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Yahoo! Research

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Website
  
research.yahoo.com

Formation
  
January 19, 2004; 13 years ago (2004-01-19)

Type
  
Contract research organization

Location
  
United States, Spain, India, Israel, Chile

Key people
  
Ronald J. Brachman (Head & Chief Scientist of Yahoo!)

Yahoo! Research is a research organization established on January 2004 within Yahoo!. It is headed by Ron Brachman.

Topics within Yahoo! Research include: Internet search, machine learning, microeconomics, media experience, and community systems.

Locations include:

  • Barcelona, Spain
  • Bangalore, India
  • Yahoo! Research Berkeley, CA
  • Burbank, CA
  • Haifa, Israel
  • New York, NY
  • Santa Clara, CA
  • Santiago, Chile.

    • Research

    Yahoo! Research has produced findings of scholarly significance, publishing an article titled "Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network", in the American Journal of Sociology. This article looks at patterns of friendship as indicated by email sending patterns, and, more broadly, shows the promise of using technological and internet-based sources in social science research.

    References

    Yahoo! Research Wikipedia
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