UoG IDA Section, Glasgow CS

Call for participation: 10th Summer School & Symposium on Computational Interaction (S³CIX), University of Glasgow, Scotland. June 16-20, 2026. Summer School expanded to include Symposium. Call for Workshops (14th Feb) & Student Attendence (14th March). s3cix.computationalinteraction.org

@macavaney @ntonellotto @joelmmackenzie @torstensuel @mengzaiqiao @JinyuanF @rodrygo_santos @iadh @craig_macdonald 🎄 PyTerrier Advent 24/25: Removing low-quality docs can boost search quality and cut indexing costs. Our SIGIR’24 paper QT5 trains a T5 model to filter passages at indexing time—easy to integrate, and works with dense, PISA, or SPLADE indexers too.

🎄PyTerrier Advent 3/25: Now for very recent LLM-based approaches! PyTerrier is extensible through its strong ecosystem of plugins, like PyTerrier_GenRank by @KaustubhDhole at Emory Univ USA, which allows to use generative rerankers such as RankLLama... github.com/emory-irlab/py…

🎄We want to try something new and fun this year – an “Advent Calendar” of PyTerrier pipelines We’ll kick it off with *the* baseline: BM25 on MSMARCO. One line to download a pre-built index, one line to make a BM25 retriever, one line to search.

We are happy to sponsor the Keith Van Rijsbergen (KvR) Award at #ECIR2026 📢 𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻! Details and Submission Form: lnkd.in/emecdsXm 🗓 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝟭𝟱 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 linkedin.com/posts/glasgow-…

We’re hiring a 2nd RA/PDRA at @GlasgowCS for the EU CLIMINVEST Project! Work with @iadh, @craig_macdonald & @richardm_ on LLM-powered AI agents for ESG & risk assessment in green investment. Apply by Dec 15: linkedin.com/posts/iadhouni…

PyTerrier 1.0 has been released: - ➡️ search pipeline validation, visualisation and verification - 📘more documentation - ☕️ java now optional 🆕📰github.com/terrier-org/py… Try pip install pyterrier[all] w/ @macavaney

📢 We are now also on LinkedIn! Follow the Glasgow Information Retrieval Group on LinkedIn for updates on IR research, @ir_glasgow activities, events, and collaborations: 🔗 linkedin.com/company/glasgo… #InformationRetrieval #IR #AI #recsys #RecommenderSystems #Glasgow

RA job in @ir_glasgow on an EU Horizon project, with @iadh @richardm_ and myself, on the use of LLMs in developing AI agents for the risk and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) assessment of sustainability-focused green investment projects. 👇

Great to see @fd301 and Emma Li from @GlasgowCS leading the inaugural Women in Distributed Data Systems panel at #ICDCS2025 — a fantastic new initiative to promote diversity and broaden participation at the conference. #WiDCS

The IDA section at @GlasgowCS is well represented at #icdcs2025 this year!

Smiles all around! The #ICDCS2025 organising team is thrilled with a fantastic start to the conference here in Glasgow. A great kickoff to a week of exciting discussions in distributed systems! Fàilte gu Glaschu!

The second round of workshops and tutorials is in full swing at #ICDCS2025! A great atmosphere, engaging sessions, and plenty of positive energy all around. Stay tuned for more highlights! 📸

It’s now the turn of our Local Organisation Chair @shamapp to present at the Distributed Computing Systems for Smart Logistrics #DCSSL2025 workshop #icdcs2025

A strong turnout and an attentive audience for @mengzaiqiao’s presentation at the #ICDCS2025 tutorial on Integrating Knowledge Graphs into Large Language Models. Great to see such strong interest in this important topic! Pictures by @iadh

A lively start to #ICDCS2025 this morning with tutorials and workshops in full swing. Delegates were warmly welcomed with a proper Scottish breakfast — including Lorne sausage, of course!

Shoutout to the superheroes (aka volunteers 🦸‍♀️🦸‍♂️) getting things ready for #ICDCS2025! From cables to coffee, they are making the magic happen 💻☕🛠️ See you all tomorrow in Glasgow!

Back from an inspiring #SIGIR2025 in Padova — and diving straight into final preparations for #ICDCS2025 in Glasgow. Workshops and tutorials kick off tomorrow!

With some of us already en route home, the rest of #TeamUofG bids farewell to #SIGIR2025 & the beautiful city of Padova. We had a great week full of ideas, activities & connections. Thanks to the organisers for a fantastic conference! Until next time 🇮🇹
#GoodbyePadova #ByeSIGIR

Starting the day at #SIGIR2025 FinIR Workshop with a lively keynote presentation by @iadh: Beyond Profit: Evaluating Financial Recommenders with Real-World Transactions. @ir_glasgow @IDAglasgow @GlasgowCS