Second Workshop on Explainability in Information Retrieval

International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR), pp. 5370–5373

Abstract

As models grow more complex and societal demands for transparency increase with emerging regulations, explainability has become an increasingly important research area. However, despite its recognized relevance, progress in explainability research in information retrieval (IR) has been slower than in related fields. This full day workshop aims to advance research in explainable IR by providing a more in-depth platform to reflect on recent developments and facilitate discussions across both new and persistent challenges. Building upon the first edition of the workshop, which was a great success in bringing together multiple perspectives on explainability in IR, this second edition will focus on synthesizing a common agenda for the research community. Through a set of interactive activities, the workshop will bring together a diverse group of researchers to build a shared understanding of key tasks and challenges, and to help shape future directions for explainable IR research. The workshop will have as concrete outcomes a roadmap document and a special issue proposal for a journal issue on explainability in IR.

Authors 7

1. Catherine Chen

   Brown University

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   Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

2. Maria Heuss

   University of Amsterdam

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   University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

3. Tanya Chowdhury

   University of Massachusetts Amherst

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   University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA

4. James Allan

   University of Massachusetts Amherst

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   University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA

5. Avishek Anand

   Delft University of Technology

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   Delft Institute of Technology, Delft, Netherlands

6. Carsten Eickhoff

   University of Tübingen

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   University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

7. Suzan Verberne Aachen

   Leiden University

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   Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands