How Medical Expertise Influences Web Search Interaction (2009)
Ryen W. White, Susan Dumais, Jaime Teevan
Domain expertise can have an important influence on how people search. In this poster we present findings from a log-based study into how medical domain experts search the Web for information related...
Characterizing the Influence of Domain Expertise on Web Search Behavior (2009)
Ryen W. White, Susan T. Dumais, Jaime Teevan
Domain experts search differently than people with little or no domain knowledge. Previous research suggests that domain experts employ different search strategies and are more successful in finding...
Evaluating Advanced Search Interfaces using Established Information-Seeking Models (2009)
Wilson, Max L, Schraefel, M.c., White, Ryen W.
When users have poorly defined or complex goals search interfaces offering only keyword searching facilities provide inadequate support to help them reach their information-seeking objectives. The...
Investigating Web Search Strategies and Forum Use to Support Diet and Weight Loss (2009)
Schraefel, M.c., White, Ryen W., André, Paul, Tan, Desney
Healthcare is shifting from being reactive to preventive, with a focus on maintaining general wellness through positive decisions on diet, exercise, and lifestyle. In this paper, we investigate...
Policy Capturing Models for Multi-faceted Relevance Judgments (2009)
We applied policy capturing and bootstrapping methods to investigate the relevance judgment process, with a particular focus on understanding how judges summarize an overall relevance judgment from...
We demonstrate an adaptive search system that works proactively to help searchers find relevant information. The system observes searcher interaction, uses what it sees to model information needs and...
Ryen W. White, Bill Kules, Ben Bederson
The development and testing of systems to support users engaged in exploratory search activities (i.e., searches where the target may be undefined) is an challenge for the online search community. In...
Advances in search technology have meant that search systems can now offer assistance to users beyond simply retrieving a set of documents. For example, search systems are now capable of inferring...
ADAPTING TO EVOLVING NEEDS: EVALUATING A (2008)
Ryen W. White, Joemon M. Jose, Ian Ruthven
In this paper we present an evaluation of a behaviour-based adaptive search interface that predicts the current state of a user’s information need based on their interaction. We evaluate the...
Ryen W. White, Steven M. Drucker, Microsoft Live Labs
In conjunction with: Preface from the Workshop Co-Chairs Welcome to the ESI 2007 Workshop! Exploratory search represents a shift from the analytic approach of query-document matching toward direct...
1. Introduction Find What You Need, Understand What You Find. (2008)
Gary Marchionini, Ryen W. White
The developments of the fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Information Retrieval (IR) have followed parallel streams with both achieving significant impact in the early part of the
Leveraging Popular Destinations to Enhance Web Search Interaction* (2008)
Ryen W. White, Mikhail Bilenko, Silviu Cucerzan
This article presents a novel Web search interaction feature that for a given query provides links to Web sites frequently visited by other users with similar information needs. These popular...
in press). Evaluating exploratory search systems (2008)
Online search has become an increasingly important part of the everyday lives of most computer users. Generally, popular search tools support users well, however, in situations where the search...
Evaluating Advanced Search Interfaces using Established InformationSeeking Models (2008)
Max Wilson, M. C. Schraefel, Ryen W. White
searching facilities provide inadequate support to help them reach their information-seeking objectives. The emergence of interfaces with more advanced capabilities such as faceted browsing and...
Ryen W. White, Gary Marchionini
Interactive query expansion (IQE) (c.f. Efthimiadis, 1996) is a potentially useful technique to help searchers formulate improved query statements, and ultimately retrieve better search results....
Ryen W. White, Joemon M. Jose, Ian Ruthven
Web searchers typically fail to view search results beyond the first page nor fully examine those results presented to them. In this article we describe an approach that encourages a deeper...
Kerry Rodden, Ian Ruthven, Ryen W. White, Anne Aula Google
held in conjunction with the 30th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference
Ryen W. White, Gary Marchionini
Interactive query expansion (IQE) (c.f. Efthimiadis, 1996) is a potentially useful technique to help searchers formulate improved query statements, and ultimately retrieve better search results....
In this poster, we describe the study of an interface technique that provides a list of suggested additional query terms as a searcher types a search query, in effect offering interactive query...
We demonstrate an adaptive search system that works proactively to help searchers find relevant information. The system observes searcher interaction, uses what it sees to model information needs and...
Ryen W. White, Ian Ruthven, Joemon M. Jose
use of implicit evidence for relevance
in press). Evaluating exploratory search systems (2008)
Ryen W. White, Gheorghe Muresan, Gary Marchionini
Exploratory search systems (ESS) are designed to help users move beyond simply finding information toward using that information to support learning, analysis, and decision-making. The evaluation of...
Ryen W. White, Gheorge Muresan
In conjunction with: Preface from the Workshop Co-Chairs Welcome to the EESS 2006 Workshop! Our vision for this workshop is to bring together researchers from communities such as information...
Information Retrieval Test Collection for Searching Spontaneous Czech Speech ⋆ (2008)
Pavel Ircing, Pavel Pecina, Douglas W. Oard, Jianqiang Wang, Ryen W. White, Jan Hoidekr
Abstract. This paper describes the design of the first large-scale IR test collection built for the Czech language. The creation of this collection also happens to be very challenging, as it is based...
in press). Evaluating exploratory search systems (2008)
Ryen W. White, Gheorghe Muresan, Gary Marchionini
Exploratory search systems (ESS) are designed to help users move beyond simply finding information toward using that information to support learning, analysis, and decision-making. The evaluation of...
Discovering Hidden Contextual Factors for Implicit Feedback (2008)
Massimo Melucci, Ryen W. White
Abstract. This paper presents a statistical framework based on Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for discovering the contextual factors which most strongly influence user behavior during...
In this poster we describe an investigation of topic similarity measures. We elicit assessments on the similarity of 10 pairs of topic from 76 subjects and use these as a benchmark to assess how well...
Ryen W. White, Steven M. Drucker, Gary Marchionini, Marti Hearst
The model of search as a turn-taking dialogue between the user and an intermediary has remained unchanged for decades. However, there is growing interest within the search community in evolving this...
Ryen W. White, Hyunyoung Song, Jay Liu
In this paper we describe a novel technique to support information seeking in oral history archives using concept maps. We conducted a pilot study with teachers engaged in work tasks using a...
Understanding the extent to which people’s search behaviors differ in terms of the interaction flow and information targeted is important in designing interfaces to help World Wide Web users search...
Ryen W. White, Bill Kules, Ben Bederson
The development and testing of systems to support users engaged in exploratory search activities (i.e., searches where the target may be undefined) is an challenge for the online search community. In...
Comparing query logs and pseudorelevance feedbackfor web-search query refinement (2008)
Query logs and pseudo-relevance feedback (PRF) offer ways in which terms to refine Web searchers ’ queries can be selected, offered to searchers, and used to improve search effectiveness. In this...
ADAPTING TO EVOLVING NEEDS: EVALUATING A (2007)
Ryen W. White, Joemon M. Jose, Ian Ruthven
In this paper we present an evaluation of a behaviour-based adaptive search interface that predicts the current state of a user’s information need based on their interaction. We evaluate the...
Evaluating Advanced Search Interfaces using Established Information-Seeking Models (2007)
Wilson, Max L, Schraefel, M.c., White, Ryen W.
When users have poorly defined or complex goals search interfaces offering only keyword searching facilities provide inadequate support to help them reach their information-seeking objectives. The...
Investigating behavioral variability in Web search (2007)
Understanding the extent to which people’s search behaviors differ in terms of the interaction flow and information targeted is important in designing interfaces to help World Wide Web users search...
Ryen W. White, Steven M. Drucker, Gary Marchionini, Marti Hearst
The model of search as a turn-taking dialogue between the user and an intermediary has remained unchanged for decades. However, there is growing interest within the search community in evolving this...
Studying the use of popular destinations to enhance Web search interaction (2007)
We present a novel Web search interaction feature which, for a given query, provides links to websites frequently visited by other users with similar information needs. These popular destinations...
I.Shafran. Overview of the CLEF-2006 cross-Language speech retrieval track (2007)
Douglas W. Oard, Jianqiang Wang, Ryen W. White, Pavel Pecina, Dagobert Soergel, ...
The CLEF-2006 Cross-Language Speech Retrieval (CL-SR) track included two tasks: to identify topically coherent segments of English interviews in a known-boundary condition, and to identify time...
Studying the use of popular destinations to enhance Web search interaction (2007)
We present a novel Web search interaction feature which, for a given query, provides links to websites frequently visited by other users with similar information needs. These popular destinations...
Investigating the querying and browsing behavior of advanced search engine users (2007)
One way to help all users of commercial Web search engines be more successful in their searches is to better understand what those users with greater search expertise are doing, and use this...
© Rinton Press INSTRUMENTING THE DYNAMIC WEB (2007)
Andy Edmonds, Ryen W. White, Dan Morris, Steven M. Drucker
One of the most critical driving forces in the evolution of interfaces on the Internet has been the logging built into common Web servers and the decade-long deployment of analytics based upon this...
Supporting Exploratory Search, Introduction, Special Issue, Communications of the ACM (2006)
White, Ryen W., Kules, Bill, Drucker, Steven M., Schraefel, M.c.
Supporting Exploratory Search, Introduction, Special Issue, Communications of the ACM (2006)
White, Ryen W., Kules, Bill, Drucker, Steven M., Schraefel, M.c.
Supporting Exploratory Search, Introduction, Special Issue, Communications of the ACM (2006)
White, Ryen W., Kules, Bill, Drucker, Steven M., Schraefel, M.c.
Using searcher simulations to redesign a polyrepresentative implicit feedback interface (2006)
Information seeking is traditionally conducted in environments where search results are represented at the user interface by a minimal amount of meta-information such as titles and query-based...
Overview of the CLEF-2005 cross-language speech retrieval track (2006)
Ryen W. White, Douglas W. Oard, Dagobert Soergel, Xiaoli Huang
The task for the CLEF-2005 cross-language speech retrieval track was to identify topically coherent segments of English interviews in a known-boundary condition. Seven teams participated, performing...
While Implicit Relevance Feedback (IRF) algorithms exploit users ’ interactions with information to customize support offered to users of search systems, it is unclear how individual and task...
Overview of the CLEF-2005 cross-language speech retrieval track (2006)
Ryen W. White, Dou Jones, Dagobert Soergel, Xiaoli Huang, Glas W. Oard, Gareth J. F
The task for the CLEF-2005 cross-language speech retrieval track was to identify topically coherent segments of English interviews in a known-boundary condition. Seven teams participated, performing...
Evaluating implicit feedback models using searcher simulations (2005)
Ryen W. White, Ian Ruthven, Joemon M. Jose
In this article we describe an evaluation of relevance feedback (RF) algorithms using searcher simulations. Since these algorithms select additional terms for query modification based on inferences...
Evaluating implicit feedback models using searcher simulations (2005)
Ryen W. White, Ian Ruthven, Joemon M. Jose
In this article we describe an evaluation of relevance feedback (RF) algorithms using searcher simulations. Since these algorithms select additional terms for query modification based on inferences...
A study of factors affecting the utility of implicit relevance feedback (2005)
Implicit relevance feedback (IRF) is the process by which a search system unobtrusively gathers evidence on searcher interests from their interaction with the system. IRF is a new method of gathering...
Evaluating implicit feedback models using searcher simulations (2005)
Ryen W. White, Ian Ruthven, Joemon M. Jose
In this article we describe an evaluation of relevance feedback (RF) algorithms using searcher simulations. Since these algorithms select additional terms for query modification based on inferences...
A study of factors affecting the utility of implicit relevance feedback (2005)
Implicit relevance feedback (IRF) is the process by which a search system unobtrusively gathers evidence on searcher interests from their interaction with the system. IRF is a new method of gathering...
Using Top-Ranking Sentences to facilitate effective information access (2005)
Ryen W. White, Joemon M. Jose, Ian Ruthven
Web searchers typically fail to view search results beyond the first page nor fully examine those results presented to them. In this article we describe an approach that encourages a deeper...
A simulated study of implicit feedback models (2004)
Ryen W. White, Joemon M. Jose, Ian Ruthven
This is an author-produced version of a paper published in Proceedings of ECIR 04. This version has been peer-reviewed, but does not include the final publisher proof corrections, published layout,...
A simulated study of implicit feedback models (2004)
Ryen W. White, Joemon M. Jose, Ian Ruthven
Abstract. In this paper we report on a study of implicit feedback models for unobtrusively tracking the information needs of searchers. Such models use relevance information gathered from searcher...
A visualisation technique to communicate implicit feedback decisions (2004)
This poster describes a visualisation technique for communicating the effects of implicit feedback decisions using a familiar interface component, the scrollbar. The results of a pilot evaluation...
A Simulated Study of Implicit Feedback Models (2004)
Ryen W. White, Joemon M. Jose, Ian Ruthven
In this paper we report on a study of implicit feedback models for unobtrusively tracking the information needs of searchers. Such models use relevance information gathered from searcher interaction...
A granular approach to web search result presentation (2003)
Ryen W. White, Joemon M. Jose, Ian Ruthven
Abstract: In this paper we propose and evaluate interfaces for presenting the results of web searches. Sentences, taken from the top retrieved documents, are used as fine-grained representations of...
NewsFlash: Adaptive TV News Delivery on the Web (2003)
Alan Haggerty, Ryen W. White, Joemon M. Jose
Abstract. In this paper we present NewsFlash, an adaptive search system that assists a searcher to efficiently search a library of stored TV news reports. The system automatically summarises the...
Using top-ranking sentences for web search result presentation (2003)
In this poster we propose a granular approach for presenting web search results. Sentences, taken from the top documents, are used as fine-grained representations of document content and, when...
Clustering the information space using top-ranking sentences: A study of user interaction (2003)
Anastasios Tombros, Joemon M. Jose, Ian Ruthven, Ryen W. White
Abstract: By considering sentences selected by a query-biased sentence extraction model from the top-retrieved documents, we create a personalised information space which is characterised by the...
An Approach for Implicitly Detecting Information Needs (2003)
Ryen W. White, Joemon M. Jose, Ian Ruthven
Searchers can have problems devising queries that accurately express their, often dynamic, information needs. In this paper we describe an adaptive approach that uses unobtrusive monitoring of...
A granular approach to web search result presentation (2003)
Ryen W. White, Joemon M. Jose, Ian Ruthven
Abstract: In this paper we propose and evaluate interfaces for presenting the results of web searches. Sentences, taken from the top retrieved documents, are used as fine-grained representations of...
NewsFlash: Adaptive TV News Delivery on the Web (2003)
Alan Haggerty, Ryen W. White, Joemon M. Jose
Abstract. In this paper we present NewsFlash, an adaptive search system that assists a searcher to efficiently search a library of stored TV news reports. The system automatically summarises the...
In this paper we present an evaluation of techniques that are designed to encourage web searchers to interact more with the results of a web search. Two specific techniques are examined: the...
We present a web search interface designed to encourage users to interact more fully with the results of a web search. Wrapping around a major commercial search engine, the system combines three main...
In this paper we present an evaluation of techniques that are designed to encourage web searchers to interact more with the results of a web search. Two specific techniques are examined: the...
The use of implicit evidence for relevance feedback in Web retrieval (2002)
Ryen W. White, Ian Ruthven, Joemon M. Jose
Abstract. In this paper we report on the application of two contrasting types of relevance feedback for web retrieval. We compare two systems; one using explicit relevance feedback (where searchers...
In this paper we present an evaluation of techniques that are designed to encourage web searchers to interact more with the results of a web search. Two specific techniques are examined: the...
Richard Osdin, Ladh Ounis, Ryen W. White
Current search engines axe typified as having a lack of precision, coupled with an elongated ranked list style of result presentation. When combined, these factors make relevant data extraction...
The Use of Implicit Evidence for Relevance Feedback in Web Retrieval (2002)
Ryen W. White, Ian Ruthven, Joemon M. Jose
In this paper we report on the application of two contrasting types of relevance feedback for web retrieval. We compare two systems; one using explicit relevance feedback (where searchers explicitly...
Implicit contextual modelling for information seeking (2002)
In this position paper we present an overview of our current work in utilising contextual models to help web searchers find relevant web documents. The traditional approach to such information...
We present a web search interface designed to encourage users to interact more fully with the results of a web search. Wrapping around a major commercial search engine, the system combines three main...
Ryen W. White, Joemon M Jose, I. Ruthven
In this paper we examine the extent to which implicit feedback (where the system attempts to estimate what the user may be interested in) can act as a substitute for explicit feedback (where...