Dr. David Belanger (RIP) was a part of advising this team (BelKor)and knew all about this, but never ever bragged about until one day I stumbled upon it and as

Dr. David Belanger (RIP) was a part of advising this team (BelKor)and knew all about this, but never ever bragged about until one day I stumbled upon it and asked him about his involvement. https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-netflix-prize https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/the-netflix-p... Also, they definitely used code from the first two competitions in the company. "The first year of the competition, in 2006 and 2007, the technical advancements that were made by us and the other big teams I think were really significant in the field of recommender systems," says Volinsky. He thinks the idea that Netflix didn't use the results is a misconception. "We gave them our code. They definitely did implement and use those breakthroughs that we made in the first year." For more that are interested , I can speak about it to the best of my ability. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/38180399800 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/author/38180399800 ( that is some things about him) Essentially he would say that they initially shelved it over time as it was not needed, but they definitely used. Belanger tragically died November 18, 2022.