[Announcements] [Call for Submissions] NeuroPhysIIR Workshop at ACM SIGIR CHIIR 2025 (due 28 Feb 2025)

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Call for Submissions: NeuroPhysIIR Workshop at ACM SIGIR CHIIR 2025
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Website: https://neurophysiir.github.io/chiir2025/
Discord channel: https://discord.gg/qKm3PXQcvJ
Template for submissions: bit.ly/NeuroPhysIIR_template<https://bit.ly/NeuroPhysIIR_template>
Submission form: https://bit.ly/NeuroPhysIIR_form

Full-day workshop at the 2025 ACM SIGIR CHIIR in Naarm/Melbourne, Australia<https://chiir2025.github.io/>, 27/28 March 2025 (actual date to be confirmed). Note that registration costs are complimentary with a registration for the main conference.
The International Workshop on NeuroPhysiological Approaches for Interactive Information Retrieval (NeuroPhysIIR'25)<https://neurophysiir.github.io/chiir2025/> aims to bringing together researchers from information retrieval, information science, human-computer interaction, cognitive neuroscience, and related fields, to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration and accelerate progress in neurophysiologically-informed IIR research. This include research involving facial expression analysis, eye tracking, measurements of peripheral physiology – electrodermal activity (EDA), galvanic skin response (GSR), Photoplethysmography (PPG), etc –, brain-computer interfaces (BCI)  for measuring human reactions to information – electroencephalogram (EEG) or functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) based interfaces –, among others.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

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Resources, methodologies, and/or best practices for neurophysiological IIR
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Replicability and reproducibility of experiments using neurophysiological signals
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Using neurophysiological measures for evaluation
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Using neurophysiology as a feedback channel
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Brain-Computer Interfaces for information retrieval and generation
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Measuring user experience during human-information interaction using neurophysiological methods

As the third edition following successful workshops at SIGIR'15 and CHIIR'17, we anticipate that the interactive nature of this workshop will not only raise awareness but also lower the entry barriers for engaging with this exciting research area within the wider IIR community.
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.
Important Dates
28 Feb 2025       - Deadline for Submission of statements
Mar 2025            - Discussions on statements via comments on shared folder or Discord
27/28 Mar 2025  - Workshop at CHIIR’25
April-May 2025   - Co-authorship of workshop report to submit to SIGIR Forum
How to Submit

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Get a copy of the template: bit.ly/NeuroPhysIIR_template<https://bit.ly/NeuroPhysIIR_template>
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Write your statement using the template
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Submit your statement by filling out the form: https://bit.ly/NeuroPhysIIR_form

Before the NeuroPhysIIR'25 workshop (due 28 Feb 2025)
Statements and responses will be collected from potential participants that are willing to discuss challenges and opportunities to advance knowledge in neurophysiological approaches for interactive IR.
A statement consists of about two paragraphs addressing each of the following five points:

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Problem. Who is it that has a problem, or an opportunity, with neurophysiological IIR? Please tell us something about a person, group of people, or a situation. What are the problems or opportunities there? Please give as many examples and as much detail as possible – at least a paragraph. Why is the problem important and timely?
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Goal. What should the research community be doing to help? Please give as many examples and as much detail as possible.
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State of the Art. A brief (!) overview of where we’re at now, and in which research field/domain. What do we already know? What are the one or two key resources we already have?
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Next Steps. List any resources, collaborations, research goals, or anything else that may help along the way.
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Ethical Considerations. Please discuss any ethical considerations that may be relevant. For example, privacy and confidentiality of data.

Between the submission deadline and the workshop (March)
Statements will be made available in a shared folder (link will be shared on the website) and the workshop Discord channel, so other researchers can provide comments. Responses to statements can be added as comments directly to the statements. You are encouraged but not required to include your name in the PDF file; if you don’t, the statement or response will remain anonymous.
During the NeuroPhysIIR workshop (27/28 March 2025)
We will have time to discuss statements and responses during the workshop. More details to follow.
After the workshop (April-May 2025)
Participants will collaboratively contribute to the writing of the workshop report, which will be submitted to SIGIR Forum.
Organizers
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)

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