{"id":2531,"date":"2025-11-10T18:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T18:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/?p=2531"},"modified":"2025-12-24T13:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T13:27:59","slug":"guest-lecture-by-alan-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/index.php\/2025\/11\/10\/guest-lecture-by-alan-said\/","title":{"rendered":"Guest Lecture by Alan Said"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Associate Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/alansaid.com\/\">Alan Said<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gu.se\/en\">University of Gothenburg<\/a> delivered a talk at the Monday Seminar at FAMNIT. His research covers user modeling, personalization, recommender systems, evaluation, and reproducibility, and he currently serves as the Head of Education at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gu.se\/en\/applied-information-technology\">Department of Applied IT<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-12-at-12.29.50-PM-1024x770.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-12-at-12.29.50-PM-1024x770.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-12-at-12.29.50-PM-300x226.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-12-at-12.29.50-PM-768x578.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-11-12-at-12.29.50-PM.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In his presentation titled <em>\u201cThe Environmental Cost of Recommender Systems\u201d<\/em>, he discussed the often-overlooked sustainability challenges in the design and development of machine learning models. His talk encouraged us to reflect on the environmental impact of our computational choices and to consider sustainability as a key factor in the future of AI research and system design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo_2025-11-13_13-05-00-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo_2025-11-13_13-05-00-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo_2025-11-13_13-05-00-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo_2025-11-13_13-05-00-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hicup.famnit.upr.si\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/photo_2025-11-13_13-05-00.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex 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