Gary William Flake
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Gary William Flake is an ex-Technical Fellow at Microsoft
and author of the book, The Computational Beauty of Nature (MIT Press
1998), which is used in college courses worldwide. He has numerous publications spanning over 15 years which have focused on machine learning, data mining, and self-organization
. His other research interests include Web measurements, efficient algorithms, models of adaptation inspired by nature, and time series forecasting.
Flake received his bachelor's degree
in 1989 from Clemson University
, and his PhD
in 1993 from the University of Maryland, College Park
.
He became a research scientist at NEC Research Institute in 2000 and the leader of its Web data-mining program.
Dr. Flake became Overture
's Chief Science Officer in 2002, and after Yahoo
merged with Overture, ran Yahoo!
Research Labs, its corporate research and development activities, and company-wide innovation effort, eventually becoming a vice-president.
He joined Microsoft in 2005. He was responsible for bridging Microsoft Research and MSN
by founding Microsoft Live Labs
, and for setting the technology vision and future direction of the MSN portal, web search, desktop search and commercial search efforts. He announced his resignation from Microsoft
on Twitter
on October 8, 2010, as consequence of Microsoft shutting down Live Labs and transitioning its remaining people into Microsoft Bing.
Flake has served on numerous academic conference and workshop organization committees and is a member of the editorial board for the Association for Computing Machinery
's Transactions on Internet
Technologies.
Technical Fellow Gary Flake, one of Microsoft few-TED stars, resigns in Oct,2010
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
and author of the book, The Computational Beauty of Nature (MIT Press
MIT Press
The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts .-History:...
1998), which is used in college courses worldwide. He has numerous publications spanning over 15 years which have focused on machine learning, data mining, and self-organization
Self-organization
Self-organization is the process where a structure or pattern appears in a system without a central authority or external element imposing it through planning...
. His other research interests include Web measurements, efficient algorithms, models of adaptation inspired by nature, and time series forecasting.
Flake received his bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in 1989 from Clemson University
Clemson University
Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....
, and his PhD
PHD
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in 1993 from the University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, College Park
The University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C...
.
He became a research scientist at NEC Research Institute in 2000 and the leader of its Web data-mining program.
Dr. Flake became Overture
Yahoo! Search Marketing
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's Chief Science Officer in 2002, and after Yahoo
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
merged with Overture, ran Yahoo!
Yahoo!
Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,...
Research Labs, its corporate research and development activities, and company-wide innovation effort, eventually becoming a vice-president.
He joined Microsoft in 2005. He was responsible for bridging Microsoft Research and MSN
MSN
MSN is a collection of Internet sites and services provided by Microsoft. The Microsoft Network debuted as an online service and Internet service provider on August 24, 1995, to coincide with the release of the Windows 95 operating system.The range of services offered by MSN has changed since its...
by founding Microsoft Live Labs
Microsoft Live Labs
Microsoft Live Labs was a partnership between MSN and Microsoft Research that focused on applied research for Internet products and services at Microsoft. Live Labs was headed by Dr...
, and for setting the technology vision and future direction of the MSN portal, web search, desktop search and commercial search efforts. He announced his resignation from Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
on Twitter
Twitter
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on October 8, 2010, as consequence of Microsoft shutting down Live Labs and transitioning its remaining people into Microsoft Bing.
Flake has served on numerous academic conference and workshop organization committees and is a member of the editorial board for the Association for Computing Machinery
Association for Computing Machinery
The Association for Computing Machinery is a learned society for computing. It was founded in 1947 as the world's first scientific and educational computing society. Its membership is more than 92,000 as of 2009...
's Transactions on Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
Technologies.
External links
Technical Fellow Gary Flake, one of Microsoft few-TED stars, resigns in Oct,2010