Information retrieval research. Views here are my own.

Joined March 2011
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📢Call for Demonstrations📢 Call for demonstrations papers starts now😁 The deadline is February 21, 2023!! For more information please visit sigir.org/sigir2023(The submit page is coming soon.) #ACM SIGIR #SIGIR2023 #SIGIR2023CFP #SIGIR23
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Like any other conference, CHIIR relies on volunteers, but getting involved is super rewarding. Please consider putting your hand up!
Call for bids to host the 2025 #ACM #SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (#CHIIR25) 📅 Dates for formal bids -Bid submissions: November 14, 2022 -Notifications: anticipated by January 2024 👉 chiir.org/call.php #CHIIR2025 @HLOBrienUBC #CHIIR23
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Call for Track Proposals for TREC 2023: trec.nist.gov/trec.tracks.ht…
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We are excited to announce that ALTA 2022 will happen from 14-16 Dec 2022 at Flinders University, Adelaide. We will be co-locating with @AusDocCompSymp alta2022.alta.asn.au/ Stay tuned for CFP! #NLProc #ALTA2022
Paul Thomas retweeted
Full #SIGIR2022 paper: "A Flexible Framework for Offline Effectiveness Metrics" by Alistair Moffat, Joel Mackenzie, @pt_ir, and @leifos makes the "C/W/L" evaluation framework even cooler ("C/W/L/A"). @SIGIRConf
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Thanks to David and all @ACM_CHIIR folk for their hard work putting this together! Looks great, for anyone who is interested in information retrieval and/or humans. ai.ur.de/chiir2022/
1 month to @ACM_CHIIR 2022. Really looking forward to what promises to be an awesome programme. Do sign up and join us.
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Paul Thomas retweeted
Working on "conversational" stuff? Make sure to check out the Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) Conference, @CUI_Conference There is a track for everyone, from long, short, provocation, and demo papers. #voicefirst #SIGIR2022 #CHI2022 #convsearch conversationaluserinterfaces…
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Super pleasing to see this: carers' grants are back for #chiir2022. Thanks @ACM_CHIIR organisers.
Being a parent/carer and attending online conferences can be hard! If a bit of $€£¥* is gonna help you out, there’s good news! #chiir2022 Carer Grants information is online: ai.ur.de/chiir2022/register Apply by the 15th Feb.
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Hope to see you at #chiir2022!
Good News! #CHIIR2022 Registration is now open, and prices for [online] participation are there too. Register now for those exciting workshops, and to listen to those awesome keynote speakers. And of course to see the papers, coming soon. ai.ur.de/chiir2022/register
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Always a great conference, this year with an innovative format. And still free!
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The preprint of our paper "Analysing Mixed Initiatives and Search Strategies during Conversational Search" w/ @leifos @HamedZamani @ekanou @pt_ir @nick_craswell is available at bit.ly/2XleCl6 #CIKM2021 @CIKM2021 #NLProc #SIGIR2021
Our full paper "Analyzing Mixed Initiatives and Search Strategies during Conversational Search" w/ @leifos,@HamedZamani, @ekanou,@pt_ir, and @nick_craswell has been accepted at #CIKM2021. Through simulated user-system interactions, we study various conversational strategies 1/4.
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We are delighted to announce that #ADCS2021 will be hosted by RMIT University and The University of Melbourne. Read the call for papers here: adcs-conference.org/2021/cfp… The deadline is 22 October 2021 @ACMSIGIR @sigir_students #CFP #Australasian #Document #Computing #virtual #IR
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ADCS 2021 (Australasian Document Computing Symposium), Call for Papers. adcs-conference.org/2021/cfp…
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Our full paper "Analyzing Mixed Initiatives and Search Strategies during Conversational Search" w/ @leifos,@HamedZamani, @ekanou,@pt_ir, and @nick_craswell has been accepted at #CIKM2021. Through simulated user-system interactions, we study various conversational strategies 1/4.
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Paul Thomas retweeted
Great outcome from the "Future Conversations" @CAIRWorkshop workshop at @ACM_CHIIR in March. We produced a document with all the attendees to continue the research in conversational search. dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/34764… #convsearch @ACMSIGIR @SIGIRForum #SIGIR2021 #CUI2021 1/4 🧵
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Hope you can join us for genuine discussion of simulated search (or vice-versa).
The schedule for our Simulation for IR Evaluation #sigir2021 workshop is now available: sim4ir.org/schedule/ #sim4ir
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There is still ample time to submit to our Simulation for IR Evaluation workshop at #sigir2021 sim4ir.org/cfp/
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