Last week I posted about Coursera’s Introduction to Recommender Systems course. Well, I believe it is the first MOOC on the topic, but there are other material available online.
- Open.Michigan course on Recommender Systems – the course was offered in 2009
- Virginia Tech course on Recommender Systems – This course is a bit older, it was offered in 2001, but the site still contains some valuable information.
If you know of any other great recommender systems resources online, please feel free to share them.
[…] Swanstrom in his “DataScience101” blog provides links to two previous university-level recommender system courses that have […]
Are Rec. Sys. a topic of importance to Data Science, or just something nice to know? How valuable is this know-how in the industry? Thanks
I would say Recommendation Systems are huge for data science. Some of the most famous applications of data science have been recommendations. Think of Linkedin’s People you may know or Amazon’s Customers also purchased.
Thanks for your feedback. I agree, but wanted to hear other people’s views on this.
Here is a course on –
Marketing Analytics: Text Analysis & Recommendation Systems https://www.experfy.com/training/courses/marketing-analytics-text-analysis-recommendation-systems