Wrapping up FD tagger project

We have wrapped up the tagger project with a multi-value text classifier of 597 classes. The classifier model is deployed in an endpoint in AWS and is connected to the editorial’s CMS system. Every time an article is saved in the CMS system, the tags are retrieved from our tagger endpoint.

Amsterdam half-marathon 2019

So is it! I’ve made it. One of my dreams: running for a half-marathon. I really enjoyed this run due to a couple of reasons: (1) This is my first ever half-marathon. (2) New PR: 5.49min/km. (3) Running through Amsterdam, the city that I’ve got to know in the last 13 years.

AMMA Media-Innovation Award for our news personalization products

This award recognizes our effort in using advanced technology to further enhance the businesses of BNR radio and het FD. The personalization products help our users easier searching for the right content at the right moment tailored to individual needs. 

Presentation in SEA-XL meetup

Great fun at the SEA-XL meetup presenting our projects in the DNI team. My talk is entitle “Mining Knowledge in News for Personalization” where I show our building blocks of the personalized services: personalized newsletter with collaborative filtering, entity linker to companies, sentiment analysis and BNR tagger. Slides of the talk can be found here.

Presentation at RecsysNL meetup

I have a great time presenting our work on personalized newsletter campaign in het FD at the 9th RecSysNL meetup. Take-home message: our readers prefer personalized newsletters with collaborative filtering than the traditional popularity based newsletters. The slides can be found here.