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Sease at London Information Retrieval Meetup [June 2020]

London Information Retrieval Meetup

Free evening meetup aimed to Information Retrieval passionates and professionals who are curious to explore and discuss the latest trends in the field.

Location: London (online)

Date: 23th June 2020

// our talk

Evaluating Your Learning to Rank Model: Dos and Don’ts in Offline/Online Evaluation

Learning to rank (LTR from now on) is the application of machine learning techniques, typically supervised, in the formulation of ranking models for information retrieval systems. 
With LTR becoming more and more popular (Apache Solr supports it from Jan 2017 and Elasticsearch has an Open Source plugin released in 2018), organizations struggle with the problem of how to evaluate the quality of the models they train. 

This talk explores all the major points in both Offline and Online evaluation. 
Setting up correct infrastructures and processes for a fair and effective evaluation of the trained models is vital for measuring the improvements/regressions of a LTR system. 
The talk is intended for: 
– Product Owners, Search Managers, Business Owners 
– Software Engineers, Data Scientists, and Machine Learning Enthusiast 
Expect to learn : 

the importance of Offline testing from a business perspective 
how Offline testing can be done with Open Source libraries 
how to build a realistic test set from the original data set in input avoiding common mistakes in the process 
the importance of Online testing from a business perspective 
A/B testing and Interleaving approaches: details and Pros/ Cons 
common mistakes and how they can false the obtained results. 

// our speaker

Alessandro Benedetti

Founder @ Sease
APACHE LUCENE/SOLR COMMITTER

Author

Lisa Biella

Lisa Biella is a creative digital marketer, geek at heart who is enthusiastic about technology and how it affects people’s lives.

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