Equation Search & Beyond

• Equation Search Today• The Challenge• Symbolab Scientific Search• Scholar Search• The Future of Search• Online Education• Knowledge Is Power

Equation Search Today

Equation Search In a Nutshell

• Scientific contentEncyclopedias, academic papers, courses, patents, forums, …

• Scientific languageEquations, formulas, mathematical expressions

• Symbols & notationsUse of scientific symbols & notations

• Search science with science

Google Plot

Great plot, but what are you really

looking for?

…and Search?Irrelevant results

Bing Search…

How is this related exactly?

Wolfram Computational EngineWikipedia like computation knowledge

LaTex Search

How come (x+y)^n does work but (y+x)^n

doesn’t?

Can Keyword Search Work?

• What if we search for

• we should also get results for , , …

• and preferably for

• On top of that, we shouldn’t get results for

The Challenge

The Problem: Scientific Search Today

• Keyword search• No support for scientific notations• LaTex is no fun• Heuristic approach• Poor relevancy• Computational emphasis

The Challenge: The Scientific Language

• Flexible grammar & vocabulary• Order matters• Priority of features• Disambiguation within and across disciplines

The Solution: Semantic Search

• Machine learning algorithms• Scientific expression matching• Contextual scientific analysis• Relevancy

SymbolabScientific SearchEngine

Smart Pad

http://symbolab.com/

Computation

Semantic Search Results

Text Search

ScholarSearch

Google Scholar

Emphasis on citations, Keyword

search…

Publications are not free of charge

No thank you!

Microsoft Academic Search

Topic mining, Social graph,

Keyword search…

Symbolab Scholar

Research Tool

• Scientific language• Connect obscure mathematical discoveries from

disparate fields of science• Free open content

TheFutureofSearch

The Knowledge Graph

• From strings to things• Making the web into structured objects• Connecting these objects• Knowledge is about understanding things

Symbolab - Building For The Future

• Semantic search• Equations as things• Scientific knowledge graph• Q&A infrastructure

Step-by-Step Solutions

http://symbolab.com/solutions

Online Education

Equation Search - Why Now

• Growing demand• Digitalization of libraries• More content is now publically available• Emphasis on STEM• Online education

Online Education

• Limited access to on-campus classesaccess for students who would otherwise be unable to afford or attend collegeBudget cuts have resulted in fewer instructors and oversubscribed classes

• Lack of customized programsstudents can learn at the pace that’s right for them

• Restricted innovation in course contentdrive new, hybrid learning methods create innovative content

Online Education Stats

• 30% of higher-education students in the U.S taking at least one class online )6.2 mm students), expected to rise to 37% by 2015

• U.S. average per online pupil expenditures is $6,400, per traditional pupil expenditures is $10,000

Knowledge Is Power

• Can Symbolab hurt children’s ability to solve math problems?

• Should children struggle with hard problems over days?

• Children are curious by nature, they want to learn, but they want to learn their way

• Symbolab opens a window to the science content• Help people overcome the barrier of the

“scientific language”

Fear Of Math

• 60% of university students suffer from math anxiety• Overcome math anxiety by:

Accommodating for different learning styles Making math relevant Allowing for different social approaches to learning

mathematics Emphasizing the importance of original, quality thinking

rather than rote manipulation of formulas

Knowledge is power, by enabling equation search we empower students, teachers, parents and researches, we empower us

• Michal Avny, Co-Founder – CEOFormer head of Relegence ILLead to a successful acquisition by AOLInformation Retrieval & Realtime Search expertBSc Mathematics & Computer Science

• Adam Arnon, Co-Founder– Chief ScientistBSc Physics & EconomicsMathematics grad student2y algorithm development

• Lev Alyshayev, Co-Founder– CTOBSc Mathematics & Computer ScienceMBA technology entrepreneurship11y developing search technologies

• Prof Erez Etzion, Advisory BoardPhysics Professor at the University of Tel AvivMember and advisor of the Search & Discovery board of CERN

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The Team

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMS2C_nfXbQ

Thank You

Michal Avny@michalavnymichal.avny@gmail.comhttp://symbolab.com/