Increasingly, users are interacting with information retrieval (IR) systems with the goal of
addressing complex, ill-defined search tasks. As a result, the interest in deconstructing and …

With the rapid growth of web search in recent years the problem of modeling its users has
started to attract more and more attention of the information retrieval community. This has …

Using a Web search engine is one of today's most frequent activities. Exploratory search
activities which are carried out in order to gain knowledge are conceptualized and denoted …

We introduce a novel algorithmic approach to content recommendation based on adaptive
clustering of exploration-exploitation (“bandit") strategies. We provide a sharp regret …

Information seeking is a fundamental human activity. In the modern world, it is frequently
conducted through interactions with search systems. The retrieval and comprehension of …

Impacts of Internet use on political information seeking and subsequent processes have
been subject to much debate. A 2-session online field study presented online search results …

We introduce SearchGazer, a web-based eye tracker for remote web search studies using
common webcams already present in laptops and some desktop computers. SearchGazer is …

Result clickthrough statistics and dwell time on clicked results have been shown valuable for
inferring search result relevance, but the interpretation of these signals can vary …

In recent years, searching the web on mobile devices has become enormously popular.
Because mobile devices have relatively small screens and show fewer search results …

As search pages are becoming increasingly complex, with images and nonlinear page
layouts, understanding how users examine the page is important. We present a lab study on …