January 19, 2004

Yahoo has announced the formation of Yahoo Research Labs, a research organization focused on inventing new technologies and solutions relevant to strategic Yahoo businesses.

The group will pursue a portfolio of topics that include pay for performance search, web search, vertical businesses and platform technologies. The organization will be led by Yahoo!'s Head and Principal Scientist Dr. Gary William Flake, former chief science officer of Overture and founder of Overture Research.

Yahoo! Research Labs engineers and scientists will work collaboratively with Yahoo! business, product and technology teams to stimulate and synthesize new ideas that will serve Yahoo!'s partners, advertisers and consumers. Core research areas include machine learning, statistical data mining and efficient algorithms.

"As the most visited destination on the Web, Yahoo! has always focused on using technology and science to advance the use of the Internet in daily lives and to continually improve the user experience," said Farzad Nazem, executive vice president and chief technology officer, Yahoo!.

"As we move to the next phase of the Internet, we are excited to establish Yahoo! Research Labs, dedicated to inventive computer science solutions that will help make the Internet experience more efficient, productive, individualized, and even more entertaining.

Whether developing new algorithms or employing existing technologies in new ways, Yahoo! Research Labs will partner with Yahoo!'s global technology resources to accelerate our ability to both improve the quality of our existing network and introduce entirely new online products."

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