The Platform for OPen Recommendation and Online eXperimentation
POPROX is a personalized daily newsletter that delivers curated stories from the Associated Press. It also serves as a platform for researchers to study news recommendation and personalization. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), POPROX is dedicated to developing infrastructure that facilitates "in the wild" personalization research.
Getting our newsletter
POPROX brings you a daily personalized newsletter straight to your email inbox with news from the Associated Press. At the same time, you'll be contributing to recommender systems research, enabling academic researchers to learn how best to deliver personalized content. Can't let the industry platforms have all the fun.
I’m interested in POPROX newslettersConducting research
POPROX provides a unique opportunity for researchers in recommender systems, natural
language processing, journalism / communication studies, and others. You are able to
control daily recommendations delivered to research participants without having to
enroll them yourself. In addition to behavioral measures (stories clicked on), you
will also get responses from a weekly survey conducted using validated instruments
related to user experience and news consumption.
Ready to sign up? Fill out our intake form
and email to poprox@umn.edu
I’m interested in doing
research with POPROX
Learning more
POPROX is a collaboration between five universities and the Associated Press. We are supported by the National Science Foundation under the Community Infrastructure for Research in Computer and Information Science and Engineering program.
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