Overview
The “Women in RecSys” tradition started in 2014 to foster diversity in the RecSys community. This year, we offer three ways for the community to unite and celebrate female role models in RecSys through physical and virtual networking events.
The well-established “Women in RecSys Breakfast” provides an opportunity for those attending in person and identifying as females to share the challenges and successes of working within our community and exchange experiences.
To further highlight the research contributions of women in the RecSys community, we will award up to six “Women in RecSys Journal Paper of the Year Awards.” This award will come with a free RecSys registration and the opportunity to present the respective journal paper at the main conference.
This year’s events are co-hosted by Ashmi Banerjee (Technical University of Munich, Germany), Li Chen (Hong Kong Baptist University, China), Karlijn Dinnissen (Utrecht University, Netherlands), and Elena V. Epure (Deezer, France). More details about each event can be found in the corresponding tabs.
Journal Paper of the Year Awards
This award will be given at the RecSys 2025 conference to women-authored journal papers that have distinguished themselves due to their innovativeness and scientific rigor.
The committee may select up to six winning journal papers depending on the number of nominated papers. The winning papers will each receive one free registration to RecSys 2025 to present their work during the conference and be acknowledged on the RecSys 2025 website.
We will have two submission categories: junior and senior. Individuals who have graduated with a Ph.D. within the past five years or are currently pursuing their Ph.D. will qualify as juniors, while those with more than five years of experience will be categorized as seniors.
An invited committee consisting of prominent researchers representing different areas of expertise will be established to judge the merits of nominated papers and make recommendations to the Women in RecSys committee.
The winner(s) must attend the RecSys 2025 conference.
Qualification/nomination details: The first or last author should be a woman researcher to qualify. The nominated journal paper must have a RecSys focus and must have been published between 30 April 2024 and 30 April 2025 (online pre-publication is acceptable). Each person can nominate only one paper. Self-nominations are allowed. If a paper qualifies for both the junior and the senior track, it can only be nominated once.
Submission details: The paper details and a PDF file of the article should be submitted by 30 April 2025 via EasyChair.
Nominations Submission Deadline: 30 April 2025
Notifications Deadline: 15 June 2025 (tentative)
