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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 …
From The Noisy Channel
I discuss it a bit in this post: https://queryunderstanding.com/query-expansion-2d68d47cf9c8
I discuss it a bit in this post: https://queryunderstanding.com/query-expansion-2d68d47cf9c8
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Broad and Ambiguous Search Queries
A typical approach for processing search queries is to retrieve a set of matching documents and then rank them with a relevance scoring function. This simple approach...
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Premature Optimization is (Still) the Root of All Evil
A lesson that we software engineers learn early in our careers is that “premature optimization is the root of all evil.” This gem of advice from the inimitableDonald...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
UASG Salutes Don Hollander for His Contributions
The Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) announced today that Don Hollander is retiring from his position as Secretary General at the end of May. Don is a...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
Looking Ahead to a Bright Future for the Universal Acceptance of All Domain Names
By Dr. Ajay Data, chair of the UASG; founder and CEO of XgenPlus A month into my new role as Chair of the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG), I am more...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
Looking Ahead to a Bright Future for the Universal Acceptance of All Domain Names
By Dr. Ajay Data, chair of the UASG; founder and CEO of XgenPlus A month into my new role as Chair of the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG), I am moreLooking...
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Is Relevance Part of the Problem?
Much of the innovation in information retrieval and recommender systems focuses on better targeting in order to improve relevance. Those of us who develop suchin...
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Thanks Tony!
Thanks Tony! And you’re right thatI’m oversimplifying. My excuse is that it was already a 2,000-word post. :-)
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Search: The Whole Story
Query understanding and relevance are key aspects of search, but they don’t tell the whole story. A holistic framework for search calls for a broader perspective...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
UASG Elects New Chair and Vice Chairs
Leadership to Continue the Group’s Work in Ensuring the Universal Acceptance of All Domain Names 15 MARCH 2019 – The Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG)UASG...
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Search Engines: A Human Perspective
At first glance, the design and development of search engines appear to be concerned mainly with computer science — particularly information retrieval, machine,...
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Reflecting on TunkRank
One of my earliest blog posts was “A Twitter Analog to PageRank”, in which I proposed a simple measure for Twitter influence.As the title indicates, the measure...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
EAI Readiness in TLDs: A UASG Test
By John Levine Since its inception in 2015, the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) has focused on raising awareness of Universal Acceptance (UA) issues,...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
Internationalized Domain Names and Universal Acceptance: Spreading the Word in China
This article originally appeared on ICANN.org Last month, I participated in the first of a planned series of roadshows in China that are focused on Internationalized...
From My Biased Coin
ANALCO, SOSA, SODA post
I spent the last few days at SODA-ANALCO-ALENEX-SOSA in San Diego. (Nice location choice, I'd say!) Here's some news.This will be the last ANALCO (Analytic Algorithms...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
ICANN Further Commits to Universal Acceptance of Domain Names and Email Addresses
Since 2015, when I worked with ICANN to found the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG), a consortium of companies including Afilias, Apple, GoDaddy, Google...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
Smt. Vasundhara Raje, Hon`ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan was felicitated as “Universal Acceptance Thought Leader”
Today Smt. Vasundhara raje, Hon`ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan was felicitated as “Universal Acceptance Thought Leader” by UASG. This award was for Raj Mail project...
From Universal Acceptance Steering Group
Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) by ICANN
So, what is Universal Acceptance ? It is the state where all valid domain names and email addresses are accepted, validated, stored, processed and displayed correctly...
From The Noisy Channel
I recommend the links at the bottom of Peter Norvig’s post: https://norvig.com/spell-correct.html
I recommend the links at the bottom of Peter Norvig’s post: https://norvig.com/spell-correct.html
From My Biased Coin