Dr. Saikishore Kalloori Saikishore is a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at ETH Zurich, specializing in areas such as Recommender Systems, Federated Learning, and Augmented Reality Applications. His research focuses on developing privacy-aware collaborative systems, improving news and advertising recommendations, and enhancing user interaction through advanced AR interfaces. His work integrates machine learning techniques with real-world applications, addressing challenges like cold-start recommendations and cross-silo data collaboration. Recent contributions explore ethical AI in news curation, AR-driven tourism experiences, and federated learning frameworks for corporate environments. Notable projects include the EB-NeRD news recommendation dataset and cross-silo federated learning architectures. His research emphasizes balancing algorithmic accuracy with user-centric design principles, particularly in sequential task guidance systems and occlusion effects in AR interfaces. Professional activities include organizing RecSys Challenges (2022-2024) focused on practical recommendation problems like fashion purchase prediction and privacy-preserving ad systems. He maintains active collaborations with industry partners to bridge academic research and real-world deployment.








