Reference number : GC-2017-Q4-00387, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : Cooperstock, Jeremy (McGill University)|Cooperstock, Jeremy (Université McGill), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Quebec|Québec, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Engage Grants for universities, program name french : Subventions d'engagement partenarial pour les universités, program purpose english : Wineout aims to democratize knowledge and appreciation of wine through the use of technology. Their initial_x000D_
effort in this area was a game-based app intended for non-expert wine drinkers, but this requires an initial_x000D_
understanding of wine characteristics that is beyond the knowledge of most consumers. To further advance_x000D_
Wineout's mission, the present project was formulated between the company and university to design and_x000D_
prototype development of a recommendation system for wines that begins with limited user data, and over_x000D_
time, becomes tailored to the individual consumer's tastes and profiles of similar users. The objective is not_x000D_
only to offer recommendations that the user is likely to enjoy, but also to help educate users as to specific_x000D_
characteristics of the wines. Much of this project can be viewed as a conventional machine learning challenge,_x000D_
but there is an arguably even more important component that relates to the user experience. Thus, significant_x000D_
effort will be allocated to gaining an understanding of how the target audience for the app currently makes their_x000D_
wine selections, and ensuring that the app supports existing habits., program purpose french : Wineout aims to democratize knowledge and appreciation of wine through the use of technology. Their initial_x000D_
effort in this area was a game-based app intended for non-expert wine drinkers, but this requires an initial_x000D_
understanding of wine characteristics that is beyond the knowledge of most consumers. To further advance_x000D_
Wineout's mission, the present project was formulated between the company and university to design and_x000D_
prototype development of a recommendation system for wines that begins with limited user data, and over_x000D_
time, becomes tailored to the individual consumer's tastes and profiles of similar users. The objective is not_x000D_
only to offer recommendations that the user is likely to enjoy, but also to help educate users as to specific_x000D_
characteristics of the wines. Much of this project can be viewed as a conventional machine learning challenge,_x000D_
but there is an arguably even more important component that relates to the user experience. Thus, significant_x000D_
effort will be allocated to gaining an understanding of how the target audience for the app currently makes their_x000D_
wine selections, and ensuring that the app supports existing habits., agreement title english : Educational wine recommendations from initially sparse data, agreement title french : Educational wine recommendations from initially sparse data, agreement number : EGP, agreement value : 25000.0, agreement start date : 2018-03-22, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2018-2019)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2018-2019)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada