With the rapid adoption of online shop**, academic research in the eCommerce domain
has gained traction. However, significant research challenges remain, spanning from classic …

Conversational information seeking (CIS) is concerned with a sequence of interactions
between one or more users and an information system. Interactions in CIS are primarily …

Conversational search is one of the ultimate goals of information retrieval. Recent research
approaches conversational search by simplified settings of response ranking and …

Although voice assistants are increasingly being adopted by older adults, we lack empirical
research on how they interact with these devices for health information seeking. Also, prior …

We conducted a laboratory-based observational study where pairs of people performed
search tasks communicating verbally. Examination of the discourse allowed commonly used …

Conversation is the natural mode for information exchange in daily life, a spoken
conversational interaction for search input and output is a logical format for information …

Modern information-seeking systems are becoming more interactive, mainly through asking
Clarifying Questions (CQs) to refine users' information needs. System-generated CQs may …