News tagged with recommendations

Scientists develope optimal flu vaccine priorities, question federal guidelines

(PhysOrg.com) -- Optimal control of the spread of the seasonal flu and H1N1 is achieved by prioritizing vaccinations for schoolchildren and for adults aged 30 to 39 in the United States. Those are the findings of a new study ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 9

Finding good music in noisy online markets

In 2004, a trio of researchers at Columbia University began an online experiment in social-media marketing, creating nine versions of a music-download site that presented the same group of unknown songs in ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 31, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Improving recommendation system algorithms

Recommendation algorithms are a vital part of today’s Web, the basis of the targeted advertisements that account for most commercial sites’ revenues and of services such as Pandora, the Internet ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Danish researchers finally solve the obesity riddle

Researchers at the Faculty of Life Sciences (LIFE), University of Copenhagen, can now unveil the results of the world's largest diet study: If you want to lose weight, you should maintain a diet that is high ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 24, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (28) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Recommendation letters could cost women jobs, promotions

A recommendation letter could be the chute in a woman's career ladder, according to ongoing research at Rice University. The comprehensive study shows that qualities mentioned in recommendation letters for women differ sharply ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 09, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (21) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Engineers use song-annotating algorithms to study music playlists (w/ Video)

Electrical engineers recently pitted Genius - the music recommendation system in Apple's iTunes - against two experimental music recommender systems. Genius appears to capture acoustic similarities among songs ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Google, MySpace, Facebook make music moves (Update 2)

(AP) -- Internet power players Google, MySpace and Facebook are adopting strategies to better compete in a music industry that is rapidly shifting online.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Netflix awards $1M prize to improve movie picks

(AP) -- Netflix Inc. declared a seven-member group of researchers, scientists and engineers from around the world as winners Monday of its three-year, $1 million contest to improve its movie recommendation system by at least ...

Technology / Business

created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

MySpace scoops up popular Facebook app iLike

(AP) -- Social networking hub MySpace said Wednesday it is acquiring iLike, a popular music application on rival Facebook, in the first move by new management to expand after a series of drastic cuts and ...

Technology / Internet

created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Engineers Try to Bring Down the House During Simulated Earthquake Tests

(PhysOrg.com) -- Engineers at the University of California at San Diego put a single-story house to the test on January 26 via a series of strong simulated earthquake shakes. The first jolt to the wood-stud ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Key to Netflix's future: better recommendations

(AP) -- Netflix executives John Ciancutti and Todd Yellin are trying to create a video-recommendation system that knows you better than an old friend. It's a critical mission as Netflix faces pressure from ...

Technology / Business

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Wine experts' ratings may be a wash for many consumers

Not all wines are created equal; neither are all wine tasters.

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Matching fans to music tops record industry agenda

After a decade-long battle against file-sharing, music and technology giants are now pushing users to share to their hearts' content, with online music recommendations a key issue at the MIDEM trade fair that ...

Technology / Other

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

StumbleUpon overhaul opens more avenues to explore

StumbleUpon is adding more avenues to meander through its online content recommendation service.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Tapjoy calms mobile 'app' storm

Startup Tapjoy on Thursday set out to woo smartphone and tablet computer lovers with a marketplace that makes it easy to find and use applications suited to their tastes.

Technology / Software

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1