Recsperts Podcast #5: Fashion Recommendations with Zeno Gartner
Marcel Kurowski released the 5th Podcast of his “Recsperts” series. This time, Zeno Gartner, a well-known researcher in the community, talks about fashion recommendations. Listen...
Recommender Systems Handbook (3rd Edition, 2022)
The third edition of the Recommender Systems Handbook has just been published by Springer. The editors are Francesco Ricci, Lior Rokach, and Bracha Shapira. The...
Recsperts Podcast #4: Adversarial Machine Learning for Recommenders with Felice Merra
Marcel Kurovski released the fourth Recspert podcast on Spotify (1:09 hrs.), titled Adversarial Machine Learning for Recommenders with Felice Merra. In episode four my guest is...
Recsperts Podcast #3: Bandits and Simulators for Recommenders with Olivier Jeunen
Marcel Kurovski released his third podcast on Spotify, titled ‘Bandits and Simulators for Recommenders with Olivier Jeunen‘....
A look inside TikTok’s all-knowing algorithm [Charlotte Hu]
The New York Times recently reported about leaked documents on how Tik Tok’s recommender system works (PayWall). The report followed an investigation of the Wall...
On YouTube’s recommendation system [Cristos Goodrow]
Cristos Goodrow, VP of Engineering at YouTube, published a blog post about YouTube’s recommender system that provides “a deeper look into how YouTube’s recommendation system...
Apple’s opt-in for cross-app advertisement leads to a 15% – 20% drop in revenue, says Brian Bowman
A few months ago, Apple changed its practice regarding user-tracking across apps. Since then, Apple requires app developers to explicitly ask users whether they agree...
Microsoft introduces a machine-learning lecture/tutorials
Microsoft launched a 12-week, 24-lesson curriculum for machine learning. They cover the standard topics like linear and logistic regression and clustering but also topics like...
Google Android Users May Emphasize Importance of News Recommendations
Google Android phones display news recommendations on the very left virtual screen (at least on my Pixel 5 phone). Until now, users only were able...
‘Microsoft Academic’ Discontinued
Microsoft announced to discontinue its Microsoft Academic Services (MAS), including its Academic Search Engine (like Google Scholar) and Microsoft Academic Graph (MAG). This is a...