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Recsperts - Recommender Systems Experts

Marcel Kurovski
Recommender Systems
Diversity
Recommendation Systems
News Recommendation
Public Service Values
Data Science
Democratic Theory
Interdisciplinary Research
Personalization
Large Language Models
Recommender Systems Conference
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Iplayer
User Experience
Multimodal Recommendations
Video Recommendations
Bari
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Machine Learning

Recommender Systems are the most challenging, powerful and ubiquitous area of machine learning and artificial intelligence. This podcast hosts the experts in recommender systems research and application. From understanding what users really want to driving large-scale content discovery - from delivering personalized online experiences to catering to multi-stakeholder goals. Guests from industry an... more

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In episode 29 of Recsperts, I welcome Craig Macdonald, Professor of Information Retrieval at the University of Glasgow, and Aleksandr “Sasha” Petrov, PhD researcher and former applied scientist at Amazon. Together, we dive deep into sequential recomm... more

In episode 28 of Recsperts, I sit down with Robin Burke, professor of information science at the University of Colorado Boulder and a leading expert with over 30 years of experience in recommender systems. Together, we explore multistakeholder recomm... more

In episode 27 of Recsperts, we meet Alessandro Piscopo, Lead Data Scientist in Personalization and Search, and Duncan Walker, Principal Data Scientist in the iPlayer Recommendations Team, both from the BBC. We discuss how the BBC personalizes recomme... more

In episode 26 of Recsperts, I speak with Sanne Vrijenhoek, a PhD candidate at the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Information Law and the AI, Media & Democracy Lab. Sanne’s research explores diversity in recommender systems, particularly in t... more

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Craig Macdonald
Full professor of information retrieval
University of Glasgow
Episode: #29: Transformers for Recommender Systems with Craig Macdonald and Sasha Petrov
Sasha Petrov
PhD student in recommender systems, former Amazon software engineer
University of Glasgow
Episode: #29: Transformers for Recommender Systems with Craig Macdonald and Sasha Petrov
Kim Falk
Expert in Recommender Systems and author of Practical Recommender Systems.
Episode: #25: RecSys 2024 Special
Amey Dharwadker
ML Engineering Manager at Facebook, leading the Video Recommendations Quality Ranking Team.
Facebook
Episode: #24: Video Recommendations at Facebook with Amey Dharwadker
Yashar Deldjoo
Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic University of Bari, researcher in Recommender Systems with a focus on generative models.
Polytechnic University of Bari
Episode: #23: Generative Models for Recommender Systems with Yashar Deldjoo
Martijn Willemsen
Associate Professor at Jheronimus Data Academy and Eindhoven University of Technology
Eindhoven University of Technology
Episode: #21: User-Centric Evaluation and Interactive Recommender Systems with Martijn Willemsen

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Marcel Kurowski
Host of episodes featuring various experts in recommender systems, focusing on trends, challenges, and innovations in the field.

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#27: Recommender Systems at the BBC with Alessandro Piscopo and Duncan Walker
Q: What challenges do you face in providing personalized experience?
Duncan highlighted that understanding how audience behavior on different platforms can skew training data is a significant challenge.
#27: Recommender Systems at the BBC with Alessandro Piscopo and Duncan Walker
Q: What makes you excited about Recommendation Systems?
Alessandro expressed that working at the BBC allows him to connect users with relevant content that matches their limited time.
#21: User-Centric Evaluation and Interactive Recommender Systems with Martijn Willemsen
Q: Can you walk us through what this paper was about?
The paper discusses the notion that focusing solely on behaviorism and implicit feedback can be misleading and inadequate for improving user recommendations. It emphasizes the importance of understanding user goals and needs through direct feedback methods such as surveys and interviews.
#24: Video Recommendations at Facebook with Amey Dharwadker
Q: What should people expect at the VideoRecSys workshop?
It will be a full-day workshop featuring talks from industry professionals and researchers on trends and challenges in video recommendation systems.
#24: Video Recommendations at Facebook with Amey Dharwadker
Q: Can you introduce yourself to our users and tell them some more about yourself and your work?
I'm Amey, an ML Engineering Manager leading the Facebook Video Recommendations Quality Ranking Team, where we enhance the quality and integrity of video recommendations for billions of users.

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The content focuses on the intricate world of recommender systems, exploring the latest theories, methodologies, and practical applications. Episodes feature expert guests from both academia and the industry, discussing themes such as personalized content delivery, algorithmic transparency, and ethical implications in AI. Noteworthy discussions include the integration of large language models in recommendation systems and the challenges of maintaining user engagement across various platforms such as streaming services and e-commerce sites. The podcast is characterized by its depth, providing not just superficial insights but comprehensive explorations of diverse topics relevant to the evolving landscape of recommender systems.

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1. Craig Macdonald
2. Sasha Petrov
3. Kim Falk
4. Amey Dharwadker
5. Yashar Deldjoo
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