Researchers develop techniques for computing Google-style web rankings up to five times faster; Speed-up may make "topic-sensitive" page rankings feasible.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 May 2003-US NSF: Researchers develop techniques for computing Google-style web rankings up to five times faster; Speed-up may make "topic-sensitive" page rankings feasible(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:05132003 ARLINGTON, Va. -- Computer science researchers at Stanford University have developed several new techniques that together may make it possible to calculate Web page rankings as used in the Google search engine up to five times faster.

The speed-ups to Google's method may make it realistic to calculate page rankings personalized for an individual's interests or customized to a particular topic. The Stanford team includes graduate students Sepandar Kamvar and Taher Haveliwala, noted numerical analyst Gene Golub and computer...