the Artificial Intelligence community are now finally within our reach,” said Prof. Bruce Porter, Chairman of the Dept. of Computer Science at UT Austin. “Having looked at the AI work SparkCognition is doing, I am optimistic that it will lead to advancements that have the potential to solve very significant, real-world problems. I am pleased to support Amir and his team in this effort.”
About SparkCognition, Inc.
SparkCognition, Inc. is the world’s first Cognitive Security Analytics company. Its groundbreaking MindSpark platform and Cognitive Fingerprinting technology model physical and virtual assets, continuously learn from data, and derive intelligent insights to secure and protect assets round the clock. SparkCognition, Inc. is based in Austin, Texas and has secured investment from Michael Dell private investment firm, MSD Capital, L.P., T. B. Pickens III, CEO of Astrotech (NASDAQ: ASTC), Manoj Saxena, former GM for IBM Watson Solutions, and California-based venture firm, The Entrepreneurs’ Fund (TEF). For more information on the company, its technology and team, please visit http://www.sparkcognition.com. Reported by PRWeb 3 hours ago.