Patents by Inventor Santosh Vempala

Santosh Vempala has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Techniques for clustering a set of objects
    Patent number: 7752233
    Abstract: Described are techniques for clustering a data set of objects. Divide phase processing is performed to partition the data set into two or more partitions forming a hierarchy of the objects. Merge phase processing may be performing using the hierarchy to determine one or more disjoint clusters of objects of the data set. Optional preprocessing may be performed to determine weights for one or more features of an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignees: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University
    Inventors: Santosh Vempala, Grant Wang, Ravi Kannan, David Cheng
  • Techniques for clustering a set of objects
    Publication number: 20080010304
    Abstract: Described are techniques for clustering a data set of objects. Divide phase processing is performed to partition the data set into two or more partitions forming a hierarchy of the objects. Merge phase processing may be performing using the hierarchy to determine one or more disjoint clusters of objects of the data set. Optional preprocessing may be performed to determine weights for one or more features of an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 10, 2008
    Inventors: Santosh Vempala, Grant Wang, Ravi Kannan, David Cheng