Category Archives: TREC

Session Search

Posted on September 1, 2016 by ekanoulas

Information Retrieval (IR) research has traditionally focused on serving the best results for a single query— so-called ad hoc retrieval. However, users typically search iteratively, refining and reformulating their queries during a session. A key challenge in the study of … Continue reading →

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TREC 2016 Tasks Track

Posted on October 13, 2015 by ekanoulas

Are you interested in building systems that will assist users towards task completion rather than simply showing relevant results for a query? The primary goals of the Tasks track are (1) to evaluate a system’s understanding of tasks users aim … Continue reading →

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