This paper presents our ongoing study of the current/future impact of social bookmarks (or social tags) on information retrieval (IR). Our main research question asked in the pres...
Google’s project to digitize five of the world's greatest libraries will dramatically extend their search engine reach in the future. Current search-engine philosophy, which...
How do people make sense of a video based on viewing a few frames of that video? What elements constitute the "visual gist" in their minds? Answers to these questions wi...
We present a study into the use of smell for searching digital photo collections. Many people now have large photo libraries on their computers and effective search tools are need...
Stephen A. Brewster, David K. McGookin, Christophe...
Today’s web is so huge and diverse that it arguably reflects the real world. For this reason, searching the web is a promising approach to find things in the real world. This ...