Research Seminar by TRAN Nhu Thuat and DONG Viet Hoang
[ Talk 1: VARIUM: Variational Autoencoder for Multi-Interest Representation with Inter-User Memory ]
Speaker's Name: TRAN Nhu Thuat
Abstract: Variational AutoEncoder (VAE)-based frameworks effectively model multiple user interest factors but struggle to facilitate interest sharing across users. To address this, we introduce an inter-user memory mechanism that unsupervisedly discovers latent interest sharing within a VAE framework. Our memory consists of prototypes, each representing a shared user interest, which are jointly trained with the backbone model. User-specific interest factors first capture intra-user preferences, then query the memory to retrieve inter-user interest clues through a sequential attention-transformation process. These retrieved clues refine interest representations, enhancing recommendation performance. Extensive experiments on real-world datasets demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach, with qualitative analysis providing further insights into its inner workings.…
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TRAN Nhu Thuat
PhD Candidate
School of Computing and Information Systems
Singapore Management University
TRAN Nhu Thuat is a PhD Candidate in Computer Science at the SMU School of Computing and Information Systems, supervised by Prof. Hady W. Lauw. His research focuses on disentangling user preferences towards interpretable recommender systems.
DONG Viet Hoang
PhD Candidate
School of Computing and Information Systems
Singapore Management University
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Thursday, February 20, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.
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Saturday, March 1, 2025, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM.
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Pan Tao is Partner and Head of Research at Andromeda Capital Management (ACM). ACM is a global investment company focused on identifying catalysts that transform countries, change industries and disrupt firms' capital structures. Its objective is to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns through global cross-asset investments, with a primary focus on credit and rates.
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Thursday, March 6, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
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