Workshops and Tutorials at CHIIR 2025

We have two planned workshops and three planned tutorials for CHIIR 2025. Full details of each workshop are available on its own website (links below). The workshops and tutorials will run on the 27th and 28th March 2025. Registration costs are complimentary with a registration for the main conference. This page lists both workshops and both tutorials.

Workshop: NeuroPhysIIR Workshop at CHIIR 2025

Full-day workshop

Date:Thursday 27th March, all day

Workshop website

The NeuroPhysIIR workshop at CHIIR 2025 aims to bring together experts and non-experts interested in advancing knowledge on how to effectively use neurophysiological signals captured with multiple wearable devices to characterize cognitive and affective processes that occur when we interact with information access systems, including search engines, recommender systems, and conversational assistants. The workshop aims to lower the entry barrier to this research area, and researchers and practitioners without experience in any of the disciplines involved (cognitive science, information science, wearable computing, etc.) are particularly welcomed.

Organisers

• Associate Prof. Jacek Gwizdka (University of Texas, USA)
• Prof. Javed Mostafa (University of Toronto, Canada)
• Prof. Min Zhang (Tsinghua University, China)
• Kaixin Ji (RMIT University, Australia)
• Associate Prof. Yashar Moshfeghi (University of Strathclyde, UK)
• Associate Prof. Tuukka Ruotsalo (University of Copenhagen, Denmark & LUT University, Finland)
• Dr. Damiano Spina (RMIT University, Australia)

Workshop: Access for Heads Up Computing (DIMIRA-HUC)

Half-day workshop

Workshop Website

28th March, morning

The advancement of wearable intelligent systems presents a transformative opportunity to revolutionize human interaction with digital content. This workshop explores how information seeking, retrieval and access could be designed and implemented in the new Heads-Up Computing interaction paradigm. The primary objective is to support tasks requiring rapid information seeking, retrieval and access in dynamic settings while maintaining a "heads-up" user experience, ensuring engagement with the real world. This half-day workshop aims to explore the opportunities and challenges of utilising multimodal inputs such as voice, gaze, and gestures to deliver real-time, hands-free access to digital information, enabling seamless and efficient interactions for human-centric information access. The workshop will focus on sharing research outcomes and best practices, fostering community collaboration, and stimulating discussions on overcoming current challenges. By addressing both theoretical advancements and practical applications, it seeks to propel this rapidly evolving field forward. We warmly invite everyone interested in this topic to join us, share insights, and participate in meaningful discussions as we explore the future of wearable intelligent systems and Heads-Up Computing.

Organisers

• Haiming Liu (University of Southampton)
• Shengdong Zhao (City University of Hong Kong, China)
• Silang Wang (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
• Preben Hansen (Stockholm University, Sweden)
• Ian Oakley (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea)
• Khanh-Duy Le (VNU-HCM University of Science, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)

Tutorial: Applying Large Language Models to Interactive Information Retrieval: A Practical Exploration

Half-day tutorial

Date: Thursday 27th March

This half-day interactive tutorial provides researchers with practical skills to use large language models (LLMs) for interactive information retrieval research. Through hands-on exercises and real-world research examples, participants will learn to set up LLMs locally, integrate them via APIs, and evaluate their outputs. The tutorial will explain which models suit specific research needs, offering participants a robust toolkit to enhance their work. Attendees will also gain insights into the latest developments in the field, ensuring they stay at the forefront of innovation. Ideal for researchers eager to explore new methodologies in information retrieval, this tutorial offers foundational knowledge and cutting-edge strategies to use LLMs in interactive information retrieval research.

Presenters

• Johanne Trippas (RMIT University, Australia)
• Oleg Zendel (RMIT University, Australia)
• Adam Roegiest (Zuva, Canada)

Tutorial: Transdisciplinarity for human information interaction and retrieval: Strategies for collaborating across research disciplines to foster societal impact

Half-day tutorial

Date: Thursday 27th March

Tutorial Website

Undertaking collaborative research across disciplines, and with external stakeholders, requires researchers to navigate complex research designs. Transdisciplinary research designs involve integration across methodological paradigms, including qualitative, quantitative, experimental, and textual approaches. However, researchers often design projects within their own paradigms, without the expertise needed to effectively integrate paradigmatic approaches. This half-day tutorial introduces human information interaction and retrieval researchers to the powerful insights possible through working across research paradigms, including involving qualitative social scientists and humanities scholars and external partners in research design. The session provides practical guidance and tools for developing and conducting transdisciplinary research projects that foster societal impact.

Presenters

• Lisa Given (RMIT University, Australia)
• Joann Cattlin (RMIT University, Australia)

Tutorial: Responsible AI From the Lens of an Information Retrieval Researcher: A Hands-On Tutorial

Half-day tutorial

Date: Friday 28th March

Tutorial Website

I keep hearing about Responsible AI...but what does it really mean in practice?" This hands-on half-day tutorial aims to explore concepts such as positionality, participatory research, fairness and diversity, and ethics by illustrating them through case studies based on existing research in the field of information retrieval. The purpose of the tutorial is to raise awareness of responsible practices and help attendees apply these practices in their own research.

Presenter

Damiano Spina (RMIT University, Australia)