Evaluating rankers using implicit feedback, such as clicks on documents in a result list, is an increasingly popular alternative to traditional evaluation methods based on explici...
No search engine is perfect. A typical type of imperfection is the preference misalignment between search engines and end users, e.g., from time to time, web users skip higherrank...
Abstract—We present a method for modeling, and automatically inferring, the current interest of a user in search advertising. Our task is complementary to that of predicting ad r...
Qi Guo, Eugene Agichtein, Charles L. A. Clarke, Az...
Given a terabyte click log, can we build an efficient and effective click model? It is commonly believed that web search click logs are a gold mine for search business, because th...
Anitha Kannan, Chao Liu 0001, Christos Faloutsos, ...
We have developed a browser suitable for finding events from timelines, in particular from life logs and other timelines containing a familiar narrative. The system infers the rel...