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| Ben Gomes, VP and Google Fellow in Google's headquarters, Mountain View, California. by |
What do you mean? Incomplete story if we also do not know the figure of the brilliant behind Google Search, that Ben Gomes itself.
From "Small Village" in India
Ben Gomes is a man with diverse backgrounds. He was born in Tanzania, Africa. He grew up in India, precisely in Bangalore, but at a time when Bangalore has not emerged as the technology hub of India.
In her childhood, Gomes told me, he lived in a region that arguably minimal information. The only source of knowledge is a library in the region, which only allows families to borrow four books per week.
"That means, two for my mother, and two for me," he said.
It seems to be very excruciating for small Gomes. The boy was very hungry this knowledge crave more information and knowledge, but it is not just a very few of its quota, the title of the book he wanted was not always there.
He compares those times with today, when a smartphone user can access tens of billions of web pages through Google.
Wicak Hidayat / KompasTekno Ben Gomes, a Google Fellow and VP, when met at the headquarters of Google, Mountain View, California.
Google Search For Giver Answers
Gomes interest in computers allegedly began in his school days. There Gomes met with Krishna Bharat, a young man who enjoyed computer. Their relationship became intimate, with spices competing.
"A good friend of mine at school, we often compete to get better value and others, as usually children in India," said Gomes.
Once in India, Gomes and Bharat alike pursue a doctorate in the United States. At that moment, Bharat who according to Gomes told him about Google and both joined the company almost simultaneously.
Unlike now, Google when it was still a relatively young company. However, according to Gomes there is a very interesting thing from working at Google.
"Her work is very useful for people, but also from the technical side is very challenging and exciting," said Gomes.
The combination, he said, makes work in Google something hard while satisfying. "(Our job is) to understand the language and the way the mind (man) to work," he added.
Search when it is the ability to search for a word in the document. But Google offers more than that, Google offers an answer.
Not enough anymore, he said, to display the results indicate that a particular word in a particular page. "We have to understand the intentions (the user), for what it do a search," said Gomes.
Google Search For Conversation
As described by Ben Gomes, the second step in the Search is to give the conversation. What does it mean? In this case, the Search can give context to the search conducted, so that the next search will refer to the context.
It appears on a search by voice. Ben pointed out, he can ask Google: Who is the President of the United States? Then, there is the answer, could ask: How tall is he? In a supplementary question, Ben did not need to explain that what is meant He there is Obama.
Conversing with a computer, a few years ago may still be considered a mere science fiction. Now it could be done, even in different languages and dialects.
"I was born in Africa, grew up in India, my accent mix, I live in America. There is a bit of English and American accents. Five years ago I had to invite the United States to the midwest dialect perfect for doing demos voice search," said Gomes.
Wicak Hidayat / KompasTekno Ben Gomes, a Google VP and Fellow, being interviewed by Reuters TV.
Google Search As forecast
Not forecast in the sense of 'fortune-telling', but that the search service that can anticipate what is needed by the user.
Through learning, it can provide the information needed even before the users request it.
It looks at the Google Now, which can display context-sensitive information about its users. For example, when visiting a place, it can automatically show the things that draw from that place.
"There are things that I do not want to spend the time to do a search, such as how much time I need to reach the office? These things are directly provided by Google Now," he said.
Of course, Gomes said of the three aspects that Google continues to make progress and improvements. Within a year, he said, there were 1,000 late changes to Google Search.
"We run 60,000 trials, and only 1,000 were launched," he said.
Always interesting to see where the product will be taken to Google on this one, and how it will affect other products.
There's more other souvenirs from a short trip to the headquarters of Google, for example, like what is was like to work at Google? Listen to continue the mini-series "3 Days in Silicon Valley" to find out.
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