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Sense Networks is a New York City based company with a focus on applications that analyze big data from mobile phones, carrier networks, and taxicabs, particularly by using machine learning technology to make sense of large amounts of location (latitude/longitude) data.〔Fitzgerald, Michael. ("Predicting Where You’ll Go and What You’ll Like" ), ''The New York Times'', New York, 22 June 2008. Retrieved on 2010-05-12.〕〔Sheridan, Barrett. ("A Trillion Points of Data" ), ''Newsweek'', New York, 28 Feb 2009. Retrieved on 2010-05-12.〕〔Baker, Stephen. ("Mapping a New, Mobile Internet" ), ''Bloomberg Businessweek'', New York, 26 February 2009. Retrieved on 2010-05-12.〕〔Markoff, John. ("You're Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy?" ), ''The New York Times'', New York, 29 November 2008. Retrieved on 2010-05-12.〕 In 2009, Sense was named one of "The 25 Most Intriguing Startups in the World" by Bloomberg Businessweek〔Ante, Spencer. ("The World's Most Intriguing Startups" ), ''Bloomberg BusinessWeek'', New York, 12 November 2009. Retrieved on 2010-05-12.〕 and was called "The Next Google" on the cover of Newsweek.〔()〕 In 2014, Sense Networks was acquired by YP, "the local search and advertising company owned by Cerberus Capital Management and AT&T."〔("YP, a Mobile Search Firm, Buys Sense Networks" ), New York Times.〕 ==History== Sense Networks was founded by Greg Skibiski in February 2006 (2003?) near his home in Northampton, Massachusetts. After establishing an office in NoHo, New York City near Silicon Alley, Skibiski recruited Alex Pentland, Director of Human Dynamics Research and former Academic Head of the MIT Media Lab, Tony Jebara, Associate Professor and Head of the Machine Learning Laboratory at Columbia University, and Christine Lemke, who would later become co-founders.〔Junietz, Erika. ("A Sense of Place" ), ''MIT Technology Insider'', Boston, August 2008. Retrieved on 2010-05-14.〕 Sense Networks investors include Intel Capital, (Javelin Venture Partners ), and Kenan Altunis.〔("Press Release: Sense Networks Secures Series B Funding for Location Analytics, Led by Intel Capital" ), ''Intel Capital'', New York, 30 June 2009. Retrieved on 2010-05-13.〕 Founder Greg Skibiski was pushed out by lead investor Intel Capital〔Baker, Stephen. ("Data correlation: Used-car customers drop cell-phone service?" ), ''The Numerati'', New York, 8 January 2010. Retrieved on 2010-05-14.〕 in November 2009 following the company's B round of financing, the same week company won the Emerging Communications Conference "Company to Watch" Award.〔("Sense Networks Wins the Emerging Communications Conference & Awards Inaugural "Company to Watch" Award" ), ''Press Release'', New York, 2 November 2009. Retrieved on 2010-05-16.〕 The company has three published patent applications for analyzing sensor data streams, System and Method of Performing Location Analytics (US 20090307263), Comparing Spatial-Temporal Trails in Location Analytics (US 20100079336), and Anomaly Detection in Sensor Analytics (US 20100082301).〔(US Patent & Trademark Office ). Retrieved on 2010-05-12.〕 The company was acquired by the Yellow Pages in 2014. This is a marketing conglomerate under AT&T and Cerberus Capital Management.〔techcrunch/newyork times〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sense Networks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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