Information retrieval research group

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The Information Retrieval Research Group investigates methods for enhancing how individuals locate and utilise information, creating novel techniques to improve this process. Their work comprises the development of web technologies that aid in information access, management, and use.

Approaches include examining the interplay between individuals, information, and technologies, and creating computational methods to facilitate information access. Their multidisciplinary team, drawing on computer science, information science, and human-computer and information interaction expertise, collaborates with both academic and non-academic partners, benefitting from national and international funding.

Their research's main goal is to enhance user search experiences and deepen comprehension of information access, interaction, use, and re-use. It primarily hinges on understanding the user, the system, and the context of use. The four key activities include:

• Studying human-computer and information interaction to comprehend user cognition and behaviour related to information access, use, and re-use.
• Developing innovative solutions to information access issues, from algorithm creation to whole system design, focusing on web-scale systems and algorithmic bias.
• Designing and studying methods for evaluating information access systems across various applications and search scenarios.
• Creating new methodologies to examine social interaction dynamics on social media platforms.

Specific research areas encompass human computation and crowdsourcing, information visualisation, web science, information retrieval, data mining, big data, geo-spatial search, artificial intelligence, semantic search, multimedia retrieval, digital cultural heritage, natural language processing, data streams, search log analysis, task-based information interaction, lifelogging, exploratory search, human-machine interaction, recommender systems, algorithmic bias, and user interface design and evaluation.

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University of Sheffield
Sheffield