Explore how Gerard Salton's Vector Space Model and TF-IDF weighting revolutionized information retrieval in 1968, establishing the geometric representation of meaning that underlies modern search engines, word embeddings, and language AI systems.
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Michael currently works as an Associate Director of Data Science at EQT Partners in Singapore, where he drives AI and data initiatives across private capital investments.
With over a decade of experience spanning private equity, management consulting, and software engineering, he specializes in building and scaling analytics capabilities from the ground up. He has published research in leading AI conferences and holds expertise in machine learning, natural language processing, and value creation through data.
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