A startup called Algorithmia wants to connect underused algorithms with those who want to make sense of data.
A startup called Algorithmia has a new twist on online matchmaking. Its website is a place for businesses with piles of data to find researchers with a dreamboat algorithm that could extract insights–and profits–from it all.
The aim is to make better use of the many algorithms that are developed in academia but then languish after being published in research papers, says cofounder Diego Oppenheimer. Many have the potential to help companies sort through and make sense of the data they collect from customers or on the Web at large. If Algorithmia ( https://algorithmia.com/ ) makes a fruitful match, a researcher is paid a fee for the algorithm’s use, and the matchmaker takes a small cut. The site is currently in a private beta test with users including academics, students, and some businesses, but Oppenheimer says it already has some paying customers and should open to more users in a public test by the end of the year.
http://www.technologyreview.com/news/530406/a-dating-site-for-algorithms/
This story just had to be posted here. Let us ensure that at-least our algorithms get dates !
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by romanr on Wednesday September 03 2014, @02:27AM
I would be interested in the algorithms not in the site itself. How is it better than okcupid for example?
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by romanr on Wednesday September 03 2014, @02:34AM
Omg I'm sorry I'm so tired this is completely OT. Please remove it
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 03 2014, @02:36AM
Um... This is actually the site for the algorithms. If you are interested, you could provide some data...
I expected better from Soylent. At least read the summary.
(Score: 2) by opinionated_science on Wednesday September 03 2014, @02:38AM
where's the top 10? you know $1,000,000 for X....?
Otherwise isn't this just script kiddie stuff?
(Score: 1) by richtopia on Wednesday September 03 2014, @02:27AM
1. Download year to date history of the S&P 500 in CSV
2. Take said history to Algorithmia
3. ????
4. Profit!
(Score: 2) by darkfeline on Wednesday September 03 2014, @06:47PM
1. Download year to date history of the S&P 500 in CSV
2. Take said history to Algorithmia
3. "50 matches found: pseudorandom number generators (50)"
Uhh...
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(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday September 03 2014, @02:49AM
I hope they have good protections for the data.
1. Upload customer purchasing data
2. Algorithm found and applied (or not)
3. Privacy breach (data "stolen")
4. Profit - gone..
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 04 2014, @05:43AM
You're sending numbers, not meaning and context.