Jacquelyn Martino works at the intersection of art, design, computation, and interaction to create delightful user experiences. She has a deep curiosity for understanding what makes people tick and a passion for leveraging her skills in design thinking and agile development to create awesome products and services.

Currently in the IBM Watson Group, she is shaping user experiences for the emerging "cognitive" era. Her current work includes Chef Watson, an application that brings the power of cognitive computing to consumers, helping them create entirely new and surprising dishes.

Jacquelyn was selected as an IBM Master Inventor in 2011 and is active in ACM/SIGGRAPH, the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques, chairing the SIGGRAPH conference in 2008. She holds a PhD from MIT in Design Computation, an MFA in Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques from Pratt Institute, and a BA in Mathematics/Computer Science from Mount Holyoke College.

Steven Abrams is an IBM distinguished engineer and the director of Watson Life, a team of scientists, engineers, and designers tasked with understanding the role of cognitive systems in the lives of everyday consumers. He previously was director of software technology in IBM Research, where he lead a team investigating programming models, languages, high-performance parallel and distributed systems, software engineering, governance, and human-computer interaction. Previously, he worked in Rational’s CTO Office, looking after topics such as cloud computing and DevOps for Rational. Steven started his career in IBM Research, exploring a broad range of topics that included software modeling and architecture tools, computer music, robotics, computational geometry, and CAD/CAM rapid prototyping tools. He received his PhD in computer science from Columbia University.