The discussion was led by Quinn Bottum, Founder and Director of Product at Swoop Search. Quinn focused his presentation on Graphical Vectorized Weighted Search, and its application towards information retrieval and analytics in big data. He reviewed the fundamental principles of this approach, architecture of their product and Use Cases where the approach is best applied.
Quinn is one of the co-founders of Swoop Search. Founded in December 2011, Swoop is a search and analytics engine start up based in Madison, WI. Quinn attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where he was a triple major in Chinese, International Security, and International Finance. While at UW, Quinn lived in China, working and studying on a US Government Fellowship. At Swoop Search, Quinn is responsible for the product and engineering capabilities of the company. Through the development of Swoop Search, Quinn is now a lead author and holder of 3 issued patents.