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Alan Said

@alansaid.com
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Working on #recsys, #research, #education, #hcai, #artificialintelligence at University of Gothenburg / @naturvetenskap.bsky.social. Occasionally recording @hcai.bsky.social. Nerding out on @recsys.bsky.social

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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 13h
Proud that this thing we started in 2010 that grew into what is not the #recsyschallenge is now highlighted as one of the key community events of @recsys.bsky.social 2010.recsyschallenge.com #recsys2026 #recsys2010
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Martijn Willemsen @mcwillemsen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
@mmitchell.bsky.social making an important point that lessons learned in #recsys (about explainability, control etc) can help streamlining development of current AI agents, avoiding the same mistakes we made over the last 20 years...
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 29/09/2026
The #recsys2026 talk I've been looking for to the most: the ethics of engineering recommendations that reshape reality by @mmitchell.bsky.social #recsys #ethicalai
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 29/09/2026
And #recsys2026 is on!
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Neal Lathia @neallathia.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is this where they hide the ratings
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 27/09/2026
Famous academic places.. #grouplens #recsys #recsys2026
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Arjen P. de Vries Timmers 🕊️ @arjen.idf.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
The Munich DB team developing CedarDB thought of a great demo: SQLDOOM cedardb.com/blog/sqldoom DOOM as a SQL query giving the framebuffer, in a loop.
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We ported the original Doom to SQL
CedarDB is a database system that delivers unmatched performance for transactions and analytics, from small writes to handling billions of rows. Built on cutting-edge research to power today’s tools and tomorrow’s challenges.
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 02/09/2026
With #RecSys2026 and #RecSys2027 taking place in the US, followed by a European edition in 2028, the @recsys.bsky.social Steering Committee is currently looking beyond these regions for #RecSys2029.
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RecSys – ACM Recommender Systems
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Ny Teknik @nyteknik.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
REPLIK. Reglering som träffar tekniken snarare än den faktiska makten riskerar att gynna de stora aktörerna, skriver Alan Said i en replik. ⤵️
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 17/07/2026
Together with @abellogin.bsky.social, we analyzed the papers published in the @recsys.bsky.social Reproducibility track from its inception in 2020 until 2025. The results have just now been published in our paper "Reproducibility in Recommender Systems: A Survey" dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... #recsys
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Reproducibility in Recommender Systems: A Survey | ACM Transactions on Recommender Systems
Reproducibility has become a cornerstone of credible recommender systems research, driven by growing concerns about the reliability and generalizability of experimental results. In response, the ACM R...
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 15/07/2026
Recommender systems research goes beyond what we see at @recsys.bsky.social. BEYOND is a space for interdisciplinary work, new perspectives, and conversations that complement the algorithmic focus of the conference. beyondrecsys.github.io/2026/ @evazangerle.bsky.social @christinebauer.bsky.social
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BEYOND Workshop@RecSys 2026
Website for the BEYOND Workshop@RecSys.
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AltRecSys Workshop @altrecsys.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
#RecSys2026 friends! There is *one week* left to submit your ideas to the second AltRecSys workshop — due date is July 20. Details and submission instructions in the call: altrecsys.github.io/recsys26/
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AltRecSys at RecSys 2026
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UMAP @umapconf.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
What a great day at #UMAP2026 , with lots of inspiration from workshops and DC ! Tomorrow marks the start of the main conference. Conference Program: www.um.org/umap2026/pro...
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 09/06/2026
After a bit of an unplanned intermission, we're back with our starting keynote speaker @ranjithaskumar.bsky.social with a talk on Zero to One-Shot Personalization with LLMs. #umap2026 @umapconf.bsky.social
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 01/06/2026
#umap2026 merch delivered 😃 See you next week @umapconf.bsky.social @toinebogers.bsky.social
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 07/05/2026
Why yes of course, "${spammysender}", I am very interested in your services
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 01/04/2026
The registration for #UMAP2026 is now open! See you all in Gothenburg!!
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 31/03/2026
It's about six months until #RecSys2026, which means the @recsys.bsky.social Steering Committee just held its mid-year meeting.
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UMAP @umapconf.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
⏰ [UMAP2026] Industry Paper submissions deadline is in March 6, 2026 (AoE). 🎯 Present your real-world innovations 🎯 Discuss practical deployment challenges 🎯 Share impactful solutions with the community. 📍 Gothenburg, Sweden, June 8–11, 2026. 👉 Check out the call: www.um.org/umap2026/cal...
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Call for Industry Track Papers
UMAP invites submissions for its Industry Track, a platform designed to foster collaboration and knowledge exchange by showcasing innovative, deployed solutions in user modeling, adaptation, and perso...
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UMAP @umapconf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
💡Had a bold, yet unexplored idea? 💻 Developed an awesome platform for research on user modelling? Submit to LBR and Demos at UMAP 2026 ! Deadline is March 30th. Call: www.um.org/umap2026/cal... @alansaid.com @toinebogers.bsky.social @alainstarke.bsky.social
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Call for Late-Breaking Results and Demos
ACM UMAP 2026 invites Late-Breaking Results (LBR) papers as well as Demonstrations (demos) of innovative UMAP-based systems (including research prototypes). LBR papers are expected to present innovati...
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 21/01/2026
Just in time for the paper deadline, we received notification that @umapconf.bsky.social has been upgraded to A in the ICore rankings! Check out the CFP www.um.org/umap2026/cal... and the ICore ranking info below! portal.core.edu.au/conf-ranks/1... @toinebogers.bsky.social @abellogin.bsky.social
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 08/01/2026
Looking forward to getting the January issues of #CACM and #Interactions in the mail. #UMAP2026 @umapconf.bsky.social @toinebogers.bsky.social @abellogin.bsky.social @acm.org @acm-sigchi.bsky.social @acmsigweb.bsky.social dl.acm.org/action/showF...
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 04/01/2026
Occasionally, over the last 15 years or so, I've received invitations to literary events, notifications of awards for literary works, inquiries about my work in relation to the Swedish Author's Fund (Sveriges författarfond), invitations to contribute translations to collections of poems, etc., etc.
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 02/01/2026
Wrapping up 2025 and realizing it was mostly a year of transitions. Stepping away from Head of Education role after 6+ years gave me some distance, and a lot to think about in terms of what actually makes change stick. Less about structures, more about continuity, trust, and people.
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UMAP @umapconf.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Are you a PhD student in topics related to User Modelling and Personalization? Check out the #UMAP2026 call for Doctoral Consortium papers! Submission: March 6, 2026 Notification: March 20, 2026 DC Day: June 8th, 2026 Call: www.um.org/umap2026/cal...
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Call for Doctoral Consortium Papers – ACM UMAP 2026
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 16/12/2025
I see @acm.org has added an additional page at the beginning of all papers in the ACM Digital Library. Assuming this is part of the move to #ACMOpen. I wonder if any estimates of how many additional printed pages that will be wasted as an effect of this have been made? Doesn't seem very sustainable.
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Ny Teknik @nyteknik.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
REPLIK. Om Sverige vill vara i framkant räcker det inte att ingenjörerna är redo. Vi måste se till att samhället är det, skriver Alan Said.
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”Hela samhället måste ställa om i ai-racet – inte bara ingenjörerna”
REPLIK. Om Sverige vill vara i framkant räcker det inte att ingenjörerna är redo. Vi måste se till att samhället är det, skriver Alan Said.
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Human-centered AI @hcai.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
New episode out now. We talk with @benbendc.bsky.social about the future of #HCAI, why user self-efficacy still matters, and how design, responsibility, and safety must guide the next wave of AI systems. A deep, wide-ranging conversation with one of the true pioneers of #HCI. hcai.se/podcast/25-1...
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HCAI Podcast Episode 13 - Human-centered AI with Ben Shneiderman | Human-centered AI @ GU
This episode’s guest is Ben Shneiderman, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science at the University of Maryland, co-founder of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab, and author of the book Human-Centered A...
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UMAP @umapconf.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Reminder!!! The UMAP2026 call for full and short papers is out! Important Dates (AoE) Abstract submission: January 22, 2026 Paper submission: January 29, 2026 Rebuttal phase: March 2-9, 2026 Notification: March 25, 2026 CfP: www.um.org/umap2026/cal... For questions: umap2026-papers@um.org
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Preliminary Call for Papers​ – ACM UMAP 2026
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UMAP @umapconf.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Yeahhhhh 🥳🥳 The UMAP 2026 call for workshops and tutorials is out!! Proposal Submission: January 22, 2026 For more information 👇 Workshop Website: www.um.org/umap2026/cal... Tutorial Website: www.um.org/umap2026/cal... For questions: umap2026-workshop-tutorial@um.org
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Call for Workshop Proposals – ACM UMAP 2026
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arxiv cs.IR @arxiv-cs-ir.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Lukas Wegmeth, Tobias Vente, Alan Said, Joeran Beel Green Recommender Systems: Understanding and Minimizing the Carbon Footprint of AI-Powered Personalization arxiv.org/abs/2509.13001
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strategiska.se @strategiska.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Hur skiljer sig lyssnandet på musik åt mellan unga och äldre? Det har forskare från Göteborgs universitet, Jönköping University och University of Primorska tittat på när de analyserat 15 år av data från en musiktjänst. #Datavetenskap #GöteborgsUniversitet #Forskning #Musik
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Ny Teknik @nyteknik.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
REPLIK. Bland de allra mest meriterade ai-forskarna finns skilda uppfattningar om riskerna med ai. Att inte redovisa det blir selektivt, skriver Alan Said och Mattias Rost i ett debattsvar.
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Debatt om ai-risk: ”Det är inte vetenskaplig stringens att bara hänvisa till auktoriteter”
REPLIK. Bland de allra mest meriterade ai-forskarna finns skilda uppfattningar om riskerna med ai. Att inte redovisa det blir selektivt, skriver Alan Said och Mattias Rost i ett debattsvar.
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 01/10/2025
We (@md.ekstrandom.net and @ssahebi.bsky.social) received 706 abstracts in the User Modeling, Personalization, and Recommendation track at #TheWebConference2026. #usermodeling #personalization #recsys
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 26/09/2025
#beyond2025 at @recsys.bsky.social is wrapping up. We've had a great program on the interdisciplinary roots of #RecSys.
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Alain Starke @alainstarke.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Back in the days when people still understood their models 😶‍🌫️ #recsys2025
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 25/09/2025
Very happy for this paper, and Bruno's great presentation of it at #recsys2025. This is the result of the work that Rodrygo Santos started during a research visit at the University of Gothenburg last year. @recsys.bsky.social dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 25/09/2025
Recommending in the age of AI @xamat.bsky.social giving his keynote at #recsys2025 @recsys.bsky.social ("A very personal review of #RecSys")
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 24/09/2025
A preliminary call for papers for #umap2026 is now available on the conference's website. Check it out, mark your calendars, and get to work on those papers. www.um.org/umap2026/cal... @umapconf.bsky.social (#recsys2025)
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Preliminary Call for Papers​ – ACM UMAP 2026
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 17/09/2025
So happy that our #ACMTORS journal paper on #GreenRecSys has been accepted just in time for @recsys.bsky.social / #recsys2025. This is the continuation of the work we presented at #recsys2024.
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 12/09/2025
The preprint for our opinions piece on a reimagined research agenda for #recsys is out. Happy to have had the best co-authors, @drchole.bsky.social and @md.ekstrandom.net #recsys2025 #beyond2025
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IFLScience @iflscience.com · 10/09/2025
Data shows how our taste in music changes as we age. www.iflscience.com/as-we-grow-o...
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As We Grow Older, Our Music Taste Appears To Narrow To Fewer Songs
Data on 40,000 people shows that we do not seek what's unfamiliar as we age.
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Nyheter från Sveriges Radio @srnyheter.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
SR Kulturnytt: Musiksmak smalnar av hos äldre – återvänder till det gamla välbekanta www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/9042076
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Musiksmak smalnar av hos äldre – återvänder till det gamla välbekanta - Kulturnytt
Ny forskning visar att musiksmak blir mer personlig och nostalgibetonad med stigande ålder.Alan Said, en av tre forskare bakom studien, säger att man med ...
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 09/09/2025
The University of Gothenburg is highlighting work on how musical preference evolve as we age that we (A.M. Golubovikj, @recsysmare.bsky.social, B. Ferwerda) published at #umap2025 earlier this year. www.gu.se/en/news/we-g... @umapconf.bsky.social #recsys #lastfm @naturvetenskap.bsky.social
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We get less favourite songs as we age
Do you think that Spotify's suggestions for new music becomes stranger all the time? It may be because of you. In a unique study with researchers from University of Gothenburg, 15 years of listening d...
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 25/08/2025
Could not be happier for this positive notification for our opinion piece calling for a revised #recsys research agenda, continuing @xamat.bsky.social' discussion from 15 years ago. With fantastic co-authors @drchole.bsky.social & @md.ekstrandom.net. #BEYOND2025 #recsys2025 @recsys.bsky.social
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 12/08/2025
Preprint of a position paper on #recsys for physical activity and well-being I'll be presenting at the #RecSoGood workshop at #recsys2025 @recsys.bsky.social
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 12/08/2025
Hey conference organizers!! How do you manage presence/presentation of papers from authors with affiliations sanctioned by EU/US/UK (or wherever you organize/publish)?
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 08/08/2025
#recsys2025 preprint "On the Reliability of Sampling Strategies in Offline Recommender Evaluation" #recsys @recsys.bsky.social
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Alan Said @alansaid.com · 05/08/2025
"We are pleased to inform you that your submission 'Early Explorations of Recommender Systems for Physical Activity and Wellbeing' has been ACCEPTED for ORAL PRESENTATION at RecSoGood 2025 Workshop" #recsys2025 #recsogood #recsys
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Second International Workshop on Recommender Systems for Sustainability and Social Good
RecSoGood 2025 | Second International Workshop on Recommender Systems for Sustainability and Social Good
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