A roundtable review and discussion of recommended media from the Des Plaines Public Library.
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Three book besties explore the world of romance novels and encourage you to expand your TBR. Join us as we dive into fan favorite tropes and subgenres from Romantasy to Dark Romance to Young Adult. Discover new indie authors and discuss major releases with us, spoiler free! Mature content is discussed.
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Recommender Systems are the most challenging, powerful and ubiquitous area of machine learning and artificial intelligence. This podcast hosts the experts in recommender systems research and application. From understanding what users really want to driving large-scale content discovery - from delivering personalized online experiences to catering to multi-stakeholder goals. Guests from industry and academia share how they tackle these and many more challenges. With Recsperts coming from univ ...
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Recommendations and their effects on a modern life
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Rob brings you his top picks in pop culture, pop music, and everything in between.
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Absence Records Podcast
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Thoughts and recommendations on music, TV, Tech, and everything in between
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Official Podcast of #TeamLocasaur, bringing you the best hidden gems, local spots and recommendations for iconic local businesses around nyc. Visit Locasaur.com/ask to ask for future topics, and grab our mobile app to start showing love to your favorite local spots!
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There's more to love in this Why Choose episode! Why Choose refers to polyamorous relationships where there is more than one love interest and the main character doesn't have to choose between them in the end. Genres include: Rockstar Romance Omegaverse Dark Romance Romantasy Contemporary Send us a text Support the show…
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Join us as we talk with Staci Hicks-owner of Romance-Landia. An online Romance only bookstore featuring indie authors! We talk favorite indie reads, how she got started, her upcoming author meet-and-greet event, and more! Send us a text Support the showBởi Romance Recs & Staci Hicks
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We’re going back to school to kick off season two with a bang! Recs will feature students, teachers, and even parents. Tropes include: Student&Teacher Single Parent&Teacher Dark Academia College Age Students Adults going back to school Reverse Harem Prep School(s) Fantasy Schools Send us a text Support the show…
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#23: Generative Models for Recommender Systems with Yashar Deldjoo
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In episode 23 of Recsperts, we welcome Yashar Deldjoo, Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic University of Bari, Italy. Yashar's research on recommender systems includes multimodal approaches, multimedia recommender systems as well as trustworthiness and adversarial robustness, where he has published a lot of work. We discuss the evolution of gene…
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On this episode, Angelo, Christa, Sarah, Quinn, and Cameron discuss works nominated at the 2024 Hugo Awards, science fiction and fantasy's most prestigious awards ceremony.
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Join us as we dive into the latest installment of The Mortal Fates Series by J Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood. In this episode we discuss the story, compare reactions, and talk fan theories of part (chapters 21-40). Spoilers abound so proceed with caution. Send us a text Support the showBởi Jordan, Devonnie, Christina
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Join us as we dive into the latest installment of The Mortal Fates Series by J Bree, The Throne of Honor and Blood. In this episode we discuss the story, compare reactions, and talk fan theories of part 1 (chapters 1-20). Spoilers abound so proceed with caution. Send us a text Support the showBởi Jordan, Devonnie, Christina
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#22: Pinterest Homefeed and Ads Ranking with Prabhat Agarwal and Aayush Mudgal
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In episode 22 of Recsperts, we welcome Prabhat Agarwal, Senior ML Engineer, and Aayush Mudgal, Staff ML Engineer, both from Pinterest, to the show. Prabhat works on recommendations and search systems at Pinterest, leading representation learning efforts. Aayush is responsible for ads ranking and privacy-aware conversion modeling. We discuss user an…
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Do you love a good Cinderella story? Are you obsessed with Greek mythology? Do you doom scroll AO3 for the latest fanfic? This episode is all about retellings with romance. From Star Wars to Beauty and the Beast, Peter Pan to The Handmaid's Tale. You are bound to find an old favorite in these new romance recs. Send us a text Support the show…
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Looking for a romance that is highly engaging, entertaining, and light enough to enjoy this summer? We have the perfect recs for you to read wherever you may find yourself spending those long summer days. So sit back, relax, and get ready to add to that ever growing TBR. Send us a text Support the show…
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Episode 88: Comic Books and Comic Conventions
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On this episode, Angelo, Sarah, Michelle, and Annie discuss comic books, graphic novels, and the conventions that celebrate them.
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Do you enjoy your romance with a side of muscular jock? Do you prefer fictional athletes written by women? Maybe you've heard about these hockey romance hunks but don't know where to start? We've got you covered this week! From hockey to football there is a sports rec for you. Send us a text Support the show…
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Christina and Devonnie surprise Jordan by starting her favorite series, Zodiac Academy by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti. Listen along as we discuss thoughts and theories through the first two books. Minor spoilers for Zodiac Academy: The Awakening, Ruthless Fae, and the first few chapters of The Awakening. Send us a text Support the show…
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Are you an adult that makes up the 74% of Young Adult Fiction readers? Do you look back fondly on things you read as a teen? Did you wait in line for Harry Potter, Hunger Games, Divergent, or Twilight? From romantasy to comtemporary there is bound to be a new YA romance read for you here. Send us a text Support the show…
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Join us as we reflect on our January-April 2024 reads. At this point in time we have read around 170 books combined and want to make sure you know what's worth your time. We will focus on our favorites and 5 star finds. Send us a text Support the showBởi Jordan, Devonnie, Christina
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This is a spicy one! If you like your romance with a side of praise, or your looking for your next book boyfriend to tell you what a good job you're doing, then be a good listener and hit play. Send us a text Support the showBởi Jordan Baughman
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Witches & Shifters & Krakens, oh my! Paranormal romance can involve otherworldly beings, magical powers, or mythical creatures in the narrative and we have recommendations for them all. Send us a text Support the showBởi Jordan Baughman
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Do you love a good contemporary romance? Do you binge watch Hallmark movies and shows like Virgin River or Greys Anatomy? Are you looking for a new love story to swoon over? We've got you covered. Send us a text Support the showBởi Jordan Baughman
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Dark Romance is a subgenre with darker themes and mature content. These stories often come with "morally dark" characters and plots that are riddled with trauma and violence. Popular tropes are mafia, stalking, kidnappings, and bullies. These themes are discussed throughout the episode and include numerous mentions to a plethora of trigger warnings…
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#21: User-Centric Evaluation and Interactive Recommender Systems with Martijn Willemsen
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In episode 21 of Recsperts, we welcome Martijn Willemsen, Associate Professor at the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science and Eindhoven University of Technology. Martijn's researches on interactive recommender systems which includes aspects of decision psychology and user-centric evaluation. We discuss how users gain control over recommendations, how…
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Love the enemies to lovers trope? From Romantasy enemies to Contemporary rivals, we've got you covered! Send us a text Support the showBởi Jordan Baughman
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Discover new romance authors. We will share our favorites, both familiar names and new indie authors that are instant reads. Buckle up for bookish banter! Send us a text Support the showBởi Jordan Baughman
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Looking for some romance in your next fantasy read? Listen for our top recommendations without all the spoilers. Send us a text Support the showBởi Jordan Baughman
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Welcome to Romance Recs! In this episode you'll get to know Christina, Devonnie, and Jordan. Learn about our favorite ways to read, what types of subgenres we can't turn down, and what tropes make us blush. Buckle up for some bookish banter! Send us a text Support the showBởi Jordan Baughman
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Episode 87: 96th Academy Awards
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On this episode, Angelo, Ariana, Quinn and Charlie discuss the 2024 Oscars, including their own picks and predictions of movies nominated, opinions about actors and films that have been unfairly snubbed, and suggestions to the Academy for future categories.
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Episode 86: Episode 86: Dungeons & Dragons
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On this episode, Angelo, Amy, Quinn and Sarah talk about the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons.
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Episode 85: Episode 85: 2023 In Movies
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On this episode, Angelo, Maureen, Michelle and Charlie and Lynne talk about some of their favorite film experiences of 2023, from Barbenheimer to Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour.
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On this episode, Angelo, Sarah, Charlie and Lynne will go boldly where this podcast has never gone before with a discussion of Star Trek, from the original series to the movies, all the way through the new shows premiering on Paramount+.
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#20: Practical Bandits and Travel Recommendations with Bram van den Akker
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In episode 20 of Recsperts, we welcome Bram van den Akker, Senior Machine Learning Scientist at Booking.com. Bram's work focuses on bandit algorithms and counterfactual learning. He was one of the creators of the Practical Bandits tutorial at the World Wide Web conference. We talk about the role of bandit feedback in decision making systems and in …
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Episode 83: Craftivism (with Shannon Downey)
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On this episode, Annie, Maureen, Alicia and Elizabeth talk with Shannon Downey, a Chicago-based crafter and activist and founder of Badass Cross Stitch.
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#19: Popularity Bias in Recommender Systems with Himan Abdollahpouri
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In episode 19 of Recsperts, we welcome Himan Abdollahpouri who is an Applied Research Scientist for Personalization & Machine Learning at Spotify. We discuss the role of popularity bias in recommender systems which was the dissertation topic of Himan. We talk about multi-objective and multi-stakeholder recommender systems as well as the challenges …
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On this episode, Charlie, Maureen, Tia, Angelo, and Christa talk about music, from the new albums and concerts they're excited about, to their recommendations of books and documentaries about popular musicians, as well as a discussion about the role of AI in creating music.
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#18: Recommender Systems for Children and non-traditional Populations
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In episode 18 of Recsperts, we hear from Professor Sole Pera from Delft University of Technology. We discuss the use of recommender systems for non-traditional populations, with children in particular. Sole shares the specifics, surprises, and subtleties of her research on recommendations for children. In our interview, Sole and I discuss use cases…
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On this episode, Charlie, Alicia, Maureen and Michelle talk about Disney: the classic animated films, the recent live-action remakes, the TV shows, the parks, the video games, the toys and everything in between!
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On this episode, Charlie, Angie, Nina and Maureen talk about Colleen Hoover, the popular fiction author and BookTok, an online community of book enthusiasts on the social media platform TikTok.
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#17: Microsoft Recommenders and LLM-based RecSys with Miguel Fierro
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In episode 17 of Recsperts, we meet Miguel Fierro who is a Principal Data Science Manager at Microsoft and holds a PhD in robotics. We talk about the Microsoft recommenders repository with over 15k stars on GitHub and discuss the impact of LLMs on RecSys. Miguel also shares his view of the T-shaped data scientist. In our interview, Miguel shares ho…
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Episode 79: Read Roar Repeat! Summer Reading 2023
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On this episode, Sarah, David, Maureen and Jessica talk about this year's summer reading programming at the Des Plaines Public Library, as well as the theme of the challenge: dinosaurs!
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Episode 78: The Menu / Celebrity Chefs
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On this episode, Charlie, Ariana, Angelo, and David discuss The Menu, a dark comedy/horror film released in 2022, and the celebrity chef/foodie culture that the film satirizes.
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#16: Fairness in Recommender Systems with Michael D. Ekstrand
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In episode 16 of Recsperts, we hear from Michael D. Ekstrand, Associate Professor at Boise State University, about fairness in recommender systems. We discuss why fairness matters and provide an overview of the multidimensional fairness-aware RecSys landscape. Furthermore, we talk about tradeoffs, methods and receive practical advice on how to get …
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#15: Podcast Recommendations in the ARD Audiothek with Mirza Klimenta
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In episode 15 of Recsperts, we delve into podcast recommendations with senior data scientist, Mirza Klimenta. Mirza discusses his work on the ARD Audiothek, a public broadcaster of audio-on-demand content, where he is part of pub. Public Value Technologies, a subsidiary of the two regional public broadcasters BR and SWR. We explore the use and pote…
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On this episode, Charlie, Angelo, Nina and Maureen talk about Jennette McCurdy's bestselling memoir, I'm Glad My Mom Died, as well as some other recently-released and revelatory celebrity autobiographies and documentaries.
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#14: User Modeling and Superlinked with Daniel Svonava
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In episode number 14 of Recsperts we talk to Daniel Svonava, CEO and Co-Founder of Superlinked, delivering user modeling infrastructure. In his former role he was a senior software engineer and tech lead at YouTube working on ad performance prediction and pricing. We discuss the crucial role of user modeling for recommendations and discovery. Danie…
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On this episode, Charlie, Angelo, Ariana, and Maureen talk about the forthcoming 95th Academy Awards, with discussions of the films Elvis, The Banshees of Inisherin, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Tár, Women Talking, Fire of Love and more.
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#13: The Netflix Recommender System and Beyond with Justin Basilico
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This episode of Recsperts features Justin Basilico who is director of research and engineering at Netflix. Justin leads the team that is in charge of creating a personalized homepage. We learn more about the evolution of the Netflix recommender system from rating prediction to using deep learning, contextual multi-armed bandits and reinforcement le…
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#12: From User Intent to Multi-Stakeholder Recommenders and Creator Economy with Rishabh Mehrotra
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In this episode of Recsperts we talk to Rishabh Mehrotra, the Director of Machine Learning at ShareChat, about users and creators in multi-stakeholder recommender systems. We learn more about users intents and needs, which brings us to the important matter of user satisfaction (and dissatisfaction). To draw conclusions about user satisfaction we ha…
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#11: Personalized Advertising, Economic and Generative Recommenders with Flavian Vasile
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In this episode of Recsperts we talk to Flavian Vasile about the work of his team at Criteo AI Lab on personalized advertising. We learn about the different stakeholders like advertisers, publishers, and users and the role of recommender systems in this marketplace environment. We learn more about the pros and cons of click versus conversion optimi…
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#10: Recommender Systems in Human Resources with David Graus
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In episode number ten of Recsperts I welcome David Graus who is the Data Science Chapter Lead at Randstad Groep Nederland, a global leader in providing Human Resource services. We talk about the role of recommender systems in the HR domain which includes vacancy recommendations for candidates, but also generating talent recommendations for recruite…
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#9: RecPack and Modularized Personalization by Froomle with Lien Michiels and Robin Verachtert
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In episode number nine of Recsperts we talk with the creators of RecPack which is a new Python package for recommender systems. We discuss how Froomle provides modularized personalization for customers in the news and e-commerce sectors. I talk to Lien Michiels and Robin Verachtert who are both industrial PhD students at the University of Antwerp a…
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#8: Music Recommender Systems, Fairness and Evaluation with Christine Bauer
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In episode number eight of Recsperts we discuss music recommender systems, the meaning of artist fairness and perspectives on recommender evaluation. I talk to Christine Bauer, who is an assistant professor at the University of Utrecht and co-organizer of the PERSPECTIVES workshop. Her research deals with context-aware recommender systems as well a…
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#7: Behavioral Testing with RecList for Recommenders with Jacopo Tagliabue
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In episode number seven, we meet Jacopo Tagliabue and discuss behavioral testing for recommender systems and experiences from ecommerce. Before Jacopo became the director of artificial intelligence at Coveo, he had founded tooso, which was later acquired by Coveo. Jacopo holds a PhD in cognitive intelligence and made many contributions to conferenc…
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