[PDF][PDF] Challenges in building large-scale information retrieval systems
J Dean - Keynote of the 2nd ACM international …, 2009 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
Challenges in Building Large-Scale Information Retrieval Systems Page 1 Challenges in
Building Large-Scale Information Retrieval Systems Jeff Dean Google Senior Fellow jeff@google.com
Page 2 • Challenging blend of science and engineering –Many interesting, unsolved problems
–Spans many areas of CS: • architecture, distributed systems, algorithms, compression,
information retrieval, machine learning, UI, etc. –Scale far larger than most other systems •
Small teams can create systems used by hundreds of millions Why Work on Retrieval …
Building Large-Scale Information Retrieval Systems Jeff Dean Google Senior Fellow jeff@google.com
Page 2 • Challenging blend of science and engineering –Many interesting, unsolved problems
–Spans many areas of CS: • architecture, distributed systems, algorithms, compression,
information retrieval, machine learning, UI, etc. –Scale far larger than most other systems •
Small teams can create systems used by hundreds of millions Why Work on Retrieval …
