CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- October 23, 2007 -- Endeca Technologies, Inc., an enterprise information access software company, today announced that its chief scientist, Daniel Tunkelang, and five members of its research and development team, will join academic researchers from MIT, as well as prominent research scientists from IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) in one of the first workshops to explore the advances of human-computer interaction (HCI) and information retrieval (IR).
Titled HCIR 2007, this workshop will cover how each discipline has evolved to meet the demands of a digital world rich with vast quantities of information, and will explore intersections between the two related but historically distinct domains. Tunkelang, who also serves as a program committee member for the workshop, and a team of researchers from Endeca will be presenting on topics ranging from information discovery to novel techniques for faceted navigation.
WHO: Daniel Tunkelang, chief scientist, Endeca; researchers from Endeca
WHAT: Workshop on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval (HCIR 2007)
WHEN: Tuesday, October 23, 2007
WHERE: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Cambridge, Mass., USA
About Endeca
Endeca is a next-generation information access company, uniting the ease of search with the analytical power of business intelligence. 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, Cox Newspapers, Dice, The (US) Defense Intelligence Agency, The Home Depot, Hyatt, IBM, John Deere, The Library of Congress, Nike, and Walmart.com rely on Endeca to power business-critical applications that increase revenue, reduce costs and streamline operations.
Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., USA, Endeca is a private company with worldwide operations. For more information: endeca.com or info@endeca.com.