The field of personalized recommendation systems is rapidly evolving, with a focus on developing innovative models that balance relevance, diversity, and novelty. Recent research has explored the use of transformer-based architectures, graph neural networks, and multi-modal approaches to improve recommendation accuracy and user satisfaction. Notably, the incorporation of contextual and semantic features has led to significant advancements in recommendation systems. Furthermore, there is a growing emphasis on developing more sustainable and environmentally aware recommendation systems, which prioritize greenness and social responsibility. Overall, the field is moving towards more adaptive, exploration-based, and user-centric approaches, with a strong focus on evaluating and mitigating the impact of recommendation systems on society and the environment. Noteworthy papers include: Rankformer, which proposes a ranking-inspired recommendation model that leverages global information to produce more informative representations. Towards Carbon Footprint-Aware Recommender Systems, which introduces a dataset containing carbon footprint emissions for items and proposes a simple reranking approach to establish a better trade-off between accuracy and greenness.
Advances in Personalized Recommendation Systems
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ContextGNN goes to Elliot: Towards Benchmarking Relational Deep Learning for Static Link Prediction (aka Personalized Item Recommendation)
Predicting Potential Customer Support Needs and Optimizing Search Ranking in a Two-Sided Marketplace