Autonomous Discovery: The New Interface?

Dinesh Vadhia CEO @Xyggy talk at @ds_dln #strataconf 02/10/12

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1. Autonomous Discovery the future interface? predictive computing anticipatory computing engineered serendipity …
2. Dinesh Vadhia Founder/engineer at autonomous discovery startup www.xyggy.com. Previously, senior product management roles at Oracle and Sun in Silicon Valley and UK, with many years of software engineering first. Closely work with Professor Zoubin Ghahramani at Cambridge University. One of the founding fathers of Bayesian machine learning methods. dinesh@xyggy.com, @DineshVadhia
3. The Autonomous Age Probabilistic robots Commercial unmanned aerial vehicles Self-driving cars
4. Autonomous Discovery Discover new things without doing anything Convenience does matter > Keyword search volume? Probably
5. Undefined Intent Search intent defined by keywords Autonomous discovery has undefined intent Window-shopping analogy
6. New Bayesian ML Algorithm Deals with things only Data finds data Item(s) per query
7. Feature Engineering Things defined by features Can mix multiple feature classes, including high- & low-level, unstructured & structured text, ratings, relevance, context and so on
8. Dynamic No training Dynamic predictions and ranking Relevance feedback 0.85634 0.83678 0.68321 0.59142
9. Scalability Sparsity IR + RecSys Scalability
10. Autonomous Discovery I am the query
11. I Am the Query Given data about me, find new things I will like. If I like a thing, find more like it, or remove this thing and others like it. Hit me with some serendipity.
12. Quick Look technology showcase. autonomously discovers games and apps. android only. free. ad free. ~300,000 apps, ~500,000 element feature vector. Xyggy
13. Xyggy App Usage Autonomously discovers new games and apps. Learns what you like. No search box. No keyword search. If you like a game or app, find more (+) like it. If you don't like an app, remove (-) it and others like it go away too. Discover by Games or Apps categories, and Paid or Free. Touch dice to take a chance with serendipity To install an app you like, touch its icon to go to the App Store. Start-over with restart (o) at anytime.
18. Last But One Data privacy Digital doppelganger Cold-Start Data: Help us spread the word to get more Xyggy app installs so that collective intelligence kicks-in for even better results. The app is free and ad-free. Directions to install the app are at Xyggy. Thank-you!
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