Adverse phenomena such as the search engine manipulation effect (SEME), where web
search users change their attitude on a topic following whatever most highly-ranked search …

The exchange of meta-information has always formed part of information behavior. In this
article, we show that this rule also extends to conversational search. Information about the …

If service providers can identify reasons users are in favor of or against a service, they have
insightful information that can help them understand user behavior and what they need to do …

Many questions of public interest do not have a single answer but come with a set of
choices, each of which with its pros and cons. An “objective” information system can help …

Understanding of financial data has always been a point of interest for market participants to
make better informed decisions. Recently, different cutting edge technologies have been …

This paper reports the design and comparison of three visualizations to represent the
structure and content within arguments. Arguments are artifacts of reasoning widely used …

Considering diverse aspects of an argumentative issue is an essential step for mitigating a
biased opinion and making reasonable decisions. A related generation model can produce …

This paper attests the participation of the Yeagerists team from University of Padua in the
Touché@ CLEF 2021 challenge [1, 2], specifically in the Argument Retrieval for …

Making decisions is an integral part of everyday life, yet it can be a difficult and complex
process. While peoples' wants and needs are unlimited, resources are often scarce, making …

In this paper we describe our submissions to the CLEF lab Touché, which addresses
argument retrieval from a focused debate collection. Our approach consists of a two-step …