RecSys 2022 Keynote - Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?

Eugene Yan · 3 years ago

An Amazon Books engineer presented a keynote at RecSys 2022 comparing online and batch recommender systems, examining when each approach is most effective. The talk covered three production systems at Amazon Books that demonstrate strengths of online recommenders in handling cold-start users, contextual personalization, and reducing data staleness. The presentation provided practical lessons from deploying online recommender systems at scale.