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Ny Teknik @nyteknik.bsky.social · 17d

REPLIK. Bland de allra mest meriterade ai-forskarna finns skilda uppfattningar om riskerna med ai. Att inte redovisa det blir selektivt, skriver Alan Said och Mattias Rost i ett debattsvar.

Debatt om ai-risk: ”Det är inte vetenskaplig stringens att bara hänvisa till auktoriteter”

REPLIK. Bland de allra mest meriterade ai-forskarna finns skilda uppfattningar om riskerna med ai. Att inte redovisa det blir selektivt, skriver Alan Said och Mattias Rost i ett debattsvar.

www.nyteknik.se

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 8d

#SIGIR2025 had 1071 full submissions across all tracks. Considering that a large number of those are on search and IR, this track may very well be the largest outlet for #recsys research. (although, given recent numbers at @neuripsconf.bsky.social and @aaai.org, this may be very well be contested).

Alan Said @alansaid.com · 8d

This is about twice the number of full paper abstracts submitted to #recsys2025. @recsys.bsky.social

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 8d

We (@md.ekstrandom.net and @ssahebi.bsky.social) received 706 abstracts in the User Modeling, Personalization, and Recommendation track at #TheWebConference2026. #usermodeling #personalization #recsys

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 13d

And @drchole.bsky.social's presentation of our (with md.ekstrandom.net) call for a revised research agenda for #recsys

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 13d

Particularly happy about Alex Tuzhilin's keynote on exploitation VS exploration in #recsys

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 13d

#beyond2025 at @recsys.bsky.social is wrapping up. We've had a great program on the interdisciplinary roots of #RecSys.

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Alain Starke @alainstarke.bsky.social · 14d

Back in the days when people still understood their models 😶‍🌫️
#recsys2025

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 14d

Very happy for this paper, and Bruno's great presentation of it at #recsys2025. This is the result of the work that Rodrygo Santos started during a research visit at the University of Gothenburg last year. @recsys.bsky.social dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 14d

Recommending in the age of AI @xamat.bsky.social giving his keynote at #recsys2025 @recsys.bsky.social ("A very personal review of #RecSys")

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 15d

A preliminary call for papers for #umap2026 is now available on the conference's website. Check it out, mark your calendars, and get to work on those papers. www.um.org/umap2026/cal...
@umapconf.bsky.social (#recsys2025)

Preliminary Call for Papers – ACM UMAP 2026

www.um.org

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 22d

So happy that our #ACMTORS journal paper on #GreenRecSys has been accepted just in time for @recsys.bsky.social / #recsys2025. This is the continuation of the work we presented at #recsys2024.

arxiv cs.IR @arxiv-cs-ir.bsky.social · 22d

Lukas Wegmeth, Tobias Vente, Alan Said, Joeran Beel
Green Recommender Systems: Understanding and Minimizing the Carbon Footprint of AI-Powered Personalization
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13001

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DE #Deutschland @de-deutschland.bsky.social · 25d

Göteborg | Im Alter hat man weniger Lieblingslieder

https://www.europesays.com/de/421080/

Göteborg (dpa) – Unser Musikkonsum verändert sich im Laufe des Lebens – und im Alter nimmt die Zahl…#de #deutschland

Göteborg | Im Alter hat man weniger Lieblingslieder - Deutschland

Göteborg (dpa) - Unser Musikkonsum verändert sich im Laufe des Lebens - und im Alter nimmt die Zahl unserer Lieblingslieder ab. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine

www.europesays.com

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 27d

The preprint for our opinions piece on a reimagined research agenda for #recsys is out. Happy to have had the best co-authors, @drchole.bsky.social and @md.ekstrandom.net #recsys2025 #beyond2025

arxiv cs.IR @arxiv-cs-ir.bsky.social · 27d

Alan Said, Maria Soledad Pera, Michael D. Ekstrand
We're Still Doing It (All) Wrong: Recommender Systems, Fifteen Years Later
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09414

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 27d

arxiv.org/abs/2509.09414

We're Still Doing It (All) Wrong: Recommender Systems, Fifteen Years Later

In 2011, Xavier Amatriain sounded the alarm: recommender systems research was "doing it all wrong" [1]. His critique, rooted in statistical misinterpretation and methodological shortcuts, remains as r...

arxiv.org

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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 29d

Data shows how our taste in music changes as we age.

www.iflscience.com/as-we-grow-o...

As We Grow Older, Our Music Taste Appears To Narrow To Fewer Songs

Data on 40,000 people shows that we do not seek what's unfamiliar as we age.

www.iflscience.com

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Nyheter från Sveriges Radio @psnyheter.bsky.social · Sep 9

SR Kulturnytt: Musiksmak smalnar av hos äldre – återvänder till det gamla välbekanta

https://www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/9042076

Musiksmak smalnar av hos äldre – återvänder till det gamla välbekanta - Kulturnytt

Ny forskning visar att musiksmak blir mer personlig och nostalgibetonad med stigande ålder.Alan Said, en av tre forskare bakom studien, säger att man med ...

www.sverigesradio.se

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · Sep 9

The University of Gothenburg is highlighting work on how musical preference evolve as we age that we (A.M. Golubovikj, @recsysmare.bsky.social, B. Ferwerda) published at #umap2025 earlier this year. www.gu.se/en/news/we-g...
@umapconf.bsky.social #recsys #lastfm @naturvetenskap.bsky.social

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · Sep 2

Thanks. We're working on a preprint.

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · Aug 25

Could not be happier for this positive notification for our opinion piece calling for a revised #recsys research agenda, continuing @xamat.bsky.social' discussion from 15 years ago. With fantastic co-authors @drchole.bsky.social & @md.ekstrandom.net. #BEYOND2025 #recsys2025 @recsys.bsky.social

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · Aug 12

Preprint of a position paper on #recsys for physical activity and well-being I'll be presenting at the #RecSoGood workshop at #recsys2025 @recsys.bsky.social

arXiv cs.HC Human-Computer Interaction @cshc-bot.bsky.social · Aug 12

Alan Said: Early Explorations of Recommender Systems for Physical Activity and Well-being https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.07980 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2508.07980 https://arxiv.org/html/2508.07980

Alan Said @alansaid.com · Aug 12

Hey conference organizers!!
How do you manage presence/presentation of papers from authors with affiliations sanctioned by EU/US/UK (or wherever you organize/publish)?

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · Aug 8

#recsys2025 preprint "On the Reliability of Sampling Strategies in Offline Recommender Evaluation" #recsys @recsys.bsky.social

arxiv cs.IR @arxiv-cs-ir.bsky.social · Aug 8

Bruno L. Pereira, Alan Said, Rodrygo L. T. Santos
On the Reliability of Sampling Strategies in Offline Recommender Evaluation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.05398

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · Aug 5

"We are pleased to inform you that your submission 'Early Explorations of Recommender Systems for Physical Activity and Wellbeing' has been ACCEPTED for ORAL PRESENTATION at RecSoGood 2025 Workshop"
#recsys2025 #recsogood #recsys

Second International Workshop on Recommender Systems for Sustainability and Social Good

RecSoGood 2025 | Second International Workshop on Recommender Systems for Sustainability and Social Good

recsogood.github.io

Alan Said @alansaid.com · Aug 5

Did you recently (or are about to) finish your PhD on #recsys, #personalization, #usermodelling, or related topic and would like to continue working in these fields? Check out our department's information on MSCA postdocs and reach out to me if you are interested www.gu.se/en/applied-i...

MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship

The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship is a prestigious grant that can be used to recruit talented early-career researchers from other countries to Sweden, or to give resear...

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