Machine Learning of Connectivity and Usage Patterns for Improved Online Contact Search

网络效应（TNE）是一个支持连接和建立业务关系的一体化电子工具。它允许个人和组织快速轻松地构建，增加和管理他们的业务网络。TNE不仅仅是一个名片数据库，它的目标是超越LinkedIn等服务，更加专注于商业（甚至个人）兴趣和目标。TNE成员可以根据他们当前的目标智能地搜索其他成员，帮助人们找到目标趋同但不一定相似的其他成员。TNE平台目前作为一个基于网络的在线工具和一个移动的应用程序存在。它有能力连接专业人士，并在现有的组织网站内建立一个目录。它允许会员通过对会员资料和关键词（如姓名、行业或公司）进行常规搜索来找到匹配项。它所缺乏的是强大的搜索功能，以及就你应该与哪些专业人士联系以及何时联系做出明智建议的能力。通过这个合作应用研究项目，TNE将与Seneca学院的研究人员合作开发一种先进的搜索功能，并将其集成到TNE专有平台中。最终，这将为现有TNE平台的搜索功能增加智能，以推动更好的连接，这将使其与市场上的其他平台显着区分开来。

The Networking Effect (TNE) is an all-in-one e-tool that supports connectivity and the building of business relationships. It letsindividuals and organizations build, increase and manage their business network quickly and easily. More than just a database ofbusiness cards, TNEs goal is to go beyond services such as LinkedIn with a much stronger focus on business (and evenpersonal) interests and goals. TNE members can intelligently search for other members based on their current goals, helpingpeople find others with convergent, but not necessarily similar objectives.The TNE platform currently exists as an online web-based tool and as a mobile app. It has the ability to connect professionals andto build a directory within existing organizational websites. It allows members to find matches by doing conventional searches onmember profiles and key words (such as name, industry or company). What it lacks is a robust search capability and the ability tomake intelligent recommendations about which professionals you should connect with, and when. Through this collaborativeapplied research project, TNE will engage with Seneca College researchers to develop an advanced search functionality to beintegrated into the TNE proprietary platform. Ultimately, this will add intelligence to the search capability of the existing TNEplatform to drive better connections, something that will significantly differentiate it from other platforms on the market.