AltaVista Names Top Computer Scientist Andrei Broder as Chief Technology Officer; Dr. Broder Joins AltaVista Search Team to Further Extend Company's Leadership Position.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 1999-- AltaVista Company (www.altavista.com) has appointed Andrei Broder Andrei Broder is a Research Fellow and Vice President of Emerging Search Technology for Yahoo!. He previously has worked for AltaVista as the vice president of research, and for IBM Research as a Distinguished Engineer and CTO of IBM's Institute for Search and Text Analysis. , Ph.D., as chief technology officer of the AltaVista Search Division. Dr. Broder, a leading scientist in the area of Web-based information retrieval information retrieval Recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches are matching words in the query against the database index (keyword searching) and traversing the database using hypertext or hypermedia links. , will guide research and development for the company's premier Web search technologies. "Dr. Broder is a world-class scientist who brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our Search team," said Greg Memo, vice president and general manager, AltaVista Search. "His skills further strengthen and extend our Internet search leadership in providing the premier experience for users seeking information on the Web." Considered one of the foremost experts in the design, analysis and implementation of probabilistic (probability) probabilistic - Relating to, or governed by, probability. The behaviour of a probabilistic system cannot be predicted exactly but the probability of certain behaviours is known. Such systems may be simulated using pseudorandom numbers. algorithms, Dr. Broder has been a frequent consultant to AltaVista since its inception in 1995. He joins AltaVista from Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. , where he has been a senior staff member at the Systems Research Center in Palo Alto since 1984. His contributions to the development of the complex mechanism used for filtering duplicate and near-duplicate documents will continue to help AltaVista achieve the best industry record at avoiding duplicate pages in its comprehensive Web index. In his new role, Dr. Broder will help direct the development of external technology partnerships and maintain the productive collaboration between AltaVista and Compaq's highly acclaimed research centers in Palo Alto and Cambridge, MA. Dr. Broder graduated Summa Cum Laude sum·ma cum lau·de adv. & adj. With the greatest honor. Used to express the highest academic distinction: graduated summa cum laude; a summa cum laude graduate. from Technion, the Israeli Institute of Technology. He holds master's of science and a doctorate in Computer Science from Stanford University Stanford University, at Stanford, Calif.; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891 as Leland Stanford Junior Univ. (still the legal name). The original campus was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. David Starr Jordan was its first president. and has co-authored more than 50 scientific publications and is responsible for numerous patents. AltaVista's innovative and powerful search engine maintains the largest, fastest, freshest and most comprehensive Web index. In addition, AltaVista is the only leading Internet brand to offer an extensive search capability for multimedia content on the Web with access to more than 17 million distinctive photos, video and audio clips, with the ability to show "thumbnail A miniature representation of a page or image that is used to identify a file by its contents. Clicking the thumbnail opens the file. Thumbnails are an option in file managers, such as Windows Explorer, and they are found in photo editing and graphics program to quickly browse multiple " graphics of each representation directly on the search results pages. About AltaVista Company AltaVista Company is the premier online media and commerce network. The company integrates unique Internet technology and services to deliver relevant results faster for both individuals and Web-based businesses. By combining distinctive AltaVista brand services with 'best of the Web' partnerships, the AltaVista Network creates the most satisfying Internet experience. AltaVista is building on its heritage of technology and innovation leadership, offering award-winning services including: My AltaVista, AltaVista Finance, FreeAccess, the AltaVista MicroPortal, AltaVista Search, AltaVista Local Portal Services, and AltaVista's Shopping.com. For more information, visit AltaVista at http://www.altavista.com. AltaVista is a majority-owned company of CMGI CMGI Commonly Maintained Grounds Infrastructures CMGI College Marketing Group Information (Services) Inc., based in Andover, Mass. |
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