Created by | Vivian Chan, Nilu Satharasinghe |
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URL | www.sparrho.com |
Written in | Clojure [1] |
Sparrho combines human and artificial intelligence to help research professionals and layman users stay up-to-date with new scientific publications and patents. [2] Sparrho's recommendation engine provides personalized scientific news-feeds by using proprietary machine learning algorithms to "aggregate, distill and recommend" relevant content. [3] The platform aims to complement traditional methods of finding relevant academic material such as Google Scholar, and PubMed with a system which enables the serendipitous discovery of content and across relevant scientific fields. [4]
Sparrho uses a "three-pronged approach" to content recommendation. Firstly, "data-data analysis" is tackled using techniques such as natural language processing to provide appropriate research based on data provided by users. [5] Secondly, "user-user interactions" are utilized to propose a wider range of potentially relevant subject areas to users with similar interests. [6] Finally, "user-data interactions" such as labeling articles as "relevant" or "irrelevant" within a particular scientific field allows Sparrho to personalize user newsfeeds. [7]
Sparrho was founded in 2013 by Vivian Chan and Nilu Satharasinghe as a solution to issues Chan encountered over the course of her biochemistry PhD at the University of Cambridge, especially in staying up to date with scientific literature [8] [9] [10] Initially established at Ideaspace in West Cambridge, and moving subsequently to Camden Collective [11] and the Ministry of Startups [12] in London, the company is now based in the data science hub SHACK15 in Shoreditch, London. [13]
In 2014, Chan was a semi-finalist for the 2014 Duke of York New Entrepreneur of the Year Award, [14] [15] and in 2015, Chan was included on the 35 Women Under 35 list compiled by Management Today. [16] In 2016, Sparrho was a semi-finalist in Pitch@Palace 5.0. [17]
As of July 2017, Sparrho has raised $3 million from investors including White Cloud Capital, AllBright, and Beast Ventures. [18]
Sparrho's primary competitors are PubChase and Scizzle, [10] [19] though both PubChase and Scizzle are targeted towards biomedical sciences and solely recommend academic journal papers. [20] [21]
Created by | Vivian Chan, Nilu Satharasinghe |
---|---|
URL | www.sparrho.com |
Written in | Clojure [1] |
Sparrho combines human and artificial intelligence to help research professionals and layman users stay up-to-date with new scientific publications and patents. [2] Sparrho's recommendation engine provides personalized scientific news-feeds by using proprietary machine learning algorithms to "aggregate, distill and recommend" relevant content. [3] The platform aims to complement traditional methods of finding relevant academic material such as Google Scholar, and PubMed with a system which enables the serendipitous discovery of content and across relevant scientific fields. [4]
Sparrho uses a "three-pronged approach" to content recommendation. Firstly, "data-data analysis" is tackled using techniques such as natural language processing to provide appropriate research based on data provided by users. [5] Secondly, "user-user interactions" are utilized to propose a wider range of potentially relevant subject areas to users with similar interests. [6] Finally, "user-data interactions" such as labeling articles as "relevant" or "irrelevant" within a particular scientific field allows Sparrho to personalize user newsfeeds. [7]
Sparrho was founded in 2013 by Vivian Chan and Nilu Satharasinghe as a solution to issues Chan encountered over the course of her biochemistry PhD at the University of Cambridge, especially in staying up to date with scientific literature [8] [9] [10] Initially established at Ideaspace in West Cambridge, and moving subsequently to Camden Collective [11] and the Ministry of Startups [12] in London, the company is now based in the data science hub SHACK15 in Shoreditch, London. [13]
In 2014, Chan was a semi-finalist for the 2014 Duke of York New Entrepreneur of the Year Award, [14] [15] and in 2015, Chan was included on the 35 Women Under 35 list compiled by Management Today. [16] In 2016, Sparrho was a semi-finalist in Pitch@Palace 5.0. [17]
As of July 2017, Sparrho has raised $3 million from investors including White Cloud Capital, AllBright, and Beast Ventures. [18]
Sparrho's primary competitors are PubChase and Scizzle, [10] [19] though both PubChase and Scizzle are targeted towards biomedical sciences and solely recommend academic journal papers. [20] [21]