The Future of Web Search: Empowering People with Knowledge

  • Changhu Wang, Microsoft; Vicki Cao, Microsoft; Matt Scott, Microsoft; Wei-Ying Ma, Microsoft

Wei-Ying Ma, Assistant Managing Director of Microsoft Research Asia, overviews Internet search area for Microsoft, and introduces three projects that brings the search to the next level: next-generation image search called “MindFinder”, Urban computing on the knowledge minded from Taxicab GPS Data, and an English learning search engine Engkoo.