The CIIR Talk Series is an initiative for researchers and practitioners working on information retrieval and related disciplines to present their work. Presentations will be held biweekly on Fridays from 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. (with some exceptions) for the Spring 2025 semester. The presentations will be online (unless noted that they are in person) and open to the public. The presentations will also be shown in CS 151 for those on the UMass Amherst campus.
Faculty Host: Hamed Zamani
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You can view prior CIIR Talk Series presentations on our YouTube Channel.
Spring 2025 Schedule of Speakers
Friday - February 28, 2025 - 1:30 - 2:30 PM EST (North American Eastern Standard Time)
Talk Title: TBD
Speaker: Danqi Chen, Princeton Univ.
Zoom Link: Subscribe to mailing list (details above) for Zoom Link/Passcode notifications; or click here for Zoom link and reach out to Hamed Zamani or Dan Parker for the passcode.
Friday - March 14, 2025 - 10:30 - 11:30 AM EDT (North American Eastern Daylight Saving Time)
Talk Title: TBD
Speaker: Qingyao Ai, Tsinghua Univ.
Friday - March 28, 2025 - 1:30 - 2:30 PM EDT (North American Eastern Daylight Saving Time)
Talk Title: TBD
Speaker: Ian Soboroff, NIST
Friday - April 11, 2025 - 1:30 - 2:30 PM EDT (North American Eastern Daylight Saving Time)
Talk Title: TBD
Speaker: TBD
Friday - April 25, 2025 - 1:30 - 2:30 PM EDT (North American Eastern Daylight Saving Time)
Talk Title: TBD
Speaker: Suzan Verberne, Leiden Univ.
Friday - May 9, 2025 - 1:30 - 2:30 PM EDT (North American Eastern Daylight Saving Time)
Talk Title: TBD
Speaker: TBD
Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, and Fall 2024 CIIR Talk Series Speaker Archives