At 11:00 on 18th December, Shengyao Zhuang Shengyao Zhuang will be giving an #IRTalk entitled Dealing with Typos for Pre-trained Language Model-Based Neural Rankers". Details can be found at: samoa.dcs.gla.ac.uk/events/viewtal… UofG Computing Science Glasgow IR Group

Prof. Iadh Ounis delivering an invited talk at FIRE on the importance of reproducibility in IR research. Glasgow IR Group

Submitted, done, finished. I will now enter hibernation until my viva.

The preprint of our #ECIR2024 demo paper is now available here: javiersanzcruza.github.io/assets/papers/…

I am a Post-Doc HCI Researcher who is passionate about designing systems with users to drive positive emotional experiences and wellness, and looking to take my next career step! See my site to check out my research and experience, and feel free to reach out! RTs welcomed!

.University of Glasgow has James McCune Smith scholarships for Black UK domiciled students to undertake PhD research starting in October 2024: 🔍 gla.ac.uk/scholarships/m… Anyone interested in studying for a PhD in search or recommendation Glasgow IR Group UofG Computing Science, please do reach out

Happy to share that my thesis work, titled "Neural Pseudo-Relevance Feedback Models for Information Retrieval," is now available online! It explores various neural PRF techniques for sparse & dense retrieval, including ColBERT-PRF. Check it out here: theses.gla.ac.uk/84093/

I’ve passed my viva! 🎉 Over 4 incredible yrs at UofG, blessed with fantastic supervisors & engaging examiners. Feeling incredibly grateful! A huge shoutout to my supervisors Iadh Ounis and Craig Macdonald for endless support, guidance, and inspiration.

Thrilled to announce that I've successfully defended my PhD thesis with minor corrections!🎓🎉 Huge thanks to Richard McCreadie for his guidance and support and to everyone in TerrierTeam. I'll be joining Università di Padova as a postdoc, focusing on Fairness.

In addition to hosting the #ecir2024 conference next week, many of our staff and students UofG Computing Science will be actively engaged in presenting their recent work during the 5 days of the conference. ECIR2024 UoG IDA Section, Glasgow CS

Very thrilled to share that I have successfully defended my PhD thesis!! Many thanks to Iadh Ounis and graham mcdonald for their highly valuable supervision throughout these years!! Also thankful to the entire Glasgow IR Group group for the amazing time!

graham mcdonald kicks off ECIR2024. Strong attendance from the UK and NL! #ecir2024

What is information retrieval and why is it increasingly important to our everyday lives? As ECIR2024 continues in Glasgow, organiser graham mcdonald of UofG Computing Science writes an explainer in The Herald: heraldscotland.com/opinion/242077…

Listening to Thomas Jänich presenting his interesting fairness work with Iadh Ounis and graham mcdonald at the big stage on #ECIR2024!

Now listening to Andrew Parry presenting his work with Sean MacAvaney, Maik Fröbe, Martin Potthast and Matthias Hagen on adversarial attacks at #ECIR2024

Maarten de Rijke Maarten de Rijke is awarded the first Keith van Rijsbergen Award here at #ecir2024. Well deserved for his sustained and impactful contributions to IR for decades.

All done! It's a wrap from #ecir2024. We've had a brilliant 5 days with loads of great talks, discussions, and social events. Thanks to everyone that made #ecir2024 such a great success! We hope you all enjoyed Glasgow. Looking forward to seeing you again in Lucca for #ecir2025

I'm thrilled to announce that my PhD thesis, "A Framework for Effective Intermediate Task Selection in Transfer Learning", is now available online: theses.gla.ac.uk/84330/ Many thanks to my supervisor Richard McCreadie and everyone at Glasgow IR Group for all of their support.

We had a great evening yesterday welcoming back 4 of TerrierTeam most recent PhD graduates: Xiao, Yashon, Alex and Siwei. A very nice reunion over some drinks, Singaporean chocolate and food. Today Xiao Yashon and Alex will be having their Graduation Day!

The UofG team shares exciting details about #ICDCS2025, including key dates and insights about the vibrant city of Glasgow. Get ready for an enriching conference experience in a city known for its culture, innovation, and friendly people. See you there!📅 #ICDCS2024 #Glasgow2025