Posts by Arne H Juul

Modernize your retrieval pipeline with ModernBERT and Vespa

Learn how the ModernBERT backbone model paves the way for more efficient and effective retrieval pipelines, and how to use ModernBERT in Vespa.
Thomas H. Thoresen Arne H Juul
Thomas H. Thoresen Arne H Juul
17 Mar 2025

Announcing Maximum Inner Product Search

Vespa can now solve Maximum Inner Product Search problems using an internal transformation to a Nearest Neighbor search. This is enabled by the new dotproduct...
Arne H Juul Geir Storli
Arne H Juul Geir Storli
03 Jul 2023

Minimizing LLM Distraction with Cross-Encoder Re-Ranking

Announcing global-phase re-ranking support in Vespa, unlocking efficient re-ranking with precise cross-encoder models. Cross-encoder models minimize distraction in retrieval-augmented completions generated by Large Language Models....
Bjørn C Seime Arne H Juul Jo Kristian Bergum
Bjørn C Seime Arne H Juul Jo Kristian Bergum
08 May 2023