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ACM Chicago is a non-profit professional group that meets regularly to discuss diverse topics in computer science such as predictive analytics, applied machine learning, statistical modeling, open data, and data visualization, user experience, user research, and artificial neural networks. Meeting topics are varied and range from tutorials on basic concepts and their applications, to success stories from local practitioners and academic students, to discussions of tools, new technologies, and best practices. All are welcome to attend, to meet others, and to present their work.
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Recommender Systems for Local Journalism
Northwestern University (McCormick School of Engineering), Ford Hive, Room 2350, Northwestern University (McCormick School of Engineering)., Evanston, IL, USDear ACM Chicago Chapter members! On Wednesday, January 14th, we are hosting an in-person event at the Northwestern University Evanston Campus.
The event will be held in Ford Hive, Room 2350 at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering. For directions and parking information, please refer to the campus map: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/contact/maps.html#tech
Event Description:
Recommender Systems for Local Journalism
Description
This talk traces the evolution of recommender systems from early heuristics and matrix factorization to modern learning-to-rank and LLM-enhanced approaches, then looks ahead to where the field is going. After a brief cross-domain survey, the focus narrows to news and local-news recommenders. Payam will present his recent research along with a forward-looking vision for how tailored recommender systems can help revitalize local journalism and support more informed, engaged communities.
Agenda:
(Times are Central Daylight Time)
6:00 to 6:05 PM Introductions
6:05 to 6:45 PM Talk
6:45 to 6:55 PM Q&A
6:55 to 7:00 PM Adjournment6 attendees
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