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Hema Raghavan To Speak
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CIIR Alum Hema Raghavan, Co-founder, Kumo (NVIDIA), to showcase research and entrepreneurial journey during CICS Seminar.
New Generation of AI Search Technology
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CIIR researchers unveiled Project Naget to showcase a new generation of real-world AI search technology.
CIIR Talk Series
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Researchers and practitioners speak about their work on IR and related disciplines during CIIR Talk Series presentations held biweekly on Fridays.
Latest News
November 2, 2026
CIIR PhD alum Hema Raghavan will be on campus to present Kumo's innovative research, discuss her path to co-founding Kumo, and offer insights for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Speaker: Hema Raghavan, Co-founder, Kumo (NVIDIA)… more
October 7, 2026
On the CIIR’s 34th anniversary, Project Naget is being unveiled to bring the Center’s research to a new generation of real-world AI search technology.
Naget (naget.com) is a trusted information layer for agents that provides search… more
September 29, 2026
CIIR alums gathered with CIIR Director James Allan during "A Fireside Chat on the Future of Integrated Learning" on September 29, 2026 at Rubrik, Inc. in Palo Alto, CA. This event, hosted by the UMass Amherst Manning College of Information and… more
July 23, 2026
At the SIGIR 2026 conference in Australia in July, 2026, CIIR alums Jeffrey Dalton and Laura Dietz and CIIR Director James Allan received the Test of Time Award Honorable Mention for their paper, "Entity Query Feature Expansion using Knowledge… more
