# KDD Cup 2026 Begin

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**Created:** [March 20, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/kdd-cup-2026-begin/174419 "2026-03-20T02:48:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 2:48am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/kdd-cup-2026-begin/174419/1 "2026-03-20T02:48:06Z")

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Partial datasets for both competitions in the KDD Cup have been released; those interested can visit the official website for more information.[KDD Cup 2026](https://kdd2026.kdd.org/)  
First-time participants may feel unsure where to start, but they can refer to past KDD Cup competitions, and the organizers have also provided some recommended readings.  
[1]InterFormer: Effective Heterogeneous Interaction Learning for Click-Through Rate Prediction. CIKM, 2025.  
[2]OneTrans: Unified Feature Interaction and Sequence Modeling with One Transformer in Industrial Recommender. arXiv preprint, 2025.  
[3]HyFormer: Revisiting the Roles of Sequence Modeling and Feature Interaction in CTR Prediction. arXiv preprint, 2026.