CEUR-WS.org/Vol-4063 - Proceedings of Beyond Algorithms: Reclaiming the Interdisciplinary Roots of Recommender Systems Workshop 2025

BEYOND 2025
BEYOND Workshop at RecSys 2025

Proceedings of Beyond Algorithms: Reclaiming the Interdisciplinary Roots of Recommender Systems Workshop (BEYOND 2025)
co-located with the 19th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2025)

Prague, Czech Republic, September 26, 2025.

Edited by

Eva Zangerle, Department of Computer Science, Universität Innsbruck, Austria
Alan Said, Department of Applied Information Technology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Christine Bauer, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Interfaces, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, Austria

Summary: There were 19 papers submitted for peer-review to this workshop. Out of these, 5 papers were accepted for this volume (1 case study, 4 position papers).

Keynote

Exploration–Exploitation Dilemma in Recommender Systems: Is It the Time to Switch to the Exploration Mode Again?
Alexander Tuzhilin

Case Studies and Position Papers

What News Recommendation Research Did (But Mostly Didn't) Teach Us About Building A News Recommender
Karl Higley, Robin Burke, Michael D. Ekstrand, Bart Knijnenburg
Toward Operationalizing a Comprehensive Evaluation Framework for Recommender Systems Explanations
Kathrin Wardatzky, Oana Inel, Abraham Bernstein
Why Do Recommenders Recommend? Three Waves of Research Perspectives on Recommender Systems
Annelien Smets, Christine Bauer
A Goal-based approach for Persuasive Health-Behaviour Recommender Systems
Wald Habets, Karin Coninx
We're Still Doing It (All) Wrong: Recommender Systems, Fifteen Years Later
Alan Said, Maria Soledad Pera, Michael D. Ekstrand

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BEYOND 2025 BEYOND Workshop at RecSys 2025

Proceedings of Beyond Algorithms: Reclaiming the Interdisciplinary Roots of Recommender Systems Workshop (BEYOND 2025) co-located with the 19th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems (RecSys 2025)