Reuse of existing libraries simplifies software development efforts. However, these libraries are often complex and reusing the APIs in the libraries involves a steep learning cu...
—Caching is a popular technique for reducing both server load and user response time in distributed systems. In this paper, we consider the question of whether caching might be e...
This study investigated a relatively unexamined query type, queries composed of URLs. The extent, variation and user click-through behavior was examined to determine the intent be...
This year, we have participated on Ad-Hoc Robust Multilingual track with the aim to evaluate two issues of CLIR systems. Firstly, this paper describes the method followed for quer...
Log data constitutes a relevant aspect in the evaluation process of multilingual search services. Activity logs allow to study the usage of search engines and to better adapt them ...
Thomas Mandl, Giorgio Maria Di Nunzio, Julia Maria...