Microsoft Document Aboutness Dataset
The Microsoft Document Aboutness Dataset consists of randomly sampled URLs (from a HEAD and TAIL distribution), all entities recognized in those documents, and a relevance assessment for each entity/URL pair as to whether or not…
Cloud Computing and Big Data
The momentum in IT around devices and services is accelerating the importance of Cloud Computing and Big Data. This impacts both the consumer and enterprise spaces, from technical, social and economic viewpoints. It requires thinking…
Domesticating Search
This project is aimed at re-designing how people interface with web resources. It aspires to create a better fit between the web and the physical and social landscape of the home. We present three prototypes…
From Big Data to Big Decisions
There is an urgent and growing need for ‘actionable’ information about the planet; information that governments, policy makers, businesses and citizens can use to make effective decisions about our future. The most valuable form of…