TechTips

The goal of this site is to inform and educate the students, staff, and faculty of The Ohio State University community about various emerging technologies that impact services provided by the Libraries.

TechTips: WolframAlpha Computational Engine

Posted on May 19, 2009 by eric schnell

Wolfram Alpha is a ‘computational knowledge engine’ that answers questions, solves equations, and cross-references data types by synthesizing it into different combinations. The goal of WA is to make systematic knowledge immediately computable by drawing on terabytes of curated data. The service is the brainchild of Stephen Wolfram, who is behind the Mathematica computational software [...]

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TechTips: Searching Wikipedia Using Powerset

Posted on May 7, 2009 by eric schnell

Powerset is a discovery tool that (currently) extracts and organizes information contained  in Wikipedia and Freebase. A natural language algorithm allows the searcher to use keywords, phrases, or even simple questions.  The results page aggregates information from across multiple articles, in essence creating an enhanced Wikipedia article.For example, here is the search results for Thompson [...]

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