Why learn how to build recommendation engines?

Building Recommendation Engines with PySpark

Jamen Long

Data Scientist at Nike

What recommendations look like

Shopper seeing recommendations at grocery store

Building Recommendation Engines with PySpark

Learning about you

Thumbs up/thumbs down, 4 of 5 stars, worst to best ranking

Building Recommendation Engines with PySpark

How recommendation engines work

user with ratings for several movies

Building Recommendation Engines with PySpark

How recommendation engines work

user with ratings for several movies

many users each with several movies ratings

Building Recommendation Engines with PySpark

How recommendation engines work

similarity between one user and several other users

Building Recommendation Engines with PySpark

How recommendation engines work

highest movie rating of several other users

Building Recommendation Engines with PySpark

How recommendation engines work

movie with highest rating given as recommendation

Building Recommendation Engines with PySpark

The Power of Recommendation Engines

newspaper clipping

Building Recommendation Engines with PySpark

Prerequisites

Building Recommendation Engines with PySpark

Let's practice!

Building Recommendation Engines with PySpark

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