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Netflix Announces Second Data Mining Contest

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sixteen-tons-and-whaddaya-get dept.

John Snodgrass writes "Neil Hunt, Chief Product Officer at Netflix, has announced on the Netflix Prize Forums that they are planning to hold a new data mining competition. The second competition will have some twists and is expected to be shorter in duration. It will feature two grand prizes, to be awarded in a 6 and 18 month time frame. A previous competitor still active on the board has already dubbed it: 'The Sparse Matrix: Reordered' and 'The Sparse Matrix: Factorizations.'"

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  1. Re:Contests by blhack · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why do tens or possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of work just for the chance that you might get payed? It seems absurd.

    Perhaps you have become lost on these internets.

    I suggest trying this website.
    or perhaps this one.

    You will likely find them much more aligned with your interests than slashdot.

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  2. The Need for This Contest by SEWilco · · Score: 4, Funny

    The purpose of this contest is to figure out who won the previous contest.