Hutter Prize Update
Posted by Sachin Garg on 2nd May 2007 | Permanent Link
I am sure you guys all remember the Hutter Prize.
Well it seems there is no stopping Alexander Ratushnyak, who has submitted yet another entry paq8hp11, claiming the prize. For details, rush to Hutter Prize discussion forum.
July 3rd, 2008 at 9:52 am
The contest is interesting but the time looks absurd. 9 hours for 100 MB file is not practical. Also each new record require longer time. Shouldn’t that be more logical to consider size multiplied by compression time as a criteria.
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I share your concern about some compression benchmarks ignoring time, but Hutter Prize is an exception where this is OK.
Its not as much about compression as its about AI. Check out its rationale, it touches the speed issue.
http://cs.fit.edu/~mmahoney/compression/rationale.html