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'''Krishna Bharat''' (born 7 January 1970) is an [[India]]n [[research scientist]] at [[Google]] Inc. He was formerly a founding adviser for Grokstyle Inc. a [[visual search]] company and Laserlike Inc., an interest search engine startup based on [[Machine learning|Machine Learning]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/samshead/2019/02/08/facebook-snaps-up-ai-startup-grokstyle/|title=Facebook Snaps Up AI Shopping Startup GrokStyle|last=Shead|first=Sam|website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://venturebeat.com/2019/03/13/apple-bought-laserlike-an-ml-startup-that-might-make-siri-smarter/|title=Apple acquires Laserlike, an ML startup that might make Siri smarter|date=2019-03-13|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref>

At [[Google]], [[Mountain View, California|Mountain View]], he led a team developing [[Google News]], a service that automatically indexes over 25,000 news websites in more than 35 languages to provide a summary of the News resources.<ref name="rg">{{cite web|url=http://research.google.com/people/krishna/|title=Krishna Bharat|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417040637/http://research.google.com/people/krishna/|archive-date=2009-04-17|access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref> Among other projects, he opened the Google India's [[Research and Development]] center at [[Bengaluru]], [[India]].<ref name="rediff">{{cite news|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/money/2004/may/06google.htm|title=Krishna Bharat to head Google's Bangalore centre|date=6 May 2004|publisher=Rediff|access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/india-sees-more-people-coming-online-than-the-content-being-created-google-search-head/articleshow/70576620.cms|title=India sees more people coming online than the content being created: Google search head|date=2019-08-07|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref>

He is on the Board of Visitors of [[Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism|Columbia Journalism School]] and [[John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford]].<ref name="linkedin">{{cite news|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/krishna-bharat-a1a1805a|title=Krishna Bharat Linkedin Profile|publisher=linkedin|access-date=2018-01-25}}</ref>

Krishna Bharat created Google News in the aftermath of the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] to keep himself abreast of the developments.<ref name=notwar>{{cite web|last=Glaser|first=Mark|title=Google News to Publishers: Let's Make Love Not War|publisher=PBS|url=https://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2010/02/google-news-to-publishers-lets-make-love-not-war035.html|date=2010-02-04|access-date=2010-04-02}}</ref><ref name="googlefriends">{{cite web|url=https://www.google.com/googlefriends/morejul03.html|title=Google Friends Newsletter - Q&A with Krishna Bharat |date=July 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125030714/https://www.google.com/googlefriends/morejul03.html|archive-date=2007-01-25|access-date=2009-04-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TSIhOyXk5M|title=Burning Man at Google| date=3 June 2011}}</ref> Since then, it has been a popular offering from Google's services. Google News was one of Google's first endeavors beyond offering just plain text searches on its page.

== Personal life ==
Krishna Bharat grew up in Bengaluru.

== Education ==
He completed his schooling from [[St. Joseph's Boys' High School, Bangalore|St. Joseph's Boys' High School]] in Bengaluru, and received an undergraduate degree in computer science from the [[Indian Institute of Technology, Madras]]. He subsequently received a [[Ph.D]] from [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] in [[Human Computer Interaction]].<ref name="rd2">{{cite news|url=http://www.rediff.com/us/2002/oct/18us.htm|title=Google wants to be part of journalism's future|access-date=2009-04-04|publisher=rediff}}</ref>

== Career ==
Before joining Google in 1999, he worked at the [[DEC Systems Research Center]] where, with George Mihaila, he developed the [[Hilltop algorithm]].<ref>[http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=503104.503107 When experts agree: using non-affiliated experts to rank popular topics]</ref><ref>[http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7346604.PN.&OS=PN/7346604&RS=PN/7346604 US Patent 7346604 Method for ranking hypertext search results by analysis of hyperlinks from expert documents and keyword scope]</ref>

=== Tenure at Google ===
At Google he developed so-called LocalRank,<ref>[http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6725259.PN.&OS=PN/6725259&RS=PN/6725259 US Patent 6725259 Ranking search results by reranking the results based on local inter-connectivity]</ref> which can be considered to be an adaptation of Hilltop.

He worked on web search and information extraction at [[Google]] between 1999 and 2015, and left Google in 2015 to become a founding adviser for Laserlike, a machine learning software startup, which was acquired by [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-13|title=Apple acquires Laserlike, an ML startup that might make Siri smarter|url=https://venturebeat.com/2019/03/13/apple-bought-laserlike-an-ml-startup-that-might-make-siri-smarter/|access-date=2020-11-28|website=VentureBeat|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiawest.com/news/global_indian/google-confirms-google-news-creator-krishna-bharat-has-rejoined-company/article_48ca7e1a-c83c-11e9-b0c4-2797b218136b.html|title=Google Confirms Google News Creator Krishna Bharat Has Rejoined Company|last=Reporter|first=India-West Staff|website=India West|language=en|access-date=2019-12-29}}</ref> Krishna Bharat rejoined Google in July 2019 as a distinguished research scientist.<ref name=":0" />

== Awards ==
In 2015, Krishna received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from his [[Alma mater]] [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras|IIT Madras]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://alumni.iitm.ac.in/daa/list.php?yr=2015|title=IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Awardees - 2015|publisher=Indian Institute of Technology Madras - Office of Alumni Relations|access-date=18 October 2018}}</ref>

He received the 2003 World Technology Award for Media & Journalism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://jsk.stanford.edu/about/people/board/bharat/|title=Krishna Bharat|website=John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships at Stanford|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/people/7-indian-origin-people-in-prominent-positions-at-google/krishna-bharat/slideshow/18968092.cms|title=7 Indian-origin people in prominent positions at Google|website=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-01-08|quote=Also, he received the 2003 World Technology Award for Media & Journalism.}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/comment/0,,1784103,00.html Bharat speaking at the International Press Institute congress in Edinburgh]

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