Concurrent 2D: Where Do We Search From Here?

Anurag Acharya is a Distinguished Engineer at Google. In previous
lives, he has been an
undergrad at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, a graduate
student at Carnegie Mellon, a postdoc at the University of Maryland
and an Assistant Professor at UC Santa Barbara. At Google, he has
worn several hats, most recently working on Google Scholar and Google
News Archive Search.

Peter Brantley is the Executive Director for the Digital Library Federation,
a not-for-profit international association of libraries and allied
institutions. His background includes significant experience with research
libraries and digital library development programs. Before joining the DLF,
he was Director of Technology at the University of California’s California
Digital Library; he served previously as the Director of IT Services for the
Libraries and Press at New York University. Peter has also worked in
academic IT Director positions at UCSF and UC Berkeley. He was the first IT
Manager for Rapt, a SF startup providing pricing optimization for online
advertising delivery for media businesses. He has also worked as a senior
systems analyst in the mass market division of Random House. Peter is a
member of the Board of Directors for the International Digital Publishing
Forum.