Recsperts - Recommender Systems Experts

#9: RecPack and Modularized Personalization by Froomle with Lien Michiels and Robin Verachtert

15 Sep 2022

Audio

Description

In episode number nine of Recsperts we talk with the creators of RecPack which is a new Python package for recommender systems. We discuss how Froomle provides modularized personalization for customers in the news and e-commerce sectors. I talk to Lien Michiels and Robin Verachtert who are both industrial PhD students at the University of Antwerp and who work for Froomle. We also hear about their research on filter bubbles as well as model drift along with their RecSys 2022 contributions.In this episode we introduce RecPack as a new recommender package that is easy to use and to extend and which allows for consistent experimentation. Lien and Robin share with us how RecPack evolved, its structure as well as the problems in research and practice they intend to solve with their open source contribution.My guests also share many insights from their work at Froomle where they focus on modularized personalization with more than 60 recommendation scenarios and how they integrate these with their customers. We touch on topics like model drift and the need for frequent retraining as well as on the tradeoffs between accuracy, cost, and timeliness in production recommender systems.In the end we also exchange about Lien's critical reception of using the term 'filter bubble', an operationalized definition of them as well as Robin's research on model degradation and training data selection.Enjoy this enriching episode of RECSPERTS - Recommender Systems Experts.Links from the Episode:Lien Michiels on LinkedInLien Michiels on TwitterRobin Verachtert on LinkedInRecPack on GitLabRecPack DocumentationFROOMLEPERSPECTIVES 2022: Perspectives on the Evaluation of Recommender SystemsPERSPECTIVES 2022: Preview on "Towards a Broader Perspective in Recommender Evaluation" by Benedikt Loepp5th FAccTRec Workshop: Responsible RecommendationPapers:Verachtert et al. (2022): Are We Forgetting Something? Correctly Evaluate a Recommender System With an Optimal Training WindowLeysen and Michiels et al. (2022): What Are Filter Bubbles Really? A Review of the Conceptual and Empirical WorkMichiels and Verachtert et al. (2022): RecPack: An(other) Experimentation Toolkit for Top-N Recommendation using Implicit Feedback DataDahlgren (2021): A critical review of filter bubbles and a comparison with selective exposureGeneral Links:Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LivesInAnalogiaSend me your comments, questions and suggestions to [email protected] Website: https://www.recsperts.com/ (03:23) - Introduction Lien Michiels (07:01) - Introduction Robin Verachtert (09:29) - RecPack - Python Recommender Package (52:31) - Modularized Personalization in News and E-commerce by Froomle (01:09:54) - Research on Model Drift and Filter Bubbles (01:18:07) - Closing Questions

Transcription

This episode hasn't been transcribed yet

Help us prioritize this episode for transcription by upvoting it.

0 upvotes

🗳️ Sign in to Upvote

Popular episodes get transcribed faster

Other recent transcribed episodes

Transcribed and ready to explore now

13:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

01 Jan 1970

Fin de Semana

10:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

01 Jan 1970

Fin de Semana

12:00H | 20 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

01 Jan 1970

Fin de Semana

2ª PARTE | 06 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

01 Jan 1970

El Partidazo de COPE

3ª PARTE | 22 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

01 Jan 1970

El Partidazo de COPE

3ª PARTE | 04 MAR 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

01 Jan 1970

El Partidazo de COPE

Comments

There are no comments yet.

Please log in to write the first comment.

Report any issue

Recsperts - Recommender Systems Experts

#9: RecPack and Modularized Personalization by Froomle with Lien Michiels and Robin Verachtert

This episode hasn't been transcribed yet

Other recent transcribed episodes

13:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

10:00H | 21 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

12:00H | 20 DIC 2025 | Fin de Semana

2ª PARTE | 06 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 22 ENE 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

3ª PARTE | 04 MAR 2026 | EL PARTIDAZO DE COPE

Sign in to Audioscrape

Share this moment