December 6th, 2011 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research
Posted by Maggie Johnson, Director of Education & University RelationsWe’ve just finished the review process for the latest round of the Google Research Awards, which provide funding to full-time faculty working on research in areas of mutual int…
December 2nd, 2011 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research
Posted by Aimin Zhu, University Relationship Manager, Google ChinaWe just wrapped up a highly successful 2011 Google China Faculty Summit in Hangzhou, China. On November 17 and 18, Googlers from China and the U.S. gathered with more than 80 faculty mem…
November 29th, 2011 | by Research @ Google | published in Google Research, Uncategorized
Posted by John Wilkes, Principal Software EngineerGoogle has a strong interest in promoting high quality systems research, and we believe that providing information about real-life workloads to the academic community can help.In support of this we publ…
November 2nd, 2011 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research, Youtube
Posted by Charles DuHadway, YouTube Slam Team, Google Research In an earlier post we talked about the technology behind Instant Mix for Music Beta by Google. Instant Mix uses machine hearing to characterize music attributes such as its timbre, mood and…
September 28th, 2011 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research, Uncategorized
Posted by Allison Mooney, Christina Park, and Caroline McCarthy, The Think Quarterly TeamThere’s a lot of research, analysis and insights—from inside and outside Google—that we use in building our products and making decisions. To share what we
September 27th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Research, Uncategorized
Posted by Alison Powell, Google Research TeamAs you may have noticed, the Google Research blog looks a lot different today. That’s because we—along with a few other Google blogs—are trying out a new set of Blogger templates called Dynamic Views.L…
September 7th, 2011 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research, Uncategorized
Posted by Grzegorz Czajkowski, Marián Dvorský, Jerry Zhao, and Michael Conley, Systems InfrastructureAlmost three years ago we announced results of the first ever “petasort” (sorting a petabyte-worth of 100-byte records, following the Sort Benchmark …
August 22nd, 2011 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research
Posted by Marianna Dizik, StatisticianThe Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM) were held in Miami, Florida, this year. Nearly 5,000 participants from academia and industry came to present and discuss the latest in statistical research, methodology, and app…
August 16th, 2011 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research
Posted by Hal Abelson, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, MITMIT and Google have a long-standing relationship based on mutual interests in education and technology. Today, we took another step forward in our shared goals with the establishm…
August 12th, 2011 | by Research Admin | published in Google Research, Uncategorized
Posted by Nina Kim Schultz, Google Education ResearchCross-posted with the Official Google BlogSchool may still be out for summer, but teachers remain hard at work. This week, we hosted Google’s inaugural Faculty Institute at our Mountain View, Calif…
August 10th, 2011 | by Research Admin | published in Google Books, Google Research, Uncategorized
Posted by Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel, Visiting Faculty at GoogleFour years ago, we set out to create a research engine that would help people explore our cultural history by statistically analyzing the world’s books. In January 201…
July 28th, 2011 | by Research @ Google | published in Google Research
Posted by Alon Halevy, Senior Staff Research Scientist Cross-posted with the Public Sector and Elections Lab BlogOne of the things I most enjoy about working on data management is the ability to work on a variety of problems, both in the private secto…
July 21st, 2011 | by Research @ Google | published in Google Research, Uncategorized
Posted by David Chan and Lizzy Van Alstine, Quantitative Management TeamAdvertisers often wonder whether search ads cannibalize their organic traffic. In other words, if search ads were paused, would clicks on organic results increase, and make up for …
July 20th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Research
Posted by Maggie Johnson, Director of Education & University Relations (Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)Last week, we held our seventh annual Computer Science Faculty Summit. For the first time, the event took place at our New York City …
July 19th, 2011 | by A Googler | published in Google Research
Posted by Alfred Spector, Vice President, Research Last week, we held our seventh annual Americas Computer Science Faculty Summit at our New York City office. About 100 faculty members from universities in the Western Hemisphere attended the two-day Su…