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Microsoft Research Gets Serious About Search

Microsoft Plays Up Search in Research Reorganization
Source: Microsoft Watch

Several new “search oriented” groups have formed after a reorganization at Microsoft Research. The article mentions that a text mining, search and navigation team, “is prominent among the newly minted groups.”

A couple of weeks ago The Economist ran an article about the work of Eric Brill, a member of this group, who is developing “answer engine” technology. Here’s a recent paper (co-authored by Brill) on the topic that’s mentioned in The Economist article:

Automatic Question Answering: Beyond the Factoid

Finally, for the past year I’ve been compiling a list of links to MS Research publications about search along with a selected list of MS search patents.

Resources

The 2023 B2B Superpowers Index
whitepaper | Analytics

The 2023 B2B Superpowers Index

8m
Data Analytics in Marketing
whitepaper | Analytics

Data Analytics in Marketing

10m
The Third-Party Data Deprecation Playbook
whitepaper | Digital Marketing

The Third-Party Data Deprecation Playbook

1y
Utilizing Email To Stop Fraud-eCommerce Client Fraud Case Study
whitepaper | Digital Marketing

Utilizing Email To Stop Fraud-eCommerce Client Fraud Case Study

1y