Automatic Collaboration Enhancement

FICO (Fair Isaac Corporation) Computer Science, 2008-09

Liaison(s): Stuart Crawford, Chris Erickson, Deena Narayanaswamy, Eric Wells
Advisor(s): Melissa O’Neill
Students(s): Anton Bakalov, Martin Field, Kyle Marsh, Adrian Sampson (PM)

The team has prototyped an automated system for increasing collaboration in corporate environments. The system analyzes corporate email to discover opportunities for collaboration. Employees then receive recommendations to communicate with other, similarly-interested people. The project leverages machine learning, clustering, and text processing techniques.