2026
Generalizing Linear Autoencoder Recommenders with Decoupled Expected Quadratic Loss
ICLR 2026poster
Linear autoencoders (LAEs) have gained increasing popularity in recommender systems due to their simplicity and strong empirical performance. Most LAE models, including the Emphasized Denoising Linear Autoencoder (EDLAE) introduced by (Steck, 2020), use quadratic loss during training. However, the o…