s1d's Journal: Psychologist shining over math wizards for Netflix prize

A British psychologist (also having a masters in Operations Research) has suddenly risen to the top of the Netflix prize charts. With his very first attempt, he got a score which took the BellKor team seven months to reach. Currently at a score of 8.07, he has only five teams ahead of him now. Read the full article here- http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/magazine/16-03/mf_netflix/