Xerox and Smart Search

Xerox launched a new document search software called FactSpotter which claims to go beyond the conventional keyword search and extract concepts and relationships withing the text. They plan to launch the product in the legal market.

The software like AskOnce was developed at their Grenoble research center. Few years ago I had the pleasure to meet few scientists and engineers at their Grenoble center and worked with them on a proof of concept similar to FactSpotter. They have a bunch of very smart guys there and at the time they were years ahead in their ideas on information retrieval. I would love to see what they created in FactSpotter.

Xerox Innovation and R&D in action in Second Life

Sophie Vandebroek who is the Chief Technology Officer and President of the Xerox Innovation Group talks about R&D and innovation in virtual world. via Endless Innovation

Will Xerox PARC and Powerset solve the search problem?

I do hope so! Powerset and PARC signed an exclusive deal to develop and commercialize a new consumer search engine using natural language search technology.