Production recommendation systems in large social and commerce platforms introduce complex and unprecedented challenges. The Instagram Workshop on Recommendation Systems At Scale aims to bring together leading researchers and practitioners in related fields to share knowledge and explore research collaboration opportunities between academia and industry.
The 2021 workshop will be held virtually on Thursday, September 23rd, and we invite you to RSVP and attend through this event website.
If you'd like to submit questions for our speakers during the panel discussion ahead of the workshop, please do so through this form.
This event will not be recorded. No portion of this presentation may be reproduced, performed, displayed, or distributed without authorization.
We look forward to you joining us!
AWS / Amazon
Group Applied Research Manager
The New York Times
Chief Data Scientist
Etsy
Director of Engineering, Applied Machine Learning
Twitter Cortex Applied Research
Staff Scientist
Stochastic Engineer
Engineering Manager
Research Scientist
Meta
Applied Research Scientist
Yinglong Xia is an Applied Research Scientist in Facebook AI, where he focuses on advanced machine learning technology for recommendation systems, especially those based on graph data, through collaboration with teams from both AI and products. Prior to that, he was a chief architect of AI platforms in Futurewei Technologies, and a technical lead at IBM Research on graph technology. He is an associate editor for IEEE trans. on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE) and IEEE trans. on Big Data (TBD), and served as a general co-chair of IEEE HiPC’19, a vice co-chair of IEEE BigData’19, a SPC/PC of IJCAI’21, CIKM’21, KDD’21, AAAI’21, etc. Check out Yinglong's Meta Research profile to learn more.
Engineering Manager
Software Engineering Manager
Meta
Research Program Manager, Academic Engagements
Meta
Research Event Producer
Meta
Research Events Coordinator
Software Engineering Manager
Software Engineering Manager
Engineering Manager
Engineering Director
Engineering Director
Engineering Manager
Engineering Director
Software Engineering Manager
Research Scientist Manager
Software Engineering Manager
Software Engineering Manager
Engineering Manager
Research Scientist
Applied Research Scientist
I (he/him) am an Engineering Manager at Facebook on the Instagram Feed Ranking team. Before Facebook, I worked at AWS on machine learning services such as Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Kendra. I did my Ph.D. at the University of Washington and spent several years commercializing my research through a hardware startup. I hold 9 US patents and published more than 80 peer-reviewed academic papers. Interests: Recommendation systems, natural language processing, deep generative models. Check out Ran's Meta Research profile to learn more.
I am a software engineering manager at Meta on the Instagram Feed Ranking team. Before Meta, I worked at Google AI on natural language understanding and its applications. I was fortunate to have Prof. Liang Huang advise me and lead me into computational linguistics in graduate school. Check out Zhuoran's Meta Research profile to learn more.
I (she/her) am a research program manager on the Research Operations and Academic Relations team at Facebook. I help the research teams map out academic engagements, such as corporate sponsorships and research collaborations. Acting as primary liaison between the research teams and the XFN partners, I ensure initiatives and programs are well scoped and executed. Currently, my areas of focus include Networking & Systems and Blockchain & Cryptoeconomics. Prior to joining Facebook, I managed interdisciplinary research projects and cross-sector partnerships at various universities and civic organizations across a broad range of areas including capital markets, urban redevelopment, and responsible investment. Most recently, I served as a program manager at the Stanford’s Investment Responsibility Stakeholder Relations office. I received my M.A. in economic development from Vanderbilt University and hold LL.M. in financial regulation from Georgetown University Law Center. Check out Doria's Meta Research profile to learn more.
Jessie (she/her) is a Research Event Producer on the Research Operations and Academic Relations (Marketing & Events) team at Meta. She partners with research program managers and research scientists at Meta to strategize and produce impactful events and programs for teams within the research community, specifically Meta's Infrastructure, Privacy and Security, Systems and Networking, and Connectivity teams. Jessie graduated from University of Colorado at Boulder with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication and a State of Colorado Teaching License. Prior to joining Meta in May 2018, Jessie worked as an AI and Research Programs Event Coordinator on assignment at Google (April 2017-May 2018), a Public Relations Account Coordinator at SHIFT Communications (May 2016-April 2017), and an Event Coordinator Intern at Human Movement Management (February 2014-September 2014).
I am a Software Engineering Manager in the Reels Ranking team. Specifically, I support our efforts to surface the most relevant Reels by building and leveraging cutting edge Content Signals and optimizing our Delivery Funnel. For more information, visit my Facebook Research profile: https://research.fb.com/people/khaitan-abhinav/.
I (he/him) support Machine Learning, Product and Integrity teams bringing Instagram’s Feed & Stories surfaces to life. Check out Ben's Meta Research profile to learn more.
I support engineering teams that are responsible for Instagram Explore and Reels ranking and recommendations. Check out Haotian's Meta Research profile to learn more.
