The second Workshop on Explainability in Information Retrieval #WExIR will take place on 24 July at #SIGIR2026 in Melbourne / Naarm, Australia. #WExIR2026 https://xirworkshop.github.io
WExIR @ SIGIR
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ACM SIGIR
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SIGIR is the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval. Since 1963, we have promoted research, development and education in the area of search and other information access technologies. Visit: https://sigir.org/
Inspiring keynote by Cecile Paris on lessons from the history in NLP and IR that can and should inform our future research, especially through learning from models of human-human communication (aka "user modelling"). And a really nice photo from Dagstuhl 1985, with KSJ #SIGIR2026
Ready for our tutorial at #SIGIR2026 Reasoning for IR & IR for Reasoning reasoning-for-ir.github.io John us in Eureka 2!
Arjen P. de Vries Timmers 🕊️@arjen.idf.social.ap.brid.gy · 2w agoOur #SIGIR2026 Tutorial starting in Eureka 2! https://reasoning-for-ir.github.io/ Mohanna Hoveyda, Panagiotis Eustratiadis, Arjen P. de Vries, and Maarten de Rijke. 2026. Reasoning for IR & IR for Reasoning. In Proceedings of the 49th International ACM SIGIR […] [Original post on idf.social]
Sole Perra giving her keynote about children in search and recommendation. Elsagate, Sven or Seven, KidSpell, 💩💡, puppyIR, Yahooligans, yes, you really missed something if you were not here! One key message is to take the children's perspective seriously […] [Original post on idf.social]
DESIRES 2027 is coming! Join us for the next edition of DESIRES in Cologne, Germany, March 17–19. Save the date, explore what's coming, and stay tuned for updates on the program. 🔗 desires-conf.org/2027 #DESIRES2027 #InformationRetrieval #Search #GenerativeAI #AgenticAI #Research
DESIRES 2027 – Cologne, Germany
The conference for discussing visionary ideas in search and retrieval systems
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A huge thanks to everyone who joined us last Friday for @acmsigir.bsky.social 2026 JEDI Workshop. We may have laid down a few foundational bricks but the real work of building liberatory movements and research agendas within IR begins here! ✊🏽
Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র@bmitra.bsky.social · last wk.Consequently, on the following Friday, @danachatter.bsky.social @md.ekstrandom.net @sannevrijenhoek.bsky.social @maria-murray.bsky.social and I organized the @jedi-workshop.bsky.social to develop IR research agendas that explicitly adopts normative goals of emancipation / nondomination. 60/
Last week I presented a keynote at #SIGIR2026 titled "Emancipatory Information Retrieval: Towards Critical IR Theories and Practices". Slides: bhaskar-mitra.github.io/files/emanci... I went in nervously excited but several people appreciated talking openly about this topic. A quick thread. 🧵 1/
CHIIR 2027 is introducing a new initiative -- community activities! Community really is the best part of CHIIR. Please refer to the community activities page of our website to check out the activities we are planning: chiir2027.github.io/community-ac...
CHIIR 2027 - Community Activities
CHIIR2027 - Community Activities
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The Call for Papers for CHIIR 2027 is now open! The 2027 ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR – pronounced “cheer”) will take place in Berlin, Germany between March 7-11, 2027. For full details, visit our website: chiir2027.github.io/index.html
CHIIR 2027
CHIIR2026
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Dear friends who are attending #SIGIR2026, gentle reminder that we have the business meeting today during lunch. This is YOUR 🫵🏽 opportunity to have a dialog with the ACM SIGIR Executive Committee and raise whatever topic is top of your mind. So, please join us, we look forward to see you all there!
Worried about corporate and authoritarian capture of our IR platforms? Do you wish IR platforms could support our pursuit for justice, emancipation, and democracy? If you are at #SIGIR2026, join us at the JEDI workshop on Friday. Let's work together to make it real! jedi.inertial.science/sigir2026/
JEDI workshop @ SIGIR 2026
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Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র@bmitra.bsky.social · 2w agoIt was a huge honor to present the opening keynote address at #SIGIR2026 and to talk about the need for IR to resist uncritical adoption of AI and to safeguard information access from corporate and authoritarian capture. Slides: bhaskar-mitra.github.io/files/emanci... cc: @acmsigir.bsky.social
It was a huge honor to present the opening keynote address at #SIGIR2026 and to talk about the need for IR to resist uncritical adoption of AI and to safeguard information access from corporate and authoritarian capture. Slides: bhaskar-mitra.github.io/files/emanci... cc: @acmsigir.bsky.social
bhaskar-mitra.github.io
Deadline extension! We are extending the AltRecSys deadline for #RecSys2026 to **July 31**. Submit your strangest ideas! altrecsys.github.io/recsys26/
AltRecSys at RecSys 2026
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We are wishing all #SIGIR participants and presenters a great, fruiteful time in Naarm! 🪃🦘 🐨 #SIGIR2026
Recommender systems research goes beyond what we see at @recsys.bsky.social. BEYOND is a space for interdisciplinary work, new perspectives, and conversations that complement the algorithmic focus of the conference. beyondrecsys.github.io/2026/ @evazangerle.bsky.social @christinebauer.bsky.social
BEYOND Workshop@RecSys 2026
Website for the BEYOND Workshop@RecSys.
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#RecSys2026 friends! There is *one week* left to submit your ideas to the second AltRecSys workshop — due date is July 20. Details and submission instructions in the call: altrecsys.github.io/recsys26/
AltRecSys at RecSys 2026
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What new research or practice agendas are important to realize information access as a force for justice, emancipation, and democracy? We asked at the @facct.bsky.social 2026 JEDI Social. The conversation continues at the @acmsigir.bsky.social 2026 JEDI workshop on July 24. #SIGIR2026 #FAccT2026
Register to attend the 2nd workshop evaluation of multimodal generation (EvalMG) at SIGIR 2026: evalmg.github.io/#registration #SIGIR2026 @acmsigir.bsky.social
The Second Workshop on Evaluation for Multimodal Generation
EvalMG26 @ SIGIR 2026
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#DESIRES (the International Conference on the Design of Experimental Search & Information REtrieval Systems) is back! DESIRES has always been* the* conference for discussing (visionary!) search systems. Started in 2018 thanks to Gianmaria Silvello and Omar Alonso. General Chairs in 2027 are […]
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#IRRJ Volume 2, Number 1 of June 2026 is out! Check out the online issue at: https://irrj.org/issue/view/vol2no1 (as always, fully open access! you -- the reader -- does not pay, the authors did not pay, but all is covered by volunteers and donations from friend organisations)
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026) | Information Retrieval Research
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Queer in AI is proud to showcase several papers that our members are presenting at @facct.bsky.social 2026 tomorrow through Sunday. One paper examines how years-long activism around name change policies has had an immensely positive impact for authors, benefiting both queer and cis scholars! 🤝🌈
Very important updates from our #FAccT2027 Program Chairs. Our next reviewing cycle will run on a different schedule from previous years. ⚠️ Abstract Deadline: Oct 27, 2026 ⚠️ Paper Deadline: Nov 3, 2026 Please read this blog post from the PCs for more info: facct-blog.github.io/2026-06-24/s...
Update to ACM FAccT Submission Timeline Beginning in 2027
Dear FAccT community, We are writing to share an important update to the ACM FAccT submissions timeline beginning with the 2027 conference cycle.
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Get ready for our #FAccT2026 social events! Join us for networking and discussion at various locations around Montreal. We have a wonderful lineup of events that are open to everyone! facctconference.org/2026/sociale...
ACM FAccT - 2026 Social Events
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📢 Last Call for RecSys Challenge: ACM #RecSys2026 📄 Details & submission guidelines can be found here: RecSys 2026 Challenge Website: www.recsyschallenge.com/2026/ RecSys 2026 Website: recsys.acm.org/recsys26/cha...
RecSys Challenge 2026
RecSys Challenge 2026 - Conversational Music Recommendation
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**JEDI Social at @facct.bsky.social** When: Friday, 6:00–7:30 PM EST Location: Zoom Register: drexel.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Details: jedi.inertial.science/facct2026 Organizers: @bmitra.bsky.social @danachatter.bsky.social @md.ekstrandom.net @mmitchell.bsky.social @sannevrijenhoek.bsky.social
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: FAccT JEDI Social. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: FAccT JEDI Social. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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📢 Call for Nominations for the "The John Riedl RecSys Lasting Impact Award" ACM #RecSys2026 📄 Details & submission guidelines can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
John Riedl RecSys Lasting Impact Award.docx
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📢 Second Call for Research and Practice Notes: ACM #RecSys2026 📄 Details & submission guidelines can be found here: recsys.acm.org/recsys26/cal...
RecSys – ACM Recommender Systems
Call for Contributions
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Dear FAccT and IR friends, announcing the Justice, Emancipation, Democracy, and Information Access (JEDI) virtual social at ACM FAccT 2026. 📣📣📣 #FAccT2026 Date: Friday, June 26 Time: 6:00–7:30 PM EST Location: Zoom Register: drexel.zoom.us/meeting/regi... More info: jedi.inertial.science/facct2026/
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: FAccT JEDI Social. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: FAccT JEDI Social. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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