Questions about related work

[AlwaysFHao]

Dear Wei Xiao of SS4Rec,

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude for your contribution to the field of time-aware sequential recommendation within the Mamba architecture. It is exciting to see more research being conducted in this area, which I strongly believe has significant potential for advancing recommendation systems.

However, I would like to bring to your attention an important omission in your work. Specifically, TiM4Rec is the first model that introduced time-awareness into the Mamba architecture for sequential recommendation tasks. As the author of TiM4Rec, I noticed that your paper does not include a citation to our work in the "Related Work" section or elsewhere.

I believe citing prior work such as TiM4Rec is essential for fostering a comprehensive understanding of the advancements in this domain and for acknowledging the contributions that have laid the groundwork for future research. Including references to relevant prior works not only strengthens the scientific rigor of your paper but also provides readers with a clearer context of how different approaches build upon each other.

I kindly request that you consider acknowledging TiM4Rec in future revisions or follow-up work where applicable. I would be happy to provide further details about our research if needed.

Thank you for your attention, and I look forward to potentially collaborating or exchanging ideas to further promote advancements in this exciting area.

Best regards,
Hao Fan
Author of TiM4Rec

[XiaoWei-i]

Thanks for your work on TiM4Rec. We appreciate your contribution to the field of time-aware sequential recommendation with the development of TiM4Rec. Our SS4Rec was done in early September, and we didn’t know about TiM4Rec then, which is why it’s not in our paper. We appreciate your understanding and will consider citing TiM4Rec in future updates.

[AlwaysFHao]

Thanks for your work on TiM4Rec. We appreciate your contribution to the field of time-aware sequential recommendation with the development of TiM4Rec. Our SS4Rec was done in early September, and we didn’t know about TiM4Rec then, which is why it’s not in our paper. We appreciate your understanding and will consider citing TiM4Rec in future updates.

Dear Wei Xiao,

Thank you for your prompt response and kind recognition of our TiM4Rec work. We sincerely appreciate your open academic attitude.

Having thoroughly studied SS4Rec, I find your innovative integration of TiCoSeRec's theoretical framework particularly commendable. The interpretability enhancements achieved through your architectural design represent a valuable advancement for our research community. I am confident that this remarkable work will make significant contributions to the field, and wish SS4Rec a smooth peer-review process leading to prompt acceptance.

We look forward to witnessing how both our foundational work and your novel extensions will collectively propel the evolution of Mamba-based time-aware sequential recommendation systems. Should any technical details regarding TiM4Rec's temporal modeling mechanisms be needed for your future updates, please feel free to contact me.

Best wishes,
Hao Fan
Author of TiM4Rec