6:09p - idea: finding experts locally
I sometimes read a paper, and think: how I wish I had someone around here to work on this stuff with.
If I could find someone at CMU who: * cites this paper, or cites many of the same papers as this paper. * has been a co-author or colleague of one of the authors then this problem would be considerably simplified.
Some relevant resources: * CiteSeer can be used to get the citation graph (although this can be problematic) * citeUlike is a recommendation system. Might be useful.