Open AccessA Short History of the RecSys Challenge
Author(s) -
Said Alan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ai magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 79
eISSN - 2371-9621
pISSN - 0738-4602
DOI - 10.1609/aimag.v37i4.2693
Subject(s) - recommender system , competition (biology) , computer science , key (lock) , artificial intelligence , data science , world wide web , biology , ecology , computer security
The RecSys Challenge is a yearly recurring competition focusing on creating the best performing recommendation approach for a specific scenario. Over the years, the competition has drawn many participants from industry and academia and has become a key part of the ACM Conference on Recommender Systems series. This article presents a brief historical overview of the RecSys Challenge from its inception in 2010 until the seventh iteration in 2016.