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Junpeng Hou

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arxivcs.IRcs.LG2026-07-24

PinEqualizer: Full Funnel Content Exploration and Debiasing System at Pinterest

Olafur Gudmundsson, Bo Zhao, Huayi Liao, Anna Kiyantseva, Sai Xiao, Heath Vinicombe, et al.

In this paper, we propose a new solution for addressing the content cold-start problem in industry-scale search and recommender systems. Compared to prior approaches, we have made the following new contributions: 1) our solution spans the entire multi-stage funnel and generalizes…

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arxivcs.IRcs.LG2026-07-14

Deep-learning Causal Retrieval Optimization for Efficient e-commerce Distribution in Pinterest

Junpeng Hou, XianXing Zhang, Sai Xiao, Derek Cheng, Darren Reger, Olafur Gudmundsson, et al.

Pinterest is where people turn inspiration into action as users browse ideas, then take steps toward realization, often by discovering shoppable content. To support this journey, we must distribute commerce content when it helps, not when it distracts. We frame this as a causal d…

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arxivcs.IRcs.LG2026-07-14

MESH: Scaling Up Retrieval with Heterogeneous Content Unification

Jiaxing Qu, Yilin Chen, Junpeng Hou, Jinfeng Rao, Olafur Gudmundsson, Sai Xiao, et al.

Optimizing large-scale retrieval hinges on the ability to efficiently surface candidates across diverse content tiers. However, to capture segments such as fresh and long-tail content, modern systems typically resort to a fragmented "zoo" of specialized retrieval models. This ope…

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