The Scenario: Information Overload:
The Scenario: Information Overload Joe, a car mechanic, decides to Google for “cheap beautiful Jaguars for sale”. What did he get?
Jaguar - Daimler car parts for sale
UK Cheap Shop Search : UK shopping > Accessories > jaguar perfume
Concert Tickets - Theatre Tickets - Sports Tickets
Jacksonville Jags collectors shot glass MINT
Buy, Sell, Trade Jaguars, Jaguar Parts and Jaguar Accessories. ... XJS If anyone can give me any info on where to get cheap conversion kits ...
Why did this happen?:
Why did this happen? Data is huge. Google says “Results 1 - 10 of about 2,750”…
Queries are difficult to ask
Popular engines not expressive enough
Proposed systems are too complex
Even SQL is too complex for everyday use
How to translate what you want into a query expression?
Preferences and desires are by definition fuzzy
“cheap”, “beautiful”
Proposal 1: User-friendly Query Interface :
Proposal 1: User-friendly Query Interface Problems:
How do we define “user-friendly”?
Different kinds of “user-friendly”?
Intuitive expressiveness: an oxymoron?
Interactive query refinement?
Interactive? How about automatic?…
Proposal 2: Result Navigation :
Proposal 2: Result Navigation Problems:
How to organize results meaningfully?
Present 10 representative results instead of lots
How do we create a similarity hierarchy?
How to solve partial ordering problems?
Use user interaction to refine results
Proposal 3: Data Mining to Assist Navigation:
Proposal 3: Data Mining to Assist Navigation Problems:
How do we determine what results are reliable?
What results are “hot” in a specific context?
Why not exploit user habits?
Proposal 4: Private User Profiles:
Proposal 4: Private User Profiles Let’s use profiles to refine queries and results.
Problems:
How to organize user profiles?
How to maintain user profiles automatically?
Integration with user control
How to aggregate user profiles for joint searching?
For instance, husband and wife (“two-body” problem)