I just finished having a play with Microsoft Research’s EntityCube which proved to be quite a bit of fun for finding out about myself….err, oops, I mean other folks on the web.
What is EntityCube? Here’s the explanation from the site
EntityCube is an entity search and summarization engine, which automatically summarizes the Web for the long tail, not just celebrities! The Chinese-language version is called Renlifang. Currently EntityCube is a research prototype and is a test bed for our research on entity search. Specifically, EntityCube automatically generates: A biography page for a person. A social-network graph for a person. A shortest-relationship path between two people. All titles of a person that are found on the Web.
EntityCube is an entity search and summarization engine, which automatically summarizes the Web for the long tail, not just celebrities! The Chinese-language version is called Renlifang.
Currently EntityCube is a research prototype and is a test bed for our research on entity search.
Specifically, EntityCube automatically generates:
Give it a whirl.