Although it is not a new architecture, for those interested in having a hands-on experience setting up and running an … More
Month: December 2008
New Terrier Update
Early this year, students of my graduate course (Search Engines Architecture) used Terrier, an experimental search engine, in their lab … More
Data Mining and Madoff’s 50 Billion Ponzi Fraud
Nobody believes Madoff acted alone in his 50 Billion Ponzi fraud that is evolving at Wall Street. After reading this … More
It is that time of the Year
It is that time of the year: Layoffs: It is that time of the year where companies give pink slips. … More
IR Quiz: Searching
Here is a great quiz for IR students (2 points each). Explain and give example for the following ways of … More
More LSI Snakeoil
Here is another SEO resource (http://www.billhartzer.com/pages/latent-symantec-indexing-lsi-is-the-key-to-great-search-engine-rankings/) that a la Aaron Wall is still promoting LSI SEO non sense in connection … More
SSN Myths
From time to time we hear of some urban legends and myths in connection with social security numbers (SSNs). One … More
More SSNs Compromised
As mentioned in recent posts, the current issue of IRW features an article covering incidents where social security numbers (SSNs) … More
More on IRW
The current issue of IRW also covers: Henry Freiser’s Pointer Function for visualizing all real roots of a polynomial. Vanevar … More
Search Engines and SSNs
In the current issue of IRW we explain why facilitating social security numbers (SSNs) online is an enabling crime; one … More
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