Teaching computers to understand pictures could lead to search engines capable of identifying and organizing large datasets of visual information.
Neil Savage
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Finding Experts: It’s Who You Know
While current expert-finding methods provided the best expert in six out of 10 searches, a new user-oriented method finds the best one nine times out of 10, according to the researchers.
Researchers are mining Twitter's vast flow of data to measure public sentiment, follow political activity, and detect earthquakes and flu outbreaks.
Information Theory After Shannon
Purdue University's Science of Information Center seeks new principles to answer the question 'What is information?'
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's decision to open frequencies in the broadcast spectrum could enable broadband networks in rural areas, permit smart electric grids, and more.
Sensor-equipped bicycles are providing valuable data to cyclists, city planners, and computer scientists.
A better understanding of heavy-tailed probability distributions can improve activities from Internet commerce to the design of server farms.
New Search Challenges and Opportunities
If search engines can extract more meaning from text and better understand what people are looking for, the Web's resources could be accessed more effectively.
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