Cracking the Cold Start Problem

08.12.2025 • 00:39:57

In this episode of Data Skeptic, we dive deep into the technical foundations of building modern recommender systems. Unlike traditional machine learni...

Designing Recommender Systems for Digital Humanities

23.11.2025 • 00:36:48

In this episode of Data Skeptic, we explore the fascinating intersection of recommender systems and digital humanities with guest Florian Atzenhofer-B...

DataRec Library for Reproducible in Recommend Systems

13.11.2025 • 00:32:48

In this episode of Data Skeptic's Recommender Systems series, host Kyle Polich explores DataRec, a new Python library designed to bring reproducibilit...

Shilling Attacks on Recommender Systems

05.11.2025 • 00:34:48

In this episode of Data Skeptic's Recommender Systems series, Kyle sits down with Aditya Chichani, a senior machine learning engineer at Walmart, to e...

Music Playlist Recommendations

29.10.2025 • 00:52:29

In this episode, Rebecca Salganik, a PhD student at the University of Rochester with a background in vocal performance and composition, discusses her ...

Bypassing the Popularity Bias

15.10.2025 • 00:34:33

Sustainable Recommender Systems for Tourism

09.10.2025 • 00:38:02

In this episode, we speak with Ashmi Banerjee, a doctoral candidate at the Technical University of Munich, about her pioneering research on AI-powered...

Interpretable Real Estate Recommendations

22.09.2025 • 00:32:57

In this episode of Data Skeptic's Recommender Systems series, host Kyle Polich interviews Dr. Kunal Mukherjee, a postdoctoral research associate at Vi...

Why Am I Seeing This?

08.09.2025 • 00:49:36

In this episode of Data Skeptic, we explore the challenges of studying social media recommender systems when exposure data isn't accessible. Our guest...

Eco-aware GNN Recommenders

30.08.2025 • 00:44:42

In this episode of Data Skeptic, we dive into eco-friendly AI with Antonio Purificato, a PhD student from Sapienza University of Rome. Antonio discuss...