CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SEATTLE, August 9, 2006 -- Endeca, a next-generation information access company, today announced that its chief scientist, Daniel Tunkelang, and chief technology officer, Adam Ferrari, will join research executives from Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), IBM (NYSE: IBM), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), and Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and academic researchers in the first workshop on faceted search. The workshop is part of ACM SIGIR 2006, the major international forum for the presentation of new research results and the demonstration of new systems and techniques in the broad field of information retrieval. Adam Ferrari is serving as a member of the workshop program committee. Daniel Tunkelang will be presenting research on Dynamic Category Sets: An Approach for Faceted Search.
Endeca is among the world's foremost authorities on commercial uses of faceted search, having deployed hundreds of faceted search and navigation solutions for customers like Bank of America, Boeing, The Home Depot, The Library of Congress, John Deere, North Carolina State University, and Walmart.com. The company's signature Guided Navigation® user experience is based on this collective experience and continuing research of faceted search and navigation applications.
WHO: Daniel Tunkelang, chief scientist, Endeca
WHAT: Presentation: Dynamic Category Sets: An Approach for Faceted Search
WHEN: Thursday, August 10, 9:10 - 9:40 am PT
WHERE: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
About Endeca
Endeca is a next-generation information access company. Combining patented intellectual property, breakthrough science and a deep focus on user experience, the Endeca Information Access Platform helps people find, analyze and understand information in ways never before possible. Leading global organizations like ABN AMRO, Bank of America, Boeing, Costco, Cox Newspapers, The (US) Defense Intelligence Agency, The Home Depot, Hyatt, IBM, John Deere, Lehman Brothers, The Library of Congress, Texas Instruments, and Walmart.com rely on Endeca to power business-critical applications that increase revenue, reduce costs and streamline operations.
Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, Endeca is a private company with operations in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information: www.endeca.com or info@endeca.com.