If You Liked This, Sure to Love That - Winning the Netflix Prize - NYTimes.com
Loved this article on NetFlix' competition to improve their recommendation algorithm. -- Rick Cogley | From the site: THE “NAPOLEON DYNAMITE” problem is driving Len Bertoni crazy. Bertoni is a 51-year-old “semiretired” computer scientist who lives an hour outside Pittsburgh. In the spring of 2007, his sister-in-law e-mailed him an intriguing bit of news: Netflix, the Web-based DVD-rental company, was holding a contest to try to improve Cinematch, its “recommendation engine.” The prize: $1 million.
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