The event will take place online on Zoom (https://uva-live.zoom.us/j/84636804970)

The speakers:

Phillip Hager
Title: When Metrics Break Down – On Evaluating User Models from Clicks 

Mozhdeh Ariannezhad
Title: Basket recommendation in grocery shopping

The Labs:

The Mercury Machine Learning Lab is a collaboration between University of Amsterdam, Delft University of Technology and Booking.com. The lab focuses on the development and applications of artificial intelligence to the specific domain of online travel booking and recommendation service systems.

The AI for Retail (AIR) Lab Amsterdam is a joint UvA-Ahold Delhaize industry lab and will conduct research into socially responsible algorithms that can be used to make recommendations to consumers and into transparent AI technology for managing goods flows. The research will take place at Albert Heijn and bol.com, both brands of Ahold Delhaize. In addition, AIRLab Amsterdam will focus on talent development tracks.