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Design a Research Paper Recommender

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Problem

Scenario

You are building a deep learning workflow for a research discovery product used by analysts and faculty. The system should recommend relevant papers, datasets, and authors based on a user's research interests and recent activity.

Question

Implement a model or workflow for a deep learning project based on the research problem.

What this tests

  • Deep learning system design for recommendation
  • Two-stage or three-stage retrieval and ranking architecture
  • Feature store and training-serving consistency
  • Online and batch serving tradeoffs
  • Evaluation, drift, and failure handling