Typically, the task of managing the social media presence of a company or a public person is the job of a dedicated social media account manager. While many attempts have been made in recent years to provide more automation to account managers, complete ...

In this paper we describe a deployed recommender system to predict insurance products for new and existing customers. Our goal is to give our customers personalized recommendations based on what other similar people with similar portfolios have, in ...

People often struggle to find appropriate energy-saving measures to take in the household. Although recommender studies show that tailoring a system's interaction method to the domain knowledge of the user can increase energy savings, they did not ...

News organizations employ personalized recommenders to target news articles to specific readers and thus foster engagement. Existing approaches rely on extensive user profiles. However frequently possible, readers rarely authenticate themselves on news ...

We describe a novel application for recommender systems -- helping marathon runners to run a new personal-best race-time -- by predicting a challenging, but achievable target-time, and by recommending a tailored race-plan to achieve this time. A ...

An enduring issue in higher education is student retention to successful graduation. Studies in the U.S. report that average six-year graduation rates across higher-education institutions is 59% and have remained relatively stable over the last 15 ...

The general recommendations for addressing non-communicable diseases, which are responsible for two thirds of deaths globally, are mainly related to lifestyle changes, such as diet and physical activity. Challenges with encouraging healthy diets include ...