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NetFlix has awarded a $1 million bounty to an international team of mathematicians and computer scientists known as BellKor’s Pragmatic Chaos.

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

“The prize is for improving the algorithm Netflix uses to recommend movies to users based on their past preferences. The competition gave computer scientists a dataset containing 100 million ratings given to nearly 20,000 films by half a million users, … Continue reading →

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How The Ensemble squeaked by to win the NetFlix Prize

Posted on July 31, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

As he tells me, Simon Owens “got a chance to interview one of its members at length about what it was like during the final moments leading up to the deadline, right before they reached the 10.10% mark”. Previously: Collective … Continue reading →

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Collective Intelligence, NetFlix Prize Edition = one million dollars… for the smartest “crowd”

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

NetFlix Prize – Leaderboard One million US dollars to the winner. “The Ensemble” is now ahead of the race… The crowd is indeed wiser than the individual. The 10% barrier once seemed distant and insurmountable. But when the contest’s “last … Continue reading →

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