Huiji Gao

Proximity Features: Privacy-Compliant Cold-Start Personalization at Airbnb

Wei Jiang, Bin Xu, Hui Gao, Bharathi Thangamani, Weiwei Guo, Sundar Srinivasavaradhan, et al.

Personalization in two-sided marketplaces relies heavily on user-level features, yet for platforms with infrequent, high-consideration purchases, a large fraction of users lack sufficient history for effective recommendation, spanning both paid and organic channels. At Airbnb, a…Read more