There have been recent interests in studying the "goal" behind a user's Web query, so that this goal can be used to improve the quality of a search engine's re...
The wealth of information on the web makes it an attractive resource for seeking quick answers to simple, factual questions such as "who was the first American in space?"...
Background: Population genetics studies based on the analysis of mtDNA and mitochondrial disease studies have produced a huge quantity of sequence data and related information. Th...
Motivation: With more and more research dedicated to literature mining in the biomedical domain, more and more systems are available for people to choose from when building litera...
Manabu Torii, Zhang-Zhi Hu, Min Song, Cathy H. Wu,...
Geographic information retrieval encompasses important tasks including finding the location of a user, and locations relevant to their search queries. Web-based search engines rec...