This document provides an overview and demonstration of the Expernova search engine and database. It discusses: 1. The theoretical background of Expernova, including the needs it addresses, its solution, and new features in Version 4. 2. A demonstration of how to use the Expernova search engine, following "golden rules" to construct effective searches. 3. Examples of different search modes and new intelligent analysis features to help users understand and make use of search results.

2. Duration: 10 min
Today’s Program
I – Theoretical Background:
1- Needs & Challenges (context)
2- Expernova Solution
3- New Features of the V4
II – In Practice:
1- Expernova Search Engine
2- Golden Rules

3. III – Uses Cases
A/ Running a search…
1- Get and overview of a topic
2- Identify an expert on a topic
3- Identify a laboratory on a topic
4- Search an expert by name
5- Search a laboratory by name
B/ Using the features…
6- Create a bookmark
7- Manage your bookmarks
8- Share your bookmarks
9- Export your searches
Durée : 35 min
Today’s Program

4. Needs &
Challenges
Manage access to scientific
expertise in a complex R&D
environment &
Find efficient solutions to strategic
questions

5. Gaining a clear vision of the expertise and the global networks
allows your organisation to answer the most strategic questions more effectively :
Who are the people and the key players of our industry with whom
we should collaborate?
Who are the newcomers to the market? Which ones are developing
products of interest?
What are the other players in my industry working on? My competitors?
What are they interested in?
What are the key skills of my organization and how can we utilize them to
to generate the greatest added value?
Which partners should we approach to work with on a breakthrough innovation?
What are the important technological trends to be identified in my
industry?
ContexteContext

6. Expernova
Solution
Our DataBase
How does it work?
What is it for?
Features!

7. Scope of the Base
expernova.com covers 3 key areas:
Based on a cutting edge Data-Mining technology, our Database offers an access to more than
Representing 52 countries!
10 000 000 30 000 000
55 000
140 000
40 000 000
Experts Scientific Works
R&D Labs
Companies, SME’s, Startups
Patents

8. How does it work?
A unique ecosystem mapping & profiling technology
•Publications (theses,
posters, conference reports,
articles…)
•Projects (European, ANR,
SBIR, STTR)
•Patents
•Web Data & Skills descriptions
Crawling
(Data mining)
Concepts extraction Availability in the Expernova Engine of:
• Experts Profiles
• Labs Profiles
• Scientific works, patents…

9. Features
Expernova, a comprehensive tool for the identification and analysis of scientific skills:
SEARCH
IDENTIFY
UNDERSTAND
CAPITALIZE
COLLABORATE
FOLLOW
Search for a skill or a technology and access in a few seconds a simplified latest development on
the subject (players, documents, networks, patents, projects, etc.)
Access rich skills profiles of experts updated each month: key skills, associated works, contact
details, etc.
Browse collaborative networks, compare the subjects and skills of research centres, universities,
businesses or start-ups.
Capitalise on your improved understanding of you research environment, take part in new
challenges
Follow the evolution of your environment, your R&D ecosystem, the skills of your partners or your
competitors through the Monthly Reports
Collaborate with your teams and partners, developed your searches and capitalize on your internal
and external information

10. V4
New
Features

11. 1 - A New Interface offers you a more intuitive and simple navigation:
Expernova Version 4… Much more than a search engine!
Choose your search type to directly target the required
information according to your particular use case.
Access to a state of art analysis on your topic in few seconds (Expert &
Organization profiles, documents, network collaborations, patents, projects…)
Personnalize your searches by creating« Presets »,
so that only the results of interest to you are
displayed on your work space.
2 – Different Search Modes adapted to your use case:

12. 3 - An Intelligent Analysis of Data facilitates the comprehension and interpretation
of your results:
Profiles for experts, organizations, companies, etc, summarizing the
essential information.
Be more confident in your decision making thanks to a more informative analysis!
The system presents, explains and justifies the expertise of a
player identified in relation to your topic.
This allows you to save a considerable amount of time in finding specific
details and arguments for choosing your partners!
The mapping out of collaborative networks has also been
completely reworked.
Benefit from a clearer view of collaborative networks and of your
ecosystem, with the ability to zoom in on the relations of interest to you!

13. 4 - Collaborative Features transform this new version into a solution for optimizing
internal processes:
Your colleagues can bookmark, develop and share their searches.
This will truly save time and allow you to capitalize on internal and external
knowledge.
Export your search results in different formats (PDF, XLS, PNG)
Make impactful presentations!

14. How to use
Expernova?

15. Start your search…
1 / Type your key words in English only!
English Only!
2 / Choose the appropriate « mode » for your search:
# 1 – Search Engine

16. Use the available operators!
Start your search… # 2 – Golden Rules
Look for the results containing all key words following AND.
Eg. Polymer AND material
Look for the results not including the key word following NOT.
Eg. Cancer NOT lung
Look for results containing key words either before or after OR.
Eg. Fuel OR oil OR petrol OR diesel
Use quotation marks to search for an exact expression.
Eg. "Photonic crystal"
Use parenthesis for complex searches to combine operators.
Eg. (watertight OR waterproof OR impermeable OR "leak-proof") AND (film OR seal)
You can use all the operators in one search request
Eg. polyurethane AND (biobased OR "biosource" OR vegetable OR renewable) NOT "castor oil "

17. Live Demo…
https://en.expernova.com/

18. An now it’s over to you!
Please don’t hesitate to contact us!
Ask for a personalized training or more precise information related to your current projects
Take advantage of our Support Services!
 Presentation of new features and data
 A helping hand for creating advanced search requests
 Personalized workshops on specific topics and use cases
 No time to use the tool? Ask us to carry out searches on your behalf and send you the results.
 Your opinions count! We encourage you to send us your feedback and provide us with your suggestions
for improvement.

19. Emma Freeman
emma.freeman@expernova.com
Customer Experience Manager
Thank you for your attention!
Any Questions ?