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 Fall 2023 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.
Fall 2023 Schedule of Speakers
Friday - September 15, 2023 - 12:00 - 1:00 PM EDT (North American Eastern Daylight Saving Time)
Special Event: Manning CICS Distinguished Lecturer Series Speaker (in person in CS 150/151)
Talk Title: Answering Why Questions about Narrative Text
Speaker: Raymond J. Mooney, University of Texas at Austin
Presentation Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyA4Z93lTnU
Friday - October 6, 2023 - 1:30 - 2:30 PM EDT (North American Eastern Daylight Saving Time)
Talk Title: Data Augmentation and User Simulation using Large Language Models
Speaker: Mohammad Alian Nejadi, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Zoom Link: Subscribe to mailing list (details above) for Zoom Link/Passcode notifications; or click here for Zoom link and reach out to Alex Taubman for the passcode.
Friday - October 20, 2023 - 1:30 - 2:30 PM EDT (North American Eastern Daylight Saving Time)
Talk Title: TBA
Speaker: TBA
Friday - November 17, 2023 - 1:30 - 2:30 PM EST (North American Eastern Standard Time)
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Friday - December 1, 2023 - 1:30 - 2:30 PM EST (North American Eastern Standard Time)
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Friday - December 15, 2023 - 1:30 - 2:30 PM EST (North American Eastern Standard Time)
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Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, and Spring 2023 CIIR Talk Series Speaker Archives