Krishna Bharath
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Krishna Bharat, born in India
, is a Distinguished Research Scientist at Google
Inc, Mountain View, California, and leads a team developing Google's news product. Among other projects, he opened the Research & Development center at Bangalore
. He is the creator of Google News
, a service that automatically indexes over 25,000 news websites in more than 25 languages to provide a summary of the News resources.
Krishna Bharat created Google News in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks
to keep himself abreast of the developments. Since then, it has been a huge hit and a popular offering from Google's services. Google News was one of Google's first endeavors beyond offering just plain text searches on its page.
Bharat grew up in Bangalore
, now an IT hub in South India. He completed his schooling from St. Joseph's Boys' High School
in Bangalore
, and received an undergraduate degree in computer science from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He subsequently received a Ph.D from Georgia Tech
in Human Computer Interaction. Before joining Google in 1999, he worked at the DEC Systems Research Center
where, with George Mihaila, he developed the Hilltop algorithm
. At Google he developed so-called LocalRank, which can be considered to be an adaptation of Hilltop.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, is a Distinguished Research Scientist at Google
Google
Google Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
Inc, Mountain View, California, and leads a team developing Google's news product. Among other projects, he opened the Research & Development center at Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
. He is the creator of Google News
Google News
Google News is a free news aggregator provided by Google Inc, selecting recent items from thousands of publications by an automatic aggregation algorithm....
, a service that automatically indexes over 25,000 news websites in more than 25 languages to provide a summary of the News resources.
Krishna Bharat created Google News in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks
September 11, 2001 attacks
The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th or 9/119/11 is pronounced "nine eleven". The slash is not part of the pronunciation...
to keep himself abreast of the developments. Since then, it has been a huge hit and a popular offering from Google's services. Google News was one of Google's first endeavors beyond offering just plain text searches on its page.
Bharat grew up in Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, now an IT hub in South India. He completed his schooling from St. Joseph's Boys' High School
St. Joseph's Boys' High School
St. Joseph's Boys' High School located on Museum Road in Bangalore, Karnataka, India is a boys' school. The history of the institution is given in the book "Faith and Toil" by Christopher Rego, an alumnus of the school...
in Bangalore
Bangalore
Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...
, and received an undergraduate degree in computer science from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. He subsequently received a Ph.D from Georgia Tech
Georgia Institute of Technology
The Georgia Institute of Technology is a public research university in Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States...
in Human Computer Interaction. Before joining Google in 1999, he worked at the DEC Systems Research Center
DEC Systems Research Center
The Systems Research Center was a research laboratory created by Digital Equipment Corporation in 1984, in Palo Alto, California....
where, with George Mihaila, he developed the Hilltop algorithm
Hilltop algorithm
The Hilltop algorithm is an algorithm used to find documents relevant to a particular keyword topic. Created by Krishna Bharat while he was at Compaq Systems Research Center and George A. Mihăilă, then at the University of Toronto, it was acquired by Google in February 2003...
. At Google he developed so-called LocalRank, which can be considered to be an adaptation of Hilltop.
Sources
- How to Do Everything with Google (paperback) by Fritz Schneider, Nancy Blachman, Eric Fredricksen
- The Google Story (ISBN 0-553-38366-3) by David A Vise