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GroupLens Collaborative Filtering Recommender Systems named recipient of the ACM Software System Award

April 6, 2011

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ACM announced the GroupLens team as the winners of the 2010 ACM Software System Award. The group was honored for their innovations in computing technology that have led to practical solutions for a wide range of challenges facing commerce, education, and society. The award reflects outstanding achievements that have resulted in personalized recommendations from information filtering.

The GroupLens team includes John Riedl (University of Minnesota), Paul Resnick (University of Michigan), Joseph A. Konstan (University of Minnesota), Neophytos Iacovou (COVOU Technologists), Peter Bergstrom (Fluke Thermography), Mitesh Suchak (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), David Maltz (Microsoft), Brad Miller (Luther College), Jon Herlocker (VMware, Inc.), Lee Gordon (Gordon Consulting, LLC), Sean McNee (FTI Consulting, Inc.), and Shyong (Tony) K. Lam (University of Minnesota).

The Software System Award is given to an institution or individuals recognized for developing software systems that have had a lasting influence, reflected in contributions to concepts and/or commercial acceptance. ACM will present the award at the ACM Awards Banquet on June 4, in San Jose, CA.

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