Neural networks in Visual Studio and SharePoint Search

Here’s a wonderful video of Dr. James McCaffrey from Microsoft Research explaining basics of Neural Networks and it’s implementation pitfalls

Developing Neural Networks Using Visual Studio
http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Build/2013/2-401.

Highly recommended for those who would like to get better understanding of science behind Sharepoint Search Ranking models. Looks like this video is a final missing piece in this SharePoint puzzle.

You might want to check more details in following blog posts and official MSFT pages

• https://powersearching.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/how-sharepoint-2013-ranking-models-work/
• https://powersearching.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/explain-rank-in-sharepoint-2013-search/
• https://powersearching.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/microsoft-patents-related-to-sharepoint-search/
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn169065.aspx