Danish Contractor is a research scientist at IBM Research India where he develops innovative research solutions with real-world applications using machine learning and natural language processing in the areas of education, tourism, social media & customer relationship management, information management & noisy data cleansing. He has over nine years of experience in various aspects of software development and research. He has published fifteen papers in top-ranked analytics conferences and has ten US patents for his work. Danish holds a B.E. (Computer Engineering) from the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India and an M.Phil (Advanced Computer Science) from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.Aditya Telang has been a researcher at IBM Research India’s Information & Analytics Department since 2011. He has worked in the area of spatio-temporal, social-media and data analytics over large datasets in domains ranging from banking to telco, and from social media to intelligence & law enforcement agencies. His expertise is primarily in the area of databases, data mining, ranking and analytics over large-scale data. Prior to joining IBM, he completed his PhD at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA and his master’s at the University of Buffalo (SUNY), New York, USA.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Research Papers.- Chapter 3. Hackathon Applictions.- Chapter 4. Watson Cognitive Challenge Applications.- Chapter 5. Conclusion.

Danish Contractor is a research scientist at IBM Research India where he develops innovative research solutions with real-world applications using machine learning and natural language processing in the areas of education, tourism, social media & customer relationship management, information management & noisy data cleansing. He has over nine years of experience in various aspects of software development and research. He has published fifteen papers in top-ranked analytics conferences and has ten US patents for his work. Danish holds a B.E. (Computer Engineering) from the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India and an M.Phil (Advanced Computer Science) from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.Aditya Telang has been a researcher at IBM Research India’s Information & Analytics Department since 2011. He has worked in the area of spatio-temporal, social-media and data analytics over large datasets in domains ranging from banking to telco, and from social media to intelligence & law enforcement agencies. His expertise is primarily in the area of databases, data mining, ranking and analytics over large-scale data. Prior to joining IBM, he completed his PhD at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA and his master’s at the University of Buffalo (SUNY), New York, USA.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Research Papers.- Chapter 3. Hackathon Applictions.- Chapter 4. Watson Cognitive Challenge Applications.- Chapter 5. Conclusion.

Danish Contractor is a research scientist at IBM Research India where he develops innovative research solutions with real-world applications using machine learning and natural language processing in the areas of education, tourism, social media & customer relationship management, information management & noisy data cleansing. He has over nine years of experience in various aspects of software development and research. He has published fifteen papers in top-ranked analytics conferences and has ten US patents for his work. Danish holds a B.E. (Computer Engineering) from the Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India and an M.Phil (Advanced Computer Science) from the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.Aditya Telang has been a researcher at IBM Research India’s Information & Analytics Department since 2011. He has worked in the area of spatio-temporal, social-media and data analytics over large datasets in domains ranging from banking to telco, and from social media to intelligence & law enforcement agencies. His expertise is primarily in the area of databases, data mining, ranking and analytics over large-scale data. Prior to joining IBM, he completed his PhD at the University of Texas at Arlington, USA and his master’s at the University of Buffalo (SUNY), New York, USA.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Research Papers.- Chapter 3. Hackathon Applictions.- Chapter 4. Watson Cognitive Challenge Applications.- Chapter 5. Conclusion.