Build a Better Netflix, Win a Million Dollars?

An anonymous reader writes "In a quest to better movie recommendations, Netflix is opening their database (nytimes, registration and first child required) to users to try to craft a better recommendation technology. The problem is not easy. Says one researcher: 'You're competing with 15 years of really smart people banging away at the problem.'" Recommender systems are really an interesting problem, and that is likely very interesting data to play with.

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You could win smaller amounts too

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According to the article, if no one wins within a year, Netflix will award $50,000 to whoever makes the most progress above a 1 percent improvement, every year, until someone wins the grand prize.

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