Google and Smart Software: We Are a Leader, Darn It
July 10, 2015
Google once posted lots of research papers. Over the years, the flow required that I participate in many Easter Egg Hunts. I came across a page on the Google Research Blog that is titled (fetchingly, I might add) “ICML 2015 and Machine Learning Research at Google.” Many with in companies are into smart software. This page should be called, “Darn it. We are leaders in machine learning.”
Two things are evident on the Google Web page.
- Google is sending a platoon of its centurions to the International Conference on Machine Learning. Attendees will have many opportunities to speak with Googlers.
- Google is displaying a range of machine learning expertise. Some of it is a typical data crunching exercise like reducing internal covariate shift to research that provides a glimpse of what Google will do with its knowledge. See, for example, “Ficitious Self Play in Extensive Form Games.” Google just really wants to do the game thing and get the game revenue, gentle reader.
I suggest you download the papers quickly. If Google loses enthusiasm for making these documents available, you will end up having to buy them when the research surfaces in assorted journals. Some papers, once off the Google page, may be unavailable unless you are pals with the author or authors.
Good stuff here. Take that Baidu, Facebook, et al.
Stephen E Arnold, July 10, 2015
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