<s>
Eureqa	B-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
proprietary	O
modeling	O
engine	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
Cornell	O
's	O
Artificial	O
Intelligence	O
Lab	O
and	O
later	O
commercialized	O
by	O
Nutonian	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
uses	O
evolutionary	B-Algorithm
search	I-Algorithm
to	O
determine	O
mathematical	O
equations	O
that	O
describe	O
sets	O
of	O
data	O
in	O
their	O
simplest	O
form	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
task	O
is	O
generally	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
symbolic	B-Algorithm
regression	I-Algorithm
in	O
the	O
literature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
1970s	O
,	O
the	O
primary	O
way	O
companies	O
have	O
performed	O
data	O
science	O
has	O
been	O
to	O
hire	O
teams	O
of	O
data	O
scientists	O
,	O
and	O
equip	O
them	O
with	O
tools	O
like	O
R	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
SAS	B-Language
,	O
and	O
SQL	B-Language
to	O
execute	O
predictive	O
and	O
statistical	O
modeling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
relying	O
on	O
more	O
people	O
to	O
fill	O
the	O
data	O
science	O
gap	O
,	O
Schmidt	O
and	O
his	O
advisor	O
,	O
Hod	O
Lipson	O
,	O
invented	O
Eureqa	B-Algorithm
,	O
believing	O
machines	O
could	O
extract	O
meaning	O
from	O
data	O
automatically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eureqa	B-Algorithm
is	O
an	O
artificial	O
intelligence-powered	O
"	O
Virtual	O
Data	O
Scientist	O
"	O
that	O
automatically	O
builds	O
predictive	O
and	O
analytical	O
models	O
,	O
and	O
allows	O
domain	O
experts	O
to	O
rapidly	O
iterate	O
on	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TechCrunch	O
has	O
called	O
Eureqa	B-Algorithm
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
examples	O
of	O
Machine	O
Intelligence	O
–	O
the	O
subfield	O
of	O
A.I.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
early	O
November	O
2009	O
the	O
program	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
download	O
for	O
free	B-License
by	O
anyone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
took	O
place	O
after	O
Lipson	O
had	O
asked	O
scientists	O
from	O
different	O
disciplines	O
to	O
share	O
their	O
work	O
to	O
test	O
Eureqa	B-Algorithm
's	O
versatility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
was	O
named	O
Eureqa	B-Algorithm
after	O
Archimedes	B-Device
 '	O
famous	O
expression	O
"	O
Eureka	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Eureqa	B-Algorithm
works	O
by	O
creating	O
random	O
equations	O
with	O
the	O
data	O
through	O
evolutionary	B-Algorithm
search	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
