2 papers
cs.IR2026
PinEqualizer: Full Funnel Content Exploration and Debiasing System at Pinterest
Olafur Gudmundsson, Bo Zhao, Huayi Liao +15
In this paper, we propose a new solution for addressing the content cold-start problem in industry-scale search and recommender systems. Compared to prior approaches, we have made…
cs.LG2025
Relative Advantage Debiasing for Watch-Time Prediction in Short-Video Recommendation
Emily Liu, Kuan Han, Minfeng Zhan +3
Watch time is widely used as a proxy for user satisfaction in video recommendation platforms. However, raw watch times are influenced by confounding factors such as video duration,…