Bias and debias in recommender system: A survey and future directions
While recent years have witnessed a rapid growth of research papers on recommender
system (RS), most of the papers focus on inventing machine learning models to better fit …
system (RS), most of the papers focus on inventing machine learning models to better fit …
Microsoft academic graph: When experts are not enough
An ongoing project explores the extent to which artificial intelligence (AI), specifically in the
areas of natural language processing and semantic reasoning, can be exploited to facilitate …
areas of natural language processing and semantic reasoning, can be exploited to facilitate …
Recommending what video to watch next: a multitask ranking system
In this paper, we introduce a large scale multi-objective ranking system for recommending
what video to watch next on an industrial video sharing platform. The system faces many …
what video to watch next on an industrial video sharing platform. The system faces many …
AutoDebias: Learning to debias for recommendation
Recommender systems rely on user behavior data like ratings and clicks to build
personalization model. However, the collected data is observational rather than …
personalization model. However, the collected data is observational rather than …
Equity of attention: Amortizing individual fairness in rankings
Rankings of people and items are at the heart of selection-making, match-making, and
recommender systems, ranging from employment sites to sharing economy platforms. As …
recommender systems, ranging from employment sites to sharing economy platforms. As …
Unbiased learning-to-rank with biased feedback
Implicit feedback (eg, clicks, dwell times, etc.) is an abundant source of data in human-
interactive systems. While implicit feedback has many advantages (eg, it is inexpensive to …
interactive systems. While implicit feedback has many advantages (eg, it is inexpensive to …
Unbiased Learning to Rank: On Recent Advances and Practical Applications
Since its inception, the field of unbiased learning to rank (ULTR) has remained very active
and has seen several impactful advancements in recent years. This tutorial provides both an …
and has seen several impactful advancements in recent years. This tutorial provides both an …
Position bias estimation for unbiased learning to rank in personal search
A well-known challenge in learning from click data is its inherent bias and most notably
position bias. Traditional click models aim to extract the‹ query, document› relevance and …
position bias. Traditional click models aim to extract the‹ query, document› relevance and …
Evaluating stochastic rankings with expected exposure
We introduce the concept of expected exposure as the average attention ranked items
receive from users over repeated samples of the same query. Furthermore, we advocate for …
receive from users over repeated samples of the same query. Furthermore, we advocate for …
Joint multisided exposure fairness for recommendation
Prior research on exposure fairness in the context of recommender systems has focused
mostly on disparities in the exposure of individual or groups of items to individual users of …
mostly on disparities in the exposure of individual or groups of items to individual users of …