We have various types of data available to share. They are categorized into Ratings, Language, Graph, Advertising and Market Data, Computing Systems and an appendix of other relevant data and resources available via the Yahoo Developer Network.
These types of datasets can be utilized to research information retrieval and natural language processing algorithms. Yahoo is interested in improved search and information retrieval.
These types of datasets can be utilized to research collaborative filtering, recommender systems and machine learning algorithms. Yahoo is interested in various types of research in providing recommendations for users and personalized and more relevant content to users.
This type of data can be used to analyze behavior and performance of different types computer systems architectures. Including distributed systems and networks. Yahoo is interested in various types of research in distributed and cloud computing and understanding and optimizing performance in such systems.