RecList: A RecSys software library for behavioral testing
Patrick John Chia, Jacopo Tagliabue, Federico Bianchi, Chloe He, and Brian Ko have released a new software library for recommender-systems testing. Source code is on...
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‘....
The ACM TORS editorial board had its first meeting
In October, it was revealed at the ACM RecSys conference, that there would be a journal on recommender systems: The ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems,...
Algorithms aren’t fair. Robin Burke wants to change that. [Press Release Colorado U]
The University of Colorado Boulder released a press release about the well-known recommender-systems researcher Robin Burke, titled “Algorithms aren’t fair. Robin Burke wants to change...
Don’t give space billionaires control over internet services and recommendations [Financial Times]
J Scott Christianson argues in a letter published by Financial Times (PayWall), that Elon Musk should not be given so much power about internet services,...
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...