Collaborative Filtering Using Embeddings

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Everyday we deal with online platforms that use recommendation systems. There are different approaches to implement such systems and it depends on the product, the available data and more. This post will mainly focus on collaborative filtering using embeddings as a way to learn about latent factors. I learned about this approach months ago from fast.ai Practical Deep Learning for Coders lessons. I also found out that StichFix wrote about the same concept in a blog post last year Understanding Latent Style. [Read More]