Also in #recsys2014, @pandoramusic sponsored #recsys for the first time! That is now a lucky 7 year streak. While everyone else took fan pictures of Jeff Dean, @ocelma found his talk so boring he couldn’t stay awake.
That was the first Recsys Women’s lunch. #recsys2014, #recsys2015, #recsys2017 women. It feels like we grew by 50% per year? @DrCh0le got us to do lightening talks in 2017 but we outgrew that fast. Thank you general chairs over the years! Thanks @HannaJSchaefer and @j_neidhardt!
#recsys2014 was the closest one to home, only 22min away in Foster City. I happened to run into the general chair Michelle Zhou, and told her I would love to meet some more women. She said let’s all have lunch! We literally pulled people from the lunch line and started 2 tables.
From Hong Kong to the Valley (Foster City) for #recsys2014. Halfway between Mountain View and San Francisco. All the big names were there. Everyone in music was there