1. Cold Case Solutions
Leveraging the power of IBM’s Watson
to reopen cold cases, find criminals,
and save lives

2. What is a Cold Case?

3. Embracing the Constraints

4. Embracing the Constraints
Using Watson
Takes Time
Cold cases have no deadlines,
any solution is better than no solution.

5. Embracing the Constraints
Natural Language
Plain Text
Cold cases have finite document
(evidence) sets, and can be transcribed
into plain text files.

6. Embracing the Constraints
Critical
Questions
Solving cold cases can save lives
or lead to arrests.

7. Embracing the Constraints
Fact-based
Answers
Investigation of criminal cases relies
heavily on factual inquiries.

8. Interaction Scenario

9. Meet Lieutenant Potts

10. Uploading Documents

11. Evidence Processing

12. Teaching Watson the Evidence

13. Asking Questions of Watson

14. Additional Interactions

15. IBM Watson and Active Cases
New evidence
anywhere, at any time.
Faster is better

16. Uploading Mobile Assets

17. Answering Watson’s Questions

18. Asking Questions on the Go

19. Cold Case Solutions and the Semantic Web

20. Thank You
Tarun Gangwani
Brandon Le
Mark Marrara
Maria Elavumkal
IBM Watson Design Team

21. Cold Case Solutions System Map

22. Research
Videos about Watson on Jeopardy
IBM’s Watson website
Documentaries about cold case detectives
How Watson answers questions
Watson in different use cases (healthcare, law,
education, etc.)

23. Process

24. Process

25. Process