Adaptive Multimedia Information Access: Ask Questions, Get Answers

By Dr. Mark Maybury

MITRE is pursuing a line of research aimed at creating systems that transform users from the traditional web search approach to one in which the user asks questions and gets answers.

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MITRE is pursuing a line of research aimed at creating systems that transform users from the traditional web search approach in which the user poses queries and gets (typically an overwhelming amount of purportedly relevant) pages, to one in which the user asks questions and gets answers. This suggests moving away from a conventional information retrieval strategy of document/web page retrieval to one requiring both multilingual and multimedia information extraction coupled with personalized presentation planning