UMUAI is proud to announce that the following paper has been elected as the recipient of the 2015 James Chen Annual Award for Best Journal Article:

  • What recommenders recommend: an analysis of recommendation biases and possible countermeasures

  • Dietmar Jannach, Lukas Lerche, Iman Kamehkhosh, Michael Jugovac UMUAI 25(5), 427–491

The paper was selected based on nominations from journal reviewers, editorial board members and guest editors, and a subsequent comparative review of the shortlisted papers by an award committee.

The James Chen Annual Award for Best Journal Article has been donated by the Chen family in commemoration of James R. Chen, a creative researcher in the area of user modeling and information retrieval, and twice a UMUAI author. The award carries a cash price of US$ 1,000.