This is a set of slides from the Claremont Report on Database Research, see http://db.cs.berkeley.edu/claremont/ for more details. These particular slides are from a "Research Directions" talk by "Gerhard Weikum." (Uploaded for discussion at the Stanford InfoBlog, http://infoblog.stanford.edu/.)

1. Johnny Five is Alive Potala (Lhasa) 400 m long 999 rooms ... Intelligent Behavior Information Abundance Which Nobel laureate survived both world wars and all his four children? Tandem 1974-2008 What‘s this? Question Answering Photo Annotation Timeline Analysis I need input ! Wikipedia > 2 Mio. articles G Scholar > 500 Mio. Researchers > 10 Mio. Text & Speech Photos & Videos Flickr > 2 Bio. photos 2010: > 500 Bio. Internet Archive > 100 Bio. pages Web History 2008 2000 1985 www.hp.com www.compaq.com www.tandem.com

2. 1: QA & Knowledge Gathering Which Nobel laureate survived both world wars and all his four children? YAGO knowledge base: 1.7 Mio. entities, 15 Mio. facts 40 Mio. RDF triples > 95% accuracy Max_Planck Apr 23, 1858 Person City subclass Location instanceOf subclass bornOn Oct 4, 1947 diedOn Kiel bornIn Nobel Prize Erwin_Planck Father Of hasWon Scientist Physicist instanceOf subclass Which enzymes inhibit proteases? Killer App: Healthcare !

3. 2: Photos, Scan City, Interesting Facts 3D-laser-scan entire cities and reconstruct super-detailed models combine photos from different angles to build 3D models automatically annotate with interesting facts BuildingName: Potala, City: Lhasa Length: 400 m, Height: 117 m NumberRooms: 999, BuiltInYear: 1645 Constructor: Lozang Gyatso (5th Dalai Lama)