endrizzi@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Michael J. Endrizzi) (01/19/90)
Hello people, I am interested in making tons of money and retiring when I'm 42, so maybe you can help me. I just finished my Masters work based on fault-tolerant information retrieval. We developed a SQL based relational database that is implemented on a simulated associative memory. The searching function is based on a technique borrowed from the neural-net world called N-Gram encoding. If none of this makes any sense to you, your not alone. My advisor has reduced this sucker into integrals, differential equations, matrix theory and a host of other mathematical bullshit. In reality think of what happens when you call information 411 on your telephone. The operator asks you for a name, and you give the name not knowing the exact spelling or exact address but only pieces of it. Magically the operator finds the correct address for you. Something like a spelling checker. Well we have expanded this simple-example into a relational database format. Possible applications would be where database primary and secondary keys could become corrupted by incorrect data entry. Otherwise On-Line Transaction Processing where manual queries might be corrupted and incorrect information would be returned. Another application would be where a query would not have to return a single answer, but several answers that are "close" to the query (thesaurus, law-enforcement database, chemical database, medical database, legal database, database of databases). The bells an whistles include: 1) Designed to run on a variety of architectures from Sun 3/50 to parallel processing machines ideally with each node implemented with an associative memory. 2) New operation that combines: Select from A: Select from B: Intersect(A,B); into a single operation executed in parallel. 3) Extremely high recall rates (>92%) for finding corrupted information. 4) Two fun loving intelligent hi-tech dudes to work with. If you work for a database company OR your business requires this type of information retrieval, send money and give us a call. Michael Endrizzi (Chief Peon) Home: 612-432-1107 Work: 612-482-7425 Home Address: 7020 145th Street West Apple Valley, Minnesota 55124 Dr. Vladimir Cherkassky (PHD, Pile it Higher and Deeper) Work: 612-625-9597