[today in history] June 11: the co inventor of Monte Carlo method was born; Google launched Google Earth; Google acquires waze

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It's today 2022 year 6 month 11 Japan , stay 2007 Years of today , Sina, China's No. 1 portal, and Google, the world's largest search engine （Google） Jointly hold a press conference in Beijing , Officially announced that the two sides have reached a strategic cooperative relationship . Based on the strategic cooperation between the two sides , Sina search service will embed Google Web search box , Provide more convenient web search for Internet users , Internet users can easily switch between news browsing and web search services . The advertising cooperation between Sina and Google will involve Sina's many main channel pages , meanwhile , Google's mature experience and system in search engine commercial advertising will also ensure the flexibility of advertising methods and the high efficiency of delivery . Review the history of the Internet 6 month 11 Japan , What other key events have happened on this day ？

1915 year 6 month 11 Japan ： Scientists in Manhattan Nicholas Metropolis born

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Nicholas · Constantine · Metrobolis （Nicholas Constantine Metropolis） Born in 1915 year 6 month 11 Japan , Is a Greek American physicist . Mettropolis' most famous contribution , It is his research on Monte Carlo method and Integro differential equation . He is in 1953 Mettropolis, first proposed in – Hastings algorithm is one of the most important sampling methods in Monte Carlo method . Now , Monte Carlo method in financial engineering 、 Macroeconomics 、 biomedical science 、 Computational physics （ Such as particle transport calculation 、 Quantum thermodynamic calculations 、 Aerodynamic calculations ）、 Machine learning and other fields are widely used .

Mettropolis was born in Chicago, USA . He is in 1936 year 、1941 He received a bachelor's degree in experimental physics from the University of Chicago 、 doctorate .1943 Robert · Oppenheimer recruits , Work at Los Alamos National Laboratory . He was one of the first scientists in the Manhattan Project , Assist Enrico · Fermi and Edward · Taylor conducted research on the world's first nuclear reactor . After world war ii , He went to the University of Chicago , As an assistant professor .1948 He returned to Los Alamos National Laboratory in , Led the research of the theoretical Department of electronic computers .

During this period , Scientist Feng · Neumann 、 Stanislav · Ulam and Nicholas · When metropolis worked for the nuclear weapons program at Los Alamos National Laboratory , Invented the Monte Carlo method . Because Ulam's uncle often loses money at Monte Carlo Casino in Monaco , Monte Carlo method is based on probability . This group was created on 1952 The computer was designed and built in MANIAC I, And in 1957 Built in MANIAC II.1957 to 1965 He was a professor of physics at the University of Chicago in .1965 He returned to Los Alamos National Laboratory again ,1980 In, he won the title of senior researcher in the laboratory .

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2001 year 6 month 11 Japan ： Google launched Google The earth

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Google The earth （Google Earth） Is a Google The virtual globe software developed by the company , It will take a satellite image 、 Aerial photography and GIS The data is superimposed on the three-dimensional model of the earth . Users can use the keyboard or mouse to control the globe to explore the whole earth , It can also be located by address and longitude and latitude coordinates . Users can use KML Language to add custom data to the desktop version of the map . first ,Google Earth only offers a desktop version ,2012 year Google The earth has added to Android and iOS And other mobile platforms ,2017 year Google Earth launched a web version .

In addition to the three-dimensional model of the earth , Desktop version of Google Earth also provides models of the moon and Mars , Observe the star pattern in space , And flight simulator games .Google The earth can also Panoramio And Wikipedia street view pictures and location information are displayed on the globe . Web version of Google The earth also includes “ explorer ” Pattern . Due to the 2019 year ,Google The earth has been photographed 3600 Satellite images of million square miles , Covering the earth 98% Population area of . Its Street View service has been filmed 1000 Ten thousand miles 360° Panorama .Google The earth has caused a lot of controversy in terms of privacy and national security . Some countries and regions require Google to hide secret military areas in satellite images .

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2013 year 6 month 11 Japan ： Google acquires social mapping app Waze

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Waze From Israel Waze Mobile Development , It's based on GPS Navigation mobile software application , The use of turn-by-turn Navigation （ English ：turn-by-turn navigation） And the travel time and route details submitted by the user .Waze stay 2013 Won the best overall mobile application award at the global mobile communications conference in , The award was also won by Dropbox、Flipboard etc. . But after winning the prize ,2013 year 6 month 11 Japan ,Google With 10.3 Billion dollars to complete the social map application Waze Acquisition . As part of the signing agreement ,Waze Of 100 The average employee will receive 120 Thousands of dollars , This is the largest employee award in Israel's high-tech history . Waze Support Android、iPhone、Symbian、Blackberry 10, as well as Windows Mobile 5–6.

However , This acquisition is over .2013 In the year , There are more than 1.4 Million drivers use it every month Waze application , And in the Waze When it was acquired by Google , The number of users is 1000 ten thousand .Waze The application in some countries is at the same level . Because Google maps has been greatly promoted , and Waze The application focuses on providing services for a carpool application that is less frequently used , therefore Waze There was a loss in the operation of .Waze stay Alphabet Inc. It is difficult for its Google company to achieve greater development in its development , It worries many users , Whether the reason for the acquisition killed this application . The failure caused by acquisition is common in the computer industry , What do you think of such incidents ？ Welcome to share your insights in the comments area .

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