Am I a nerd?

Take this Nerd Test to find out how nerdy you are. I think it could actually serve as an interesting example for classification or regression.

Custom Search Engine

Google has a new service called Custom Search Engine as prat of their Google Co-op plan. It enables avdanced users to create a highly specialized vertical search engine that reflects their own needs as well as knowledge. There have already been some interesting applications, such as Tech Stuff Search, Product Search and Machine Learning Search.

Information Geometry

Information Geometry is a very beautiful theory that connects probabilistic/statistical models and differential geometry. Just read a physicist's interesting note on Information Geometry. It should be able to bring new insights into the field of machine learning.

"Beautiful is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics." -- G.H. Hardy

New Book on Web Mining

Web Data Mining - Exploring Hyperlinks, Contents and Usage Data, written by Bing Liu, is going to be published at the end of year 2006.

Jon Kleinberg got one more prestigious award

The Nevanlinna Prize at the ICM2006 has been awarded to Jon Kleinberg. His work is on the mathematics of Information Networks.