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Re-Ranking, Multi-Task Learning & Generative RecSys

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Re-Ranking, Multi-Task Learning & Generative RecSys

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8 hours to complete
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Advanced level

Recommended experience

8 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Design and implement MMoE and PLE architectures in PyTorch to resolve negative transfer across competing engagement objectives.

  • Apply Maximal Marginal Relevance and Bayesian optimization to enforce constraints on diversity, freshness, and creator equity in re-ranking.

  • Build LLM-augmented ranking pipelines using Azure OpenAI embeddings and zero-shot and few-shot prompt-based item scoring approaches.

  • Construct enterprise-grade generative recommendation proxy architectures that reference LinkedIn's 360Brew framework principles on Azure Databricks.

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There are 8 modules in this course

Learn how to apply post-processing business rules and diversity constraints to heavy-ranking outputs using score blending and Maximal Marginal Relevance (MMR).

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1 video3 readings1 assignment

Architect fairness-aware adjustments to ensure equitable exposure across new versus established platform members without severely degrading overall recommendation quality.

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1 video2 readings3 assignments

Learn how to isolate task conflicts across competing engagement objectives by designing advanced gating networks and specialized expert blocks in PyTorch.

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1 video3 readings1 assignment

Transition from architectural design to objective optimization by implementing joint loss functions and tracking long-term utility metrics.

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1 video3 readings2 assignments

Learn how to replace standard hand-engineered feature pipelines with deep semantic representations using Azure OpenAI, setting the stage for generative item scoring.

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1 video3 readings1 assignment

Analyze the systemic trade-offs of deploying generative rankers, comparing semantic models against traditional deep interaction networks.

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1 video2 readings3 assignments

Analyze the operational scalability, token economy, and deployment cost vectors of deep foundation model rankers. You will evaluate how foundation models act as centralized, surface-agnostic rankers compared to traditional feature-factory scoring layers leveraging Azure OpenAI and enterprise cloud vector architectures.

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3 readings2 assignments

Implement an integrated post-scoring pipeline that combines multi-task evaluation modules with post-processing re-ranking layers informed by explicit target constraints. You will analyze integrated model deployment metrics across holistic system dimensions by tracking precision (NDCG@10), diversity entropy, and exposure fairness parameter balances.

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2 readings1 assignment

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