Usher: Improving Data Quality with Dynamic Forms

Technology Used: Java/ J2EE Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE 2011 Data quality is a critical problem in modern databases. data-entry forms present the first and arguably best opportunity for detecting and mitigating errors, but there has been little research into automatic methods for improving data quality at entry time. In this paper, we propose Usher, [...]

Written on August 10, 2011 | Posted in Data Mining | No comment

Publishing Search Logs – A Comparative Study of Privacy Guarantees

Technology Used: Java/ J2EE Knowledge and Data Engineering, IEEE 2011 Search engine companies collect the “database of intentions,” the histories of their users’ search queries. These search logs are a gold mine for researchers. Search engine companies, however, are wary of publishing search logs in order not to disclose sensitive information. In this paper we [...]

Written on August 3, 2011 | Posted in Data Mining | No comment