2 papers
cs.IR2026
INSPIRE: Intent-aware Neural Sponsored Product Retrieval for E-commerce
Shasvat Desai, Hong Yao, Utkarsh Porwal +1
Walmart holds the largest share of the U.S. ecommerce grocery market, where food and beverage categories generate some of the highest search traffic and, consequently, drive a subs…
cs.IR2026
Unified Supervision for Walmart's Sponsored Search Retrieval via Joint Semantic Relevance and Behavioral Engagement Modeling
Shasvat Desai, Md Omar Faruk Rokon, Jhalak Nilesh Acharya +4
Modern search systems rely on a fast first stage retriever to fetch relevant items from a massive catalog of items. Deployed search systems often use user engagement signals to sup…