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Drift-Aware Incremental Token Adaptation with Collaborative Semantics for Generative Recommendation

sigir26-121 · Full research paper · Yuebo Feng, Jiahao Liu, Mingzhe Han, Dongsheng Li, Hansu Gu, Peng Zhang, Tun Lu, Ning Gu
Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs · 50% Generative Recommendation and Item T · 25% Efficiency and Deployment · 25%
Abstract

Generative recommendation commonly adopts a two-stage pipeline in which a learnable tokenizer maps items to discrete token sequences (i.e., identifiers) and an autoregressive generative recommender model (GRM) performs prediction based on these identifiers. Recent tokenizers further incorporate collaborative signals so that items with similar user-behavior patterns receive similar codes, substantially improving recommendation quality. However, real-world environments evolve continuously: new items cause identifier collision and shifts, while new interactions induce collaborative drift in existing items (e.g., changing co-occurrence patterns and popularity). Fully retraining both tokenizer and GRM is often prohibitively expensive, yet naively fine-tuning the tokenizer can alter token sequences for the majority of existing items, undermining the GRM's learned token–embedding alignment. To balance plasticity and stability for collaborative tokenizers, we propose DACT, a Drift-Aware Continual Tokenization framework with two stages: (i) tokenizer fine-tuning, augmented with a jointly trained Collaborative Drift Identification Module (CDIM) that outputs item-level drift confidence and enables differentiated optimization for drifting and stationary items; and (ii) hierarchical code reassignment using a relaxed-to-strict strategy to update token sequences while limiting unnecessary changes. Experiments on three real-world datasets with two representative GRMs show that DACT consistently achieves better performance than baselines, demonstrating effective adaptation to collaborative evolution with reduced disruption to prior knowledge. Our implementation is publicly available at https://github.com/HomesAmaranta/DACT for reproducibility.

Assigned reviewers

#ReviewerMatchWhy (closest evidence publications in the taxonomy)
1 Yang Zhang 0072
61
70 Decoding Matters: Addressing Amplification Bias and Homogeneity Issue in Recommendations for Large Language Models (2024) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
70 IGD: Token Decisiveness Modeling via Information Gain in LLMs for Personalized Recommendation (2025) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
70 A Bi-Step Grounding Paradigm for Large Language Models in Recommendation Systems (2025) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
2 Yupeng Hou
58
77 ActionPiece: Contextually Tokenizing Action Sequences for Generative Recommendation (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
72 Learning Vector-Quantized Item Representation for Transferable Sequential Recommenders (2023) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
71 Towards Large Generative Recommendation: A Tokenization Perspective (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
3 Ed H. Chi
52
89 PLUM: Adapting Pre-trained Language Models for Industrial-scale Generative Recommendations (2026) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
76 Recommender Systems with Generative Retrieval (2023) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
71 Better Generalization with Semantic IDs: A Case Study in Ranking for Recommendations (2024) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs

Area chair

Area chairMatch
Xiaoyi Zeng 48
Area-chair candidates (3)
Xiaoyi Zeng assigned 4811 papers
Maolin Wang 0001 4815 papers
Pengyue Jia 4710 papers

Candidates from the panel ranked by match score

#ReviewerMatchLoadWhy
1 Yang Zhang 0072 assigned 61 3
70 Decoding Matters: Addressing Amplification Bias and Homogeneity Issue in Recommendations for Large Language Models (2024) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
70 IGD: Token Decisiveness Modeling via Information Gain in LLMs for Personalized Recommendation (2025) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
2 Zhengyi Yang 0007 59 3
70 A Bi-Step Grounding Paradigm for Large Language Models in Recommendation Systems (2025) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
63 Large Language Model Can Interpret Latent Space of Sequential Recommender (2026) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
3 Jizhi Zhang 58 3
90 Learnable Item Tokenization for Generative Recommendation (2024) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
70 Decoding Matters: Addressing Amplification Bias and Homogeneity Issue in Recommendations for Large Language Models (2024) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
4 Yupeng Hou assigned 58 3
77 ActionPiece: Contextually Tokenizing Action Sequences for Generative Recommendation (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
72 Learning Vector-Quantized Item Representation for Transferable Sequential Recommenders (2023) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
5 Jieming Zhu 58 3
71 CoST: Contrastive Quantization based Semantic Tokenization for Generative Recommendation (2024) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
71 Learning Multi-aspect Item Palette: A Semantic Tokenization Framework for Generative Recommendation (2026) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
6 Bowen Zheng 0005 57 3
72 Bridging Textual-Collaborative Gap through Semantic Codes for Sequential Recommendation (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
63 Generative Recommender with End-to-End Learnable Item Tokenization (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
7 Bo Chen 0023 55 3
62 Large language models make sample-efficient recommender systems (2025) Efficiency and Deployment
62 How Can Recommender Systems Benefit from Large Language Models: A Survey (2025) Efficiency and Deployment
8 Ed H. Chi assigned 52 3
89 PLUM: Adapting Pre-trained Language Models for Industrial-scale Generative Recommendations (2026) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
76 Recommender Systems with Generative Retrieval (2023) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
9 Hao Deng 0011 51 3
65 REG4Rec: Reasoning-Enhanced Generative Model for Large-Scale Recommendation Systems (2026) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
62 MMQ: Multimodal Mixture-of-Quantization Tokenization for Semantic ID Generation and User Behavioral Adaptation (2026) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
10 Qijiong Liu 51 3
71 CoST: Contrastive Quantization based Semantic Tokenization for Generative Recommendation (2024) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
71 Learning Multi-aspect Item Palette: A Semantic Tokenization Framework for Generative Recommendation (2026) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
11 Yongqi Li 0001 51 3
78 Learnable Item Tokenization for Generative Recommendation (2024) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
73 Bridging Items and Language: A Transition Paradigm for Large Language Model-Based Recommendation (2024) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
12 Chongming Gao 51 3
67 DLCRec: A Novel Approach for Managing Diversity in LLM-Based Recommender Systems (2025) Preference Alignment and Optimization
67 MGFRec: Towards Reinforced Reasoning Recommendation with Multiple Groundings and Feedback (2026) Preference Alignment and Optimization
13 Lichan Hong 50 3
79 PLUM: Adapting Pre-trained Language Models for Industrial-scale Generative Recommendations (2026) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
71 Better Generalization with Semantic IDs: A Case Study in Ranking for Recommendations (2024) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
14 Han Li 0005 50 3
76 Generative Recommender with End-to-End Learnable Item Tokenization (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
62 LEARN: Knowledge Adaptation from Large Language Model to Recommendation for Practical Industrial Application (2025) Efficiency and Deployment
15 Junjie Zhang 0009 50 3
63 Tapping the Potential of Large Language Models as Recommender Systems: A Comprehensive Framework and Empirical Analysis (2025) Efficiency and Deployment
63 Large Language Models are Zero-Shot Rankers for Recommender Systems (2024) Efficiency and Deployment
16 Bo Peng 0009 50 3
63 eCeLLM: Generalizing Large Language Models for E-commerce from Large-scale, High-quality Instruction Data (2024) Efficiency and Deployment
52 M2: Mixed Models With Preferences, Popularities and Transitions for Next-Basket Recommendation (2023) Efficient and Long-Sequence Sequential Recommendation
17 Lantao Hu 49 3
76 Generative Recommender with End-to-End Learnable Item Tokenization (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
75 Distinguished Quantized Guidance for Diffusion-based Sequence Recommendation (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
18 Huifeng Guo 49 3
77 LLMTreeRec: Unleashing the Power of Large Language Models for Cold-Start Recommendations (2025) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
57 Prompt Tuning as User Inherent Profile Inference Machine (2025) Efficiency and Deployment
19 Jiancan Wu 49 3
71 Towards Large Generative Recommendation: A Tokenization Perspective (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
52 Larger or Smaller Reward Margins to Select Preferences for LLM Alignment? (2025) Preference Alignment and Optimization
20 Junwei Pan 48 3
100 Incremental Learning for LLM-based Tokenization and Recommendation (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
65 Empowering Large Language Model for Sequential Recommendation via Multimodal Embeddings and Semantic IDs (2025) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
21 Julian J. McAuley 48 3
77 Towards Large Generative Recommendation: A Tokenization Perspective (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
72 Learning Vector-Quantized Item Representation for Transferable Sequential Recommenders (2023) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
22 Yongxin Ni 48 3
53 Where to Go Next for Recommender Systems? ID- vs. Modality-based Recommender Models Revisited (2023) Multimodal Generative Recommendation
53 Efficient and Effective Adaptation of Multimodal Foundation Models in Sequential Recommendation (2025) Multimodal Generative Recommendation
23 Qiang Luo 0004 48 3
64 OneLoc: Geo-Aware Generative Recommender Systems for Local Life Service (2026) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
64 DiffGRM: Diffusion-based Generative Recommendation Model (2026) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
25 Jianling Wang 48 3
62 Fresh Content Recommendation at Scale: A Multi-funnel Solution and the Potential of LLMs (2024) Efficiency and Deployment
54 Balancing Fine-tuning and RAG: A Hybrid Strategy for Dynamic LLM Recommendation Updates (2025) RAG for Domain Applications
27 Yu Zhang 0206 47 3
78 MMQ: Multimodal Mixture-of-Quantization Tokenization for Semantic ID Generation and User Behavioral Adaptation (2026) Generative Recommendation and Item Tokenization
75 HeterRec: Heterogeneous Information Transformer for Scalable Sequential Recommendation (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
28 Hao Liu 0078 47 3
61 WeaveRec: An LLM-Based Cross-Domain Sequential Recommendation Framework with Model Merging (2026) Efficiency and Deployment
47 Mitigating Distribution Shifts in Sequential Recommendation: An Invariance Perspective (2025) Contrastive and Self-Supervised Sequential Recommendation
29 Jinxin Hu 47 3
72 HeterRec: Heterogeneous Information Transformer for Scalable Sequential Recommendation (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
65 REG4Rec: Reasoning-Enhanced Generative Model for Large-Scale Recommendation Systems (2026) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
30 Shuchang Liu 0001 47 3
63 Distinguished Quantized Guidance for Diffusion-based Sequence Recommendation (2025) Diffusion and Flow Recommenders
62 DLCRec: A Novel Approach for Managing Diversity in LLM-Based Recommender Systems (2025) Preference Alignment and Optimization
31 Xuanhua Yang 47 3
61 GenRec: A Preference-Oriented Generative Framework for Large-Scale Recommendation (2026) Generative Retrieval and Ranking
60 Breaking the Relevance-Diversity Seesaw: Hierarchical LLM Reasoning with RL for Industrial Novelty Recommendation (2026) Preference Alignment and Optimization
33 Jie Jiang 0015 47 3
100 Incremental Learning for LLM-based Tokenization and Recommendation (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs
77 Empowering Large Language Model for Sequential Recommendation via Multimodal Embeddings and Semantic IDs (2025) Item Tokenization and Semantic IDs