Humans possess an extraordinary ability to create and utilize tools. With the advent of
foundation models, artificial intelligence systems have the potential to be equally adept in …

The research field of Information Retrieval (IR) has evolved significantly, expanding beyond
traditional search to meet diverse user information needs. Recently, Large Language …

A scholarly recommendation system is an important tool for identifying prior and related
resources such as literature, datasets, grants, and collaborators. A well-designed scholarly …

Information retrieval (IR) has changed considerably in recent years with the expansion of the
World Wide Web and the advent of modern and inexpensive graphical user interfaces and …

GIOL I5/08(2006.01) In some implementations, data that indicates multiple can GIOL
15/18(2013.01) didate transcriptions for an utterance is received. For each of GIOL …

Log data can reveal valuable information about how users interact with web search services,
what they want, and how satisfied they are. However, analyzing user intents in log data is …

Term weighting is a fundamental problem in IR research and numerous weighting models
have been proposed. Proper term weighting can greatly improve retrieval accuracies, which …

Mobile phones are becoming increasingly popular as a means of information access while
on-the-go. Mobile users are likely to be interested in locating different types of content …

An improved understanding of the relationship between search intent, result quality, and
searcher behavior is crucial for improving the effectiveness of web search. While recent …

The increasing prominence of information arising from a wide range of sources delivered
over electronic media has made traditional information retrieval systems less effective …