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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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How could LinkedIn be disrupted?
When I worked at LinkedIn, I focused on its mission of “connecting talent to opportunity at a massive scale”. Or, as I preferred to describe it, helping people...
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Thanks for the kind words and for the heads up on the broken link, which I’ve now fixed.
Thanks for the kind words and for the heads up on the broken link, which I’ve now fixed. And good point about polo — a good reminder generally that all language...
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Query Relaxation
In the previous post, we discussed query expansion as a way to increase recall. In this post we’ll discuss the other major technique for increasing recall: query...
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I recognize that my participation in the gig economy is hardly representative of most people’s…
I recognize that my participation in the gig economy is hardly representative of most people’s experience. Indeed, I wrote a post about “The Hook-Up Economy” (https...
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Query Expansion
A key application of query rewriting is increasing recall — that is, matching a larger set of relevant results. In extreme cases… Continue reading on Query Understanding...
From My Biased Coin
SIGACT Distinguished Service Prize Call, 2017
Call for Nominations2017 SIGACT Distinguished Service Prize The Theory community benefits in many ways from the dedicated service, above and beyond the call of...
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Martin, I don’t envy you the challenge of trying to improve search for clients who value search…
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How To Improve Your Search Experience
As a high-class consultant, I spend a lot of time helping companies improve their search experiences. Every company has a unique set of… Continue reading on Medium...
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Query Rewriting: An Overview
Thus far, we’ve focused on query understanding at the character and token level. It’s time move up the stack, on to entities and the query… Continue reading on...
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Lots of good stuff in there.
Of course, the most annoying thing is an unexpected, unsolicited phone call. Once I’ve determined that it’s a legitimate aggressive sales… Continue reading on ...
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Stemming and Lemmatization
Different forms of a word often communicate essentially the same meaning. For example, there’s probably no difference in intent between a… Continue reading on ...
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I’ve done both.
I’ve done both. Much of the work I do involves helping teams with prioritization, evaluation, choosing among architectural or algorithmic options, hiring, etc....
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Living The Dream
A year ago, I decided to take a break from full-time employment and explore a mix of consulting, advising, writing, and speaking. Continue reading on Medium »
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Spelling Correction
Spelling correction is a must-have for any modern search engine. Continue reading on Query Understanding »
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What can history tell us about today's infrastructure crisis?
On Tuesday, the University of Virginia's Miller Center released the eighth volume in its far-reaching First Year Project, an ongoing initiative to provide nonpartisan...
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Trust issues: Users more gullible when they customize their technology
Cheery robots may give people the creeps and serious robots may actually ease anxiety depending on how users perceive the robot''s role in their lives, according...
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Six things we learned at the Detroit auto show
This year's North American International Auto Show reflects an industry that's flush with cash but uncertain about the future.
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Data Analytics for Public Services: Beyond the Hype
Data analytics is the new buzz phrase these days. Public service agencies all over the world are looking at data in order to optimize service delivery, as wellelectricity...
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Study: How new Airbnb nondiscrimination policy may be worse
The sharing economy is a booming industry, with companies such as Uber and Airbnb generating billions in value each year. Technology, combined with informal peer...
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