Berlin Buzzwords 2024

Kentaro Takiguchi

Kentaro is a Search ML engineer at Mercari, Japan’s largest C2C marketplace. While Kentaro is working on models, data pipelines, and evaluation for search, he is also exploring methods to effectively combine a complex search system, built on top of existing search technologies, with new technologies.


Session

06-11
10:00
40min
A Practical Approach To Semantic Search
Kentaro Takiguchi

Exploring and enhancing lexical search and semantic search in practical scenarios, we assess various optimization methods and their varied effects on metrics. The focus is on the integration of semantic search into an established lexical search system, addressing potential challenges and pitfalls.

Maschinenhaus