Man is by nature a social animal. One important facet of human evolution is through
narrative imagination, be it fictional or factual, and to tell the tale to other individuals. The …

(57) ABSTRACT A system and method includes a language processing mod ule converting
an electrical signal corresponding to an audible signal into a textual signal. The system …

Personalization of information retrieval (PIR) is aimed at tailoring a search toward individual
users and user groups by taking account of additional information about users besides their …

Personalizing web search results has long been recognized as an avenue to greatly
improve the search experience. We present a personalization approach that builds a user …

E-commerce users may expect different products even for the same query, due to their
diverse personal preferences. It is well known that there are two types of preferences: long …

Personalisation is an important area in the field of IR that attempts to adapt ranking
algorithms so that the results returned are tuned towards the searcher's interests. In this work …

We present a new approach for personalizing Web search results to a specific user. Ranking
functions for Web search engines are typically trained by machine learning algorithms using …

Recommender systems aim to capture interests of users to provide tailored
recommendations. User interests are however often unique and depend on many …

Modern Web services routinely personalize content to appeal to the specific interests,
viewpoints, and contexts of individual users. Ideally, personalization allows sites to highlight …

Search engine rankings may provide information about selected topics or answer specific
questions. Unfortunately some search engines cannot return the latest information about a …