from 11:00 to 13:00
Aula Magna - U6 Agora Building
Piazza dell'Ateneo Nuovo 1 - Milan
The lectio magistralis of Prabhakar Raghavan, senior vice president at Google, responsible for Google Search, Assistant, Geo, Ads, Commerce, and Payments products is scheduled. The speech is entitled "Search Engines: From the Lab to the Engine Room, and Back"
Web search engines are an example of a result of scientific research which, at an unprecedented speed, has produced a global impact. In this lectio magistralis, we will review some of these examples and highlight open research areas. We will also spend time on the nuanced questions that arise in the operation of a search engine: information quality vs. misinformation, the slowing growth of Web content, burgeoning applications of AI and LLMs, notions of bias, advertising and more.
The event is organised by the Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication (DISCo).