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Sammy the slug utilizes the Slug Web Monitoring (S.W.M.) system to stay updated with new articles based on searched information. The platform provides accurate results by tracking implicit behavior and offering news recommendations. Users' feedback and behavior are monitored to enhance recommendations and improve search relevance.
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Slug Web Monitoring Michael Cutter mcutter@ucsc.edu soe.ucsc.edu/~mcutter Advisor: Professor Zhang The Personalized Search Engine Information Retrieval and Knowledge Management Laboratory v Using S.W.M. • Sammy the slug could use a traditional search engine for the information it wants, but this slug has better things to do. • Sammy uses the Slug Web Monitoring (S.W.M.) system. The SWM keeps Sam up to date on new articles published; based on the information searched for. S.W.M. Platform Repeat for more accurate results Search for dynamic news RSSs Index 1 3 4 2 Implicit behavior tracked News! Review recommendations 5 Future User Studies Platform parses a list of RSS feeds User searches on web application Behavior is monitored through Firefox add-on ‘QueryLogToolbar’ When RSS feeds are updated recommendations are pushed to user to review User’s rating and behavior are monitored and recorded to improve recommendations • Release platform for voluntary use over the internet • Collect large pool of data that be used to train classifier • Controlled experiments • Demographically diverse users will be selected from • Goals: • Isolate features which influence relevance to user • Do browsing behavior imply relevance • Do demographical differences change results? Why does Sammy Use It? Acknowledgments Anita Krishnakumar http://lemurproject.org/ http://feedparser.org/