Fresh Content Needs More Attention: Multi-funnel Fresh Content Recommendation

no code implementations • 2 Jun 2023 • Jianling Wang, Haokai Lu, Sai Zhang, Bart Locanthi, HaoTing Wang, Dylan Greaves, Benjamin Lipshitz, Sriraj Badam, Ed H. Chi, Cristos Goodrow, Su-Lin Wu, Lexi Baugher, Minmin Chen

The multi-funnel setup effectively balances between coverage and relevance.

Long-Term Value of Exploration: Measurements, Findings and Algorithms

no code implementations • 12 May 2023 • Yi Su, Xiangyu Wang, Elaine Ya Le, Liang Liu, Yuening Li, Haokai Lu, Benjamin Lipshitz, Sriraj Badam, Lukasz Heldt, Shuchao Bi, Ed Chi, Cristos Goodrow, Su-Lin Wu, Lexi Baugher, Minmin Chen

We conduct live experiments on one of the largest short-form video recommendation platforms that serves billions of users to validate the new experiment designs, quantify the long-term values of exploration, and to verify the effectiveness of the adopted neural linear bandit algorithm for exploration.

Recommendation Systems

Communication-Optimal Parallel Algorithm for Strassen's Matrix Multiplication

1 code implementation • 14 Feb 2012 • Grey Ballard, James Demmel, Olga Holtz, Benjamin Lipshitz, Oded Schwartz

We obtain a new parallel algorithm that is based on Strassen's fast matrix multiplication and minimizes communication.

Data Structures and Algorithms Computational Complexity Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing Numerical Analysis Combinatorics Numerical Analysis 68W40, 68W10 F.2.1