Highly Interactive Information Retrieval

General information

Description

This project aims at the implementation of a new approach for effective interactive retrieval. We will combine highly efficient retrieval algorithms with a new theoretic model, the Interactive Information Retrieval Probability Ranking Principle (IIR-PRP). The interaction will become more user-oriented, more intense, and with an enriched functionality. For the latter, we will provide additional surveys and specialised search functions. More efficient searching algorithms and procative system behavior will support a closer and faster interaction. Based on the IIR-PRP, the user interaction will be optimized by considering the user's cognitive effort and the expected benefit for the various interaction possibilities. These approaches will be evaluated in user experiments, which will also provide the necessary data for improving the interaction design.

Publications

• Vu T. Tran (2012).
  Interactive PRP-Based Analysis and Design of Interactive Information Retrieval Systems. In: TPDL Doctoral Consortium
• Vu T. Tran; Norbert Fuhr (2012).
  Using Eye-Tracking with Dynamic Areas of Interest for Analyzing Interactive Information Retrieval. In The 35th International ACM SIGIR conference on research and development in Information Retrieval, SIGIR '12, Portland, OR, USA, August 12-16, 2012
• Vu T. Tran; Norbert Fuhr (2012).
  Quantitative Analysis of Search Sessions Enhanced by Gaze Tracking with Dynamic Areas of Interest. In: The International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries 2012, Springer
• Thomas Beckers; Dennis Korbar (2011).
  Using Eye-Tracking for the Evaluation of Interactive Information Retrieval. In Comparative Evaluation of Focused Retrieval - 9th International Workshop of the Inititative for the Evaluation of XML Retrieval

Talks

• Fuhr, Norbert (2012).
  Interactive Information Retrieval. Tutorial at the German IR Autumn School, Schloss Dagstuhl
• Fuhr, Norbert (2012).
  Quantitative Analysis of Search Sessions Enhanced by Gaze Tracking with Dynamic Areas of Interest. Talk at the University of Glasgow, UK
• Vu T. Tran (2012).
  Interactive PRP-Based Analysis and Design of Interactive Information Retrieval Systems. Talk at TPDL Doctoral Consortium
• Fuhr, Norbert (2011).
  Interactive Information Retrieval. Tutorial at the ''Information Foraging'' 2011 Summer School, Nijmegen, Netherlands
• Fuhr, Norbert (2011).
  User Interfaces for IR Systems. Tutorial at the ''Information Foraging'' 2011 Summer School, Nijmegen, Netherlands
• Thomas Beckers; Dennis Korbar (2010).
  Using Eye-Tracking for the Evaluation of Interactive Information Retrieval. Talk at INEX 2010
• Norbert Fuhr (2010).
  IR Between Science and Engineering, and the Role of Experimentation. Keynote talk at CLEF 2010, Padua, Italy