Pinterest, Inc.
EFFICIENT CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORK FOR RECOMMENDER SYSTEMS

Abstract:

Systems and methods for generating embeddings for nodes of a corpus graph are presented. The embeddings correspond to aggregated embedding vectors for nodes of the corpus graph. Without processing the entire corpus graph to generate all aggregated embedding vectors, a relevant neighborhood of nodes within the corpus graph are identified for a target node of the corpus graph. Based on embedding information of the target node's immediate neighbors, and also upon neighborhood embedding information from the target node's relevant neighborhood, an aggregated embedding vector can be generated for the target node that comprises both an embedding vector portion corresponding to the target node, as well as a neighborhood embedding vector portion, corresponding to embedding information of the relevant neighborhood of the target node. Utilizing both portions of the aggregated embedding vector leads to improved content recommendation to a user in response to a query.