1. GroupFun
Group and Social Music Recommender System
Your Friends | Your Music | Your Party!
George Popescu, Yu Chen & Pearl Pu, Human Computer Interaction Group
Faculty of Computer & Communication Sciences I&C, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Group and Social Recommender Systems Music Movies Books
Definition: suggests items that may interest a group of
users or a social network of users. Events News Articles
Goal: develop a group decision support system
What is GroupFun?
• A Facebook application that connects friends and allows them to create groups
• A music recommender system that suggests music for groups of users
• A music management interface
GroupFun interfaces In the Demo
 To explore friends’ musical tastes  Listen to music playlists
 To increase group awareness and interaction  Create groups & invite friends
 To manage group library  Upload & rate songs
 To facilitate group decision  Review friends’ ratings
 To discover new group songs  Negotiate final outcomes