Recommender systems for citizens

The CitRec'17 workshop manifesto

Conference paper (2017)

Authors

J. Yang Web Information Systems - EEMCS
Iván Cantador Campus de Cantoblanco
Diana Nurbakova INSA Lyon
María E. Cortés-Cediel Universidad Complutense de Madrid
A. Bozzon Web Information Systems - EEMCS
Research Group
Web Information Systems (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2017 J. Yang, Iván Cantador, Diana Nurbakova, María E. Cortés-Cediel, A. Bozzon
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3127325.3177871
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Published Date

2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Software Technology

Research Group

Web Information Systems

Abstract

This manifesto summarises the outcomes of the 1st Workshop on Recommender Systems for Citizens (CitRec'17), held at the 11th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems, in August 2017 in Como, Italy. We discuss challenges and opportunities for the development of recommender systems for citizens, including: the clarification of the role of recommender systems for cities and citizens; in this context, the identification of classes of items to be recommended; the need for targeting and engaging the right population, involving the right stakeholders; and the existence of underlying ethical issues such as fairness and consensus. We further provide an action plan to bring forward the research and application of recommender systems for citizens.