[FRIAM] Google and Semantics

[George Duncan]

Yes, that's what Clusty does. But looking at results for "global
warming" here are the clusters Clusty arrives at:

Climate change<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=list&v%3astate=root%7cN572&id=N572&action=list&sw=%7cClimate%20change%7c&sec=1177288059&>
 (48)
 +<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=tree&v%3astate=%28root%28N428%29%29%7cN428&id=N428&action=list&sw=%7cScientists%7c&sec=1177288059&>
Scientists
<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=list&v%3astate=root%7cN428&id=N428&action=list&sw=%7cScientists%7c&sec=1177288059&>
 (15)
 +<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=tree&v%3astate=%28root%28N689%29%29%7cN689&id=N689&action=list&sw=%7cProblems%7c&sec=1177288059&>
Problems
<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=list&v%3astate=root%7cN689&id=N689&action=list&sw=%7cProblems%7c&sec=1177288059&>
 (13)
 +<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=tree&v%3astate=%28root%28N667%29%29%7cN667&id=N667&action=list&sw=%7cPolitics%7c&sec=1177288059&>
Politics
<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=list&v%3astate=root%7cN667&id=N667&action=list&sw=%7cPolitics%7c&sec=1177288059&>
 (8)
 +<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=tree&v%3astate=%28root%28N716%29%29%7cN716&id=N716&action=list&sw=%7cGlobal%20Warming%20Science%7c&sec=1177288059&>
Global Warming Science<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=list&v%3astate=root%7cN716&id=N716&action=list&sw=%7cGlobal%20Warming%20Science%7c&sec=1177288059&>
 (8)
 +<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=tree&v%3astate=%28root%28N393%29%29%7cN393&id=N393&action=list&sw=%7cDangers%7c&sec=1177288059&>
Dangers<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=list&v%3astate=root%7cN393&id=N393&action=list&sw=%7cDangers%7c&sec=1177288059&>
 (6)
 +<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=tree&v%3astate=%28root%28N491%29%29%7cN491&id=N491&action=list&sw=%7cGreenhouse%20Gas%7c&sec=1177288059&>
Greenhouse Gas<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=list&v%3astate=root%7cN491&id=N491&action=list&sw=%7cGreenhouse%20Gas%7c&sec=1177288059&>
 (7)
 +<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=tree&v%3astate=%28root%28N518%29%29%7cN518&id=N518&action=list&sw=%7cAverage%20Temperature%20Of%20The%20Earth%7c&sec=1177288059&>
Average Temperature Of The
Earth<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=list&v%3astate=root%7cN518&id=N518&action=list&sw=%7cAverage%20Temperature%20Of%20The%20Earth%7c&sec=1177288059&>
 (5)
 +<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=tree&v%3astate=%28root%28N655%29%29%7cN655&id=N655&action=list&sw=%7cInconvenient%20Truth%7c&sec=1177288059&>
Inconvenient Truth<http://clusty.com/search?v%3afile=viv_724%4019%3aw689P8&v%3aframe=list&v%3astate=root%7cN655&id=N655&action=list&sw=%7cInconvenient%20Truth%7c&sec=1177288059&>
 (5)
 ·
Not bad at a "meaning" level, I think. Also useful for the searcher. Clusty
is a Carnegie Mellon spinoff from CS. A lot of the research on information
retrieval done here works with rather simple (conceptually at least)
statistical models. Here's a link with a broad overview:
http://www.lti.cs.cmu.edu/Research/index.html

BTW, try FRIAM in Clusty.

George



On 4/22/07, Marcus G. Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:
>
> George Duncan wrote:
> > Re the discussion below, while Google doesn't, Clusty makes a basic
> > stab. See http://clusty.com/
> As I understand it, Clusty is doing cluster analysis in a statistical
> way, and does not represent things in relations of objects and actions,
> etc. It doesn't make or crawl RDF/OWL or model natural language.
>
> http://www.hakia.com aims to a `meaning' oriented search engine. When I
> searched for `global warming', Hakia gave me a breakdown of categories,
> including stuff like "Possible Solutions", "Movies and Documentaries",
> and so on. Also Hakia has a dialogue system where terminology can be
> clarified (as if one was working with a reference librarian).
>
> These pages illustrate and describe how queries are modeled:
>
> http://labs.hakia.com/OntoSem/hakia-lab-ontox.aspx
> http://labs.hakia.com/hakia-lab-onto.html
> http://www.ontologicalsemantics.com
>
> Also, I ran across this leak of Google's "Big Goals and Directions 2006".
>
> http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-10-26-n80.html
>
> where it says:
>
> "Google wants to have the world's top AI research laboratory."
>
> Also relevant are Larry Page's remarks here:
>
> http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1781121,00.html
>
> "Mr Page said one thing that he had learned since Google launched eight
> years ago was that technology can change faster than expected, and that
> AI could be a reality within a few years"
>
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-- 
George T. Duncan
Professor of Statistics
Heinz School of Public Policy and Management
Carnegie Mellon University
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