Hippocampus: Answering memory queries using transactive search

Michele Catasta, Alberto Tonon, Djellel Eddine Difallah, Gianluca Demartini, Karl Aberer, Philippe Cudre-Mauroux

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Abstract

Memory queries denote queries where the user is trying to recall from his/her past personal experiences. Neither Web search nor structured queries can effectively answer this type of queries, even when supported by Human Computation so- lutions. In this paper, we propose a new approach to answer memory queries that we call Transactive Search: The user- requested memory is reconstructed from a group of people by exchanging pieces of personal memories in order to reassem- ble the overall memory, which is stored in a distributed fash- ion among members of the group. We experimentally com- pare our proposed approach against a set of advanced search techniques including the use of Machine Learning methods over the Web of Data, online Social Networks, and Human Computation techniques. Experimental results show that Transactive Search significantly outperforms the effective- ness of existing search approaches for memory queries.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationWWW 2014 Companion - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on World Wide Web
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages535-540
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781450327459
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 7 2014
Event23rd International Conference on World Wide Web, WWW 2014 - Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Duration: Apr 7 2014Apr 11 2014

Publication series

NameWWW 2014 Companion - Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on World Wide Web

Conference

Conference23rd International Conference on World Wide Web, WWW 2014
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CitySeoul
Period4/7/144/11/14

Keywords

  • Crowdsourcing
  • Social networks
  • Transactive memories
  • Web of data
  • Web search

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Software

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