Search Engine Journal

Yahoo has opened a new research lab in Haifa; the Yahoo! Research Israel Lab, which will be led by Dr. Ronny Lempel. Lempel is a renowned information organization and retrieval expert who will report directly to Dr. Ricardo Baeza-Yates, vice president of Yahoo! Research according to Yahoo.

• The Yahoo! Research Israel Lab will focus on boiling down complex technology problems into simple solutions to change the game in Web search, which Yahoo says will strengthen its global strategy to establish Yahoo! Search as an indispensable starting point for users on the Web

“Israel is fertile ground for incredibly talented technologists, researchers and engineers, and the Yahoo! Research Israel Lab provides the best opportunity to create the technologies that will underpin the next generation of search on the Internet,” Lempel said. “I look forward to building the Haifa team with the best talent this region has to offer.”