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Vaclav Petricek digs some of the romantic interactions nuggets hidden in eHarmony's large collection of human relationships.Filmed at qconnewyork.com.
Vaclav Petricek is a Principal Data Scientist at Santa Monica-based eHarmony where he is responsible for optimization and machine learning in eHarmony's core matchmaking algorithms. He also runs a series of invited ML talks at eHarmony. He was Visiting Researcher at University College, London where his research spanned recommender systems, social networks, web structure and online auctions.
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Vaclav Petricek @petricek
Wednesday, June 12, 13
82. Since
2005,
about
1/3
of
couples
who
have
married
in
the
US
have
met
online
(35%)
eHarmony Results › The eHarmony Impact
*
according
to
survey
of
couples
married
between
2005-‐2012
by
Harris
InteracQve
for
eHarmony
Wednesday, June 12, 13
83. Rates of breakup or divorce
0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
All Online Offline
*
according
to
survey
of
couples
married
between
2005-‐2012
by
Harris
InteracQve
for
eHarmony
Wednesday, June 12, 13
84. The
largest
number
of
marriages
surveyed
who
met
via
online
da)ng
had
met
on
eHarmony
(25%)
eHarmony Results › The eHarmony Impact
*
according
to
survey
of
couples
married
between
2005-‐2012
by
Harris
InteracQve
for
eHarmony
Wednesday, June 12, 13
85. Rates of breakup or divorce
0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
eHarmony All Other Online Offline
*
according
to
survey
of
couples
married
between
2005-‐2012
by
by
Harris
InteracQve
for
eHarmony
Wednesday, June 12, 13
86. Rates of breakup or divorce
0%
2.0%
4.0%
6.0%
8.0%
eHarmony All Other Online Offline
*
according
to
survey
of
couples
married
between
2005-‐2012
by
by
Harris
InteracQve
for
eHarmony
@petricek
linkedin.com/in/petricek
bit.ly/jobateharmony
Wednesday, June 12, 13
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