Information Retrieval

Information Theory

The definition and measurement of information is fundamental to methods for information retrieval, text mining, and machine learning.

Library Chat Analytics

Data aggregated and retrieval augmented LLMs for reference chat analysis and tool development for library resource and service optimization.

Search & Retrieval

Decentralized search and retrieval on the web scale. Efficiency, effectiveness, and scalability.

Studying the clustering paradox and scalability of search in highly distributed environments

We study decentralized searches in large-scale information networks and discover the phenomenon of Clustering Paradox, that is, how distributed system interconnect and cluster imposes a limit on search performance and scalability.