From: hwolff@artlogic.com   
      
   I'm looking for an expert in the theory or practice of recommender   
   systems and collaborative filtering algorithms, for some short-term   
   consulting.   
      
   My company has a client who wants to patent a system containing an   
   algorithm related to recommender systems.  (More details following   
   NDA, of course.)  The question is, what similar algorithms have been   
   published before?  I've done a bunch of research on the Web, but it's   
   not my field and I'm running out of resources.  We'd like someone   
   who's written papers in this area, who can either answer off the top   
   of their head or dig more deeply into the literature.   
      
   It's probably only 1-3 days of work, but should pay well.  We'd like   
   to set this up in the next week or two.  I think we can do the whole   
   thing by phone and e-mail.   
      
   Thanks for any leads.   
      
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