What a remarkable success of our researchers at the prestigious International Conference on Innovative Concepts and Theories in Information Retrieval (ICTIR 2025), held recently in Padua, Italy. This year’s conference brought together leading minds in the field to discuss groundbreaking advancements and theoretical underpinnings of information retrieval. The paper Rethinking Click Models in Light of Carousel Interfaces: Theory-Based Categorization and Design of Click Models was awarded the best honorable paper mention. Congratulations Jingwei Kang, Maarten de Rijke, Santiago de Leon-Martinez and Harrie Oosterhuis on the outstanding work!
You can read the full paper here.