April 5
Web Search and Online Communities
Andrew Tomkins, Director of Search Research, Yahoo!
Andrew Tomkins
Andrew Tomkins is Director of Search Research at Yahoo! Research. His research interests, and the work of his group, focus on creating algorithms and infrastructure to address the problem of improving the online user experience, particularly in three areas: algorithmic web search, online communities, and online advertising. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Andrew spent 8 years at IBM's Almaden Research Center, where he managed the information management principles group and served as Chief Scientist of the WebFountain project. He has published over sixty technical papers, including two best paper awards from the World Wide Web conference. He serves on various program committees and editorial boards. Andrew received his PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1997
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Abstract
In this talk, we'll cover some recent trends in web search, and discuss some key future directions for Yahoo!. We'll also touch on the dynamics of online community formation, in various venues. Finally, we'll connect these two areas with a discussion of the challenges of incorporating and ranking user-generated content alongside traditional algorithmic search results.
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