no code implementations • 2 Sep 2024 • Sachin Pathiyan Cherumanal, Falk Scholer, Johanne R. Trippas, Damiano Spina
Voice-based systems like Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and Apple Siri, along with the growing popularity of OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Copilot, serve diverse populations, including visually impaired and low-literacy communities.
no code implementations • 21 May 2024 • Kaixin Ji, Sachin Pathiyan Cherumanal, Johanne R. Trippas, Danula Hettiachchi, Flora D. Salim, Falk Scholer, Damiano Spina
Instruments such as eye-tracking devices have contributed to understanding how users interact with screen-based search engines.
1 code implementation • 1 May 2024 • Kaixin Ji, Danula Hettiachchi, Flora D. Salim, Falk Scholer, Damiano Spina
Information access systems are getting complex, and our understanding of user behavior during information seeking processes is mainly drawn from qualitative methods, such as observational studies or surveys.
no code implementations • 14 Mar 2024 • Leila Tavakoli, Johanne R. Trippas, Hamed Zamani, Falk Scholer, Mark Sanderson
The effectiveness of clarification question models in engaging users within search systems is currently constrained, casting doubt on their overall usefulness.
1 code implementation • 14 Jan 2024 • Sachin Pathiyan Cherumanal, Lin Tian, Futoon M. Abushaqra, Angel Felipe Magnossao de Paula, Kaixin Ji, Danula Hettiachchi, Johanne R. Trippas, Halil Ali, Falk Scholer, Damiano Spina
Creating and deploying customized applications is crucial for operational success and enriching user experiences in the rapidly evolving modern business world.
1 code implementation • 26 Aug 2023 • Bayu Distiawan Trisedya, Flora D Salim, Jeffrey Chan, Damiano Spina, Falk Scholer, Mark Sanderson
One of the strategies to address this problem is KG alignment, i. e., forming a more complete KG by merging two or more KGs.
1 code implementation • 20 Aug 2023 • Danula Hettiachchi, Kaixin Ji, Jenny Kennedy, Anthony McCosker, Flora D. Salim, Mark Sanderson, Falk Scholer, Damiano Spina
We address this research gap by exploring the critical design elements in fact-checking reports and investigating whether credibility and presentation-based design improvements can enhance users' ability to interpret the report accurately.
no code implementations • 26 Apr 2023 • Kaixin Ji, Damiano Spina, Danula Hettiachchi, Flora Dilys Salim, Falk Scholer
Physiological signals can potentially be applied as objective measures to understand the behavior and engagement of users interacting with information access systems.
no code implementations • 9 Jun 2022 • Leila Tavakoli, Johanne R. Trippas, Hamed Zamani, Falk Scholer, Mark Sanderson
Asking clarification questions is an active area of research; however, resources for training and evaluating search clarification methods are not sufficient.
2 code implementations • 23 Aug 2021 • Sachin Pathiyan Cherumanal, Damiano Spina, Falk Scholer, W. Bruce Croft
In this work, we analyze a range of non-stochastic fairness-aware ranking and diversity metrics to evaluate the extent to which argument stances are fairly exposed in argument retrieval systems.
no code implementations • 11 Jan 2019 • Chen Qu, Liu Yang, Bruce Croft, Falk Scholer, Yongfeng Zhang
Information retrieval systems are evolving from document retrieval to answer retrieval.