Methods and systems for determining skills of an employee

A data mining server for determining skills of an employee, the data mining server comprising:

• a keyword extractor configured to extract a plurality of keywords from one or more publications associated with the employee, wherein the one or more publications are accessible from a plurality of sources;
• a probability determination module configured to:
• determine a first likelihood of at least one keyword from the plurality of keywords being relevant to a topic;
• and
• determine a second likelihood of the employee being associated with the topic for at least one source from the plurality of sources;
• and
• a skills determination module configured to assign a first set of keywords from the plurality of keywords to the employee based on the first likelihood and the second likelihood, wherein the first set of keywords is indicative of the skills of the employee.

A computer program product for determining skills of an employee, the computer program product comprising a set of instructions executable by a processor, the set of instructions comprising:

• program instruction means for extracting a plurality of keywords from one or more publications associated with the employee, wherein the one or more publications are accessible from a plurality of sources;
• program instruction means for determining a first likelihood of at least one keyword from the plurality of keywords being relevant to a topic;
• program instruction means for determining a second likelihood of the employee being associated with the topic for at least one source from the plurality of sources;
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• program instruction means for assigning a first set of keywords from the plurality of keywords to the employee based on the first likelihood and the second likelihood, wherein the first set of keywords is indicative of the skills of the employee.