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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
Nathan D. Fontenot, Georgetown, TX (US);
Jeffrey David George, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Thomas Strosaker, Austin, TX (US);
Nathan D. Fontenot, Georgetown, TX (US);
Jeffrey David George, Austin, TX (US);
Michael Thomas Strosaker, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing collaborations. Requests are received by a computer for collaboration on a topic. A set of experts is identified by the computer having expertise in the topic for the collaboration and having activity prior to the collaboration relating to the topic to predict a likelihood of participation by the respective expert in the collaboration. The set of experts are identified from searching a number of collections of information.