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- Ever wonder how sites determine what music and movies to recommend? Ever received an off-beat recommendation that made you go hmm….? That’s because most sites use collaborative filtering – which determines recommendations based on what other users like. This panel will discuss how these technologies are evolving and the future of recommendations.
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- What is collaborative filtering?
- How does it work?
- Which sites currently use collaborative filtering?
- Do some sites giver better recommendations than others?
- Are there alternative methods to collaborative filtering?
- How do recommendation engines learn about what I like?
- What happens when I visit a new site?
- What other types of technology are available today?
- What types of technology are currently in development?
- Can recommendation engines really get “smarter?”
- Level:
- Advanced
- Category:
- New Technology / Next Generation
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- Panel
- Event:
- SXSW Interactive 2009
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