Word: datamatching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...computer society also runs the Valentine's Day Datamatch program, in which students fill out surveys and receive a list of members of the same or opposite sex who most closely match their answer choices...
...council, bussing efforts during the holiday vacations and for the Yale game proved to be helpful services for students. The charitable holiday food drive was an example of precisely where the council can be most effective--in the coordination of student effort for good causes. The Valentine's Day Datamatch survey was able to add something to an otherwise dull campus humor life, albeit in an indirect manner. We must, however, note one remarkable faliure which could have and should have been avoided, namely the pathetic direct-dial Washington phone bank. Perhaps all activities can't be winners...
Shah, who said he considers the Datamatch "a pretty accurate gauge of compatibility," said last year's version yielded at least one campus couple...
This year's version of Datamatch is a collaboration between the Council and HCS. The Council wrote the questions for the Datamatch, while HCS created a Datamatch web site and provided the algorithm for determining the matches, Shah said...
Last year, a company outside of Harvard worked out the technicalities of the Datamatch, but when HCS offered its services for this year, the Council accepted...