From Coupons to Clicks: Recommender Systems at Migros & Digitec Galaxus

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Update 25.03.: We are fully booked.
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Hi everyone — I'm Michael from Digitec Galaxus, where I'm responsible for the integration of recommender systems. Together with my colleagues at Digitec Galaxus' recommendations team, we’ve recently taken over the Zurich Recommendation Systems meet-up group and consider reviving it as a regular series.

To kick things off, we're joining forces with the Digitec Galaxus Product Development Meet-Up for an evening on recommender systems in practice. We will present two talks:

• Max Nolte (Migros Genossenschaftsbund), amongst other things, on four years of building and operating the engine behind personalized Cumulus coupons — covering data, models, measurement, and the practical realities of running it day to day at a brick-and-mortar retailer.
• Michael Weiss and Robert Rosenbach (Digitec Galaxus) on the full recommendation stack in Switzerlands leading e-commerce platform — from the engineering architecture that keeps things fast, scalable, and maintainable, to insights from model training: what to optimize for and which inputs matter the most.

Each presentation will take roughly 30 minutes, including questions, leaving plenty of time for discussion and exchange afterwards. To participate, please sign up for the events in both groups:

• Digitec Galaxus Product Development Meet-Up — Primary organizer: This is the sign-up that counts, and you’ll also find a more comprehensive announcement of the talks there ;-) https://www.meetup.com/digitec-galaxus-zuerich/events/313707996
• Zurich Recommendation Systems (i.e., this event) — to help us gauge interest in running this as a continuous series going forward

Looking forward to seeing you there!