Keynote: Conrad Wolfram - Wolfram Alpha: Information, Computation and the New Era of Knowledge

The panel Ideologies and Futures of the Internet taking place on Saturday, 6 February will be start with a keynote lecture by Conrad Wolfram, Director of Strategic and International Development at the well-known software company Wolfram Research Inc. founded by his brother Stephen. At transmediale.10 Conrad Wolfram will talk about the knowledge engine Wolfram Alpha.

Wolfram Alpha: Information, Computation and the New Era of Knowledge

In May 2009, Wolfram|Alpha launched to worldwide excitement. It introduced the new concept of "computational knowledge engine" -- working out specific answers to queries made rather than picking out existing information like a traditional search engine.

Yet this is just one window into the Wolfram|Alpha project and its vision for all systematic knowledge: of curating, making computable and democratizing high-level use.

Which technologies make this feasible now? Can we democratize computational expertise as successfully as the web and search have democratized information retrieval? How will this affect the Knowledge Economy---business and government information, R&D and technical education?

Conrad Wolfram will address these questions as well as explain the concept, workings, and progress of Wolfram|Alpha and its underlying Mathematica technology---built up over 23 years---that has made it possible.

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