The Great AI Bake-Off: Recommendation Systems on the Rise

If you want to create a world-class recommendation system, follow this recipe from a global team of experts: Blend a big helping of GPU-accelerated AI with a dash of old-fashioned cleverness. The proof was in the pudding for a team from NVIDIA that won this year's ACM RecSys Challenge. The competition is a highlight of an annual gathering of more than 500 experts who present the latest research in recommendation systems, the engines that deliver personalized suggestions for everything from restaurants to real estate. At the Sept. 22-26 online event, the team will describe its dish, already available as open source code. They're also sharing lessons learned with colleagues who build NVIDIA products like RAPIDS and Merlin, so customers can enjoy the fruits of their labor.