Cognitive computing is a new transformational technology and a new innovative approach for solving some of the challenging issues that we encounter in practice. Cognitive computing systems and applications learn to perform better from their interactions with us and with their environment, reason with purpose, and interact with humans and other smart systems naturally. Examples of services enabled by cognitive computing that we already interact with are Apple Siri, IBM Watson, Microsoft Cortana, Google Go, and Amazon Echo. We are now seeing a significant further innovation in the development and application of cognitive computing across almost every industry. Cognitive computing is poised for several helpful applications in areas such as research and discovery, decision support and advisory, customer engagement, customer experience management, helathcare, the Internet of Things (IoT), and cyber security. Companies are seriously examining how they can benefit from applying cognitive computing in their organizations in key areas of importance. This workshop will provide an interactive forum for discussion on recent and ongoing developments, key issues and challenges, and practices related to cognitive computing. It will also provide a platform to demonstrate applications and software tools and present case studies and application experience. Researchers and practitioners all over the world, from academia, industry and government, are invited to participate in the workshop. in this area.