# UniSGR: Unified Framework for Semantic ID Generation and Ranking

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.04068 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2607.04068/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 5 Jul 2026.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Training with Missed Targets in Generative Recommendation: Separating Supervision from Probability Competition](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2610.10124/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Recommendation systems play a pivotal role in modern e-commerce platforms. While generative retrieval has emerged as a promising paradigm for alleviating the limitations of multi-stage cascade architectures, existing methods still struggle with fine-grained multi-objective ranking. To bridge this gap, we propose UniSGR, a Unified framework for Semantic ID Generation and Ranking. UniSGR adopts a two-stage training paradigm: a multi-scenario pre-training stage that learns from mixed business-scenario data, followed by a scenario-specific alignment stage that jointly optimizes Value-Aware Parallel Multi-Token Prediction (VA-PMTP) and a unified multi-objective ranking module. To better align generation with downstream ranking, we introduce Task-Aware Tokens (TAT) guided by Funnel-Aware Contrastive Learning. Furthermore, we propose Semantic Tree Attention with Reorganized KV cache (STARK), an inference strategy that removes key efficiency bottlenecks in conventional beam search. Extensive offline experiments on a large-scale e-commerce platform demonstrate the effectiveness and scalability of UniSGR.
