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A parameter-preserving augmentation framework (PALRec) that keeps LLM parameters fixed while training lightweight embedding modules achieves higher recommendation accuracy than fully fine-tuned models by preserving the LLM's foundational semantic knowledge. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To integrate collaborative signals into large language models for sequential recommendation without degrading their foundational semantic knowledge.

September 5, 2026ACM Transactions on Information Systems

PALRec: Large Language Model-Based Sequential Recommendation With Parameter-Preserving Augmentation

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HNHyunsoo Na MGMinseok Gang SLSang‐goo Lee

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Computational evaluation demonstrates superior accuracy across sequential recommendation benchmarks, highlighting the benefit of freezing base language model parameters during task adaptation.

Key Points

To integrate collaborative signals into large language models for sequential recommendation without degrading their foundational semantic knowledge.
Constructed evidence-grounded user and item profiles from text reviews to serve as pseudo-labels for reconstruction.
Frozen base model parameters while introducing lightweight, trainable user and item embedding modules to align collaborative signals with the semantic space.
Optimized the modules jointly using a multi-task objective combining next-item prediction, profile reconstruction, token-aware loss decomposition, and frequency-aware reweighting.
Consistently achieved higher recommendation accuracy than fully fine-tuned model counterparts across public sequential recommendation benchmarks.
Preserved core pre-trained semantic understanding while successfully reducing training instability and popularity bias.

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Na et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd3e16b95aff0620eb051 https://doi.org/10.1145/3842668

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September 5, 2026ACM Transactions on Information Systems

PALRec: Large Language Model-Based Sequential Recommendation With Parameter-Preserving Augmentation

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Authors

HNHyunsoo Na MGMinseok Gang SLSang‐goo Lee

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Overview

Computational evaluation demonstrates superior accuracy across sequential recommendation benchmarks, highlighting the benefit of freezing base language model parameters during task adaptation.

Key Points

To integrate collaborative signals into large language models for sequential recommendation without degrading their foundational semantic knowledge.
Constructed evidence-grounded user and item profiles from text reviews to serve as pseudo-labels for reconstruction.
Frozen base model parameters while introducing lightweight, trainable user and item embedding modules to align collaborative signals with the semantic space.
Optimized the modules jointly using a multi-task objective combining next-item prediction, profile reconstruction, token-aware loss decomposition, and frequency-aware reweighting.
Consistently achieved higher recommendation accuracy than fully fine-tuned model counterparts across public sequential recommendation benchmarks.
Preserved core pre-trained semantic understanding while successfully reducing training instability and popularity bias.

Cite This Study

Na et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9bd3e16b95aff0620eb051 https://doi.org/10.1145/3842668

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