Scott Spangler is a principal data scientist, distinguished engineer, and master inventor in the Watson Innovations Group at the IBM Almaden Research Center. He has been involved with knowledge base and data mining research for the past 25 years. His recent work has applied Watson technology to help accelerate cancer research. He holds 45 patents and is the author of over 30 publications. He received a BS in mathematics from MIT and an MS in computer science from the University of Texas.

• Introduction. Why Accelerate Discovery? Form and Function. Exploring Content to Find Entities. Organization. Relationships. Inference. Taxonomies. Orthogonal Comparison. Visualizing the Data Plane. Networks. Examples and Problems. Problem: Discovery of Novel Properties of Known Entities. Problem: Finding New Treatments for Orphan Diseases from Existing Drugs. Example: Target Selection Based on Protein Network Analysis. Example: Gene Expression Analysis for Alternative Indications. Example: Side Effects. Example: Protein Viscosity Analysis Using Medline Abstracts. Example: Finding Microbes to Clean Up Oil Spills. Example: Drug Repurposing. Example: Adverse Events. Example: Discovering New P53 Kinases. Conclusion and Future Work.

Scott Spangler is a principal data scientist, distinguished engineer, and master inventor in the Watson Innovations Group at the IBM Almaden Research Center. He has been involved with knowledge base and data mining research for the past 25 years. His recent work has applied Watson technology to help accelerate cancer research. He holds 45 patents and is the author of over 30 publications. He received a BS in mathematics from MIT and an MS in computer science from the University of Texas.

• Introduction. Why Accelerate Discovery? Form and Function. Exploring Content to Find Entities. Organization. Relationships. Inference. Taxonomies. Orthogonal Comparison. Visualizing the Data Plane. Networks. Examples and Problems. Problem: Discovery of Novel Properties of Known Entities. Problem: Finding New Treatments for Orphan Diseases from Existing Drugs. Example: Target Selection Based on Protein Network Analysis. Example: Gene Expression Analysis for Alternative Indications. Example: Side Effects. Example: Protein Viscosity Analysis Using Medline Abstracts. Example: Finding Microbes to Clean Up Oil Spills. Example: Drug Repurposing. Example: Adverse Events. Example: Discovering New P53 Kinases. Conclusion and Future Work.

Scott Spangler is a principal data scientist, distinguished engineer, and master inventor in the Watson Innovations Group at the IBM Almaden Research Center. He has been involved with knowledge base and data mining research for the past 25 years. His recent work has applied Watson technology to help accelerate cancer research. He holds 45 patents and is the author of over 30 publications. He received a BS in mathematics from MIT and an MS in computer science from the University of Texas.

• Introduction. Why Accelerate Discovery? Form and Function. Exploring Content to Find Entities. Organization. Relationships. Inference. Taxonomies. Orthogonal Comparison. Visualizing the Data Plane. Networks. Examples and Problems. Problem: Discovery of Novel Properties of Known Entities. Problem: Finding New Treatments for Orphan Diseases from Existing Drugs. Example: Target Selection Based on Protein Network Analysis. Example: Gene Expression Analysis for Alternative Indications. Example: Side Effects. Example: Protein Viscosity Analysis Using Medline Abstracts. Example: Finding Microbes to Clean Up Oil Spills. Example: Drug Repurposing. Example: Adverse Events. Example: Discovering New P53 Kinases. Conclusion and Future Work.