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...
Die Maschine Empfiehlt / Recommended by algorithms (Press Release Siegen U)
The University of Siegen published a news article (see screenshot) and press release about my work on self-learning automated recommender systems as-a-service. Professor Dr. Jöran...
The effect of the Digital Services Act (DSA) on recommender systems in the EU
Luca Bertuzzi at Euractiv writes about the Digital Services Act (DSA), and how this would affect recommender systems. […] Schaldemose wanted to turn off online...
An update to dislikes on YouTube and it’s use in the recommender system
Some recommender systems rely on explicit feedback like user ratings or likes and dislikes. YouTube recently decided to not show the count of dislikes on...
Craydel raises $1 million to grow its higher education platform and recommender system
Kenyan edtech startup Craydel, a platform for comparing colleges, course options and tuition fees, has secured $1 million in a pre-seed round that will go...
Real-World Recommender Systems for Academia: The Pain and Gain in Building, Operating, and Researching them [Beel & Dinesh]
The article “Real-World Recommender Systems for Academia: The Pain and Gain in Building, Operating, and Researching Them” provides an in-depth look into the practical and...
The “ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems” (ACM TORS) is revealed during the ACM RecSys Conference 2021
A new milestone in the history of recommender systems is being announced: At this very minute, Dietmar Jannach reveals at the ACM RecSys Conference 2021...
Industry Sponsors of the ACM RecSys Conference over the Years / Quiz (Predict sponsors for 2022: Win Beer or Wine)
The ACM RecSys Conference 2021 has just started, and a large number of companies support the conference including Google, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Twitter, Ebay, Spotify,...
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...
ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL) 2022 has a RecSys Track
The ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries has announced its call for papers 2022. The so-far A*-ranked conference has a dedicated ‘Search & Recommendation’ track...