Akhil Wable
Engineering Manager, Facebook

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Akhil Wable Akhil is the Engineering Manager at Facebook, leading the search team at the company. He was part of the early engineering team at Facebook and has played an important role in releasing a wide array of products. Prior to Facebook, Akhil was a Software Design Engineer at Microsoft. Akhil attended Carnegie Mellon University.

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10:05am Tuesday, 11/17/2009
The Future of Web Search: From Static to Social to Realtime
Social Media
 Location: 1A21
Erick Schonfeld (TechCrunch), Akhil Wable (Facebook), Tobias Peggs (OneRiot), Vik Singh (Yahoo Inc.), Gerry Campbell (Collecta)
The basic premise of realtime search is to answer the simple yet important question: “What are other people saying about my query right now?” The result is an intriguing blend of news, trends, navigation and discovery, all powered by shared information. Panelists from Yahoo!, Facebook, OneRiot and Collecta, will come together to discuss the future of web search. Read more.
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