{"title":"What does time spent on searching indicate?","authors":"Pia Borlund, Sabine Dreier, Katriina Byström","doi":"10.1145/2362724.2362756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2362724.2362756","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we report a comparative study on what users' time spent on searching for information is an indication of. Time spent is commonly interpreted as an implicit measure of interest, but might indeed describe other circumstances of the information retrieval (IR) interaction. This phenomenon of time spent is interesting from an IR evaluation point of view with reference to how time spent is to be interpreted. A comparison of time spent between a semi-lab interactive IR (IIR) study using simulated work task situations and a naturalistic IIR study is presented. The findings of this comparison are further related to a study on information searching and seeking in the real work environment that provides a resonance board for the reported IIR studies. The main conclusion is that time spent searching depends not only on interest, but also on circumstances such as prior knowledge and external requirements.","PeriodicalId":413481,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Information Interaction in Context","volume":"52 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117245684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SlideDeckFinder: identifying related slide decks based on visual appearance and composition patterns","authors":"Oliver Brdiczka, D. Kletter","doi":"10.1145/2362724.2362781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2362724.2362781","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces SlideDeckFinder, a tool integrated into a user's email client enabling the search for similarities between slide decks. The similarity calculations are based on visual correspondence (both from text and images/graphics) as well as slide (re-)composition patterns. The individual slides of different slide decks are first compared by matching their respective visual features extracted from any content such as text and images. The resulting similarity scores between pairs of slides are then the input for calculating the similarity between whole slide decks. Hidden Markov models (HMMs) are used to represent the transformation (in terms of re-arrangements or insertions of new slides) from one slide deck to another, where the state emissions probabilities of the HMM correspond to slide similarity and the transition probabilities represent the likely slide sequence within slide decks. The Viterbi algorithm is finally used to calculate the most likely state sequence (i.e. recomposition pattern) between the slide decks and thus the similarity score. SlideDeckFinder has been evaluated both on its accuracy to compare visual appearance of slides with respect to human perception and its performance to retrieve related slide deck variants.","PeriodicalId":413481,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Information Interaction in Context","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121538744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intention and task context connected with session in a cultural heritage collection","authors":"Jonas Fransson","doi":"10.1145/2362724.2362750","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2362724.2362750","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper two methods are used, analysis of web access logs together with a web survey, to connect sessions with task context and intention. The dual methods approach connects information seeking behavior with actual IR-interactions to get a more holistic view of the information seeking and retrieval (IS&R) process. The studied collection is a cultural heritage web site containing digitalized material and artist information. Based on different navigation strategies task context and intention was related to session length and arrival level in the site. Some statistically significant relationships were found between the factors. Users in a work context more often access the site by direct navigation for looking up facts. Users in a hobby or leisure context more often access the site by links or topical searches in search engines and they arrive further down in the site structure and their sessions are shorter. How and to what extent survey data and log data can be combined is discussed.","PeriodicalId":413481,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Information Interaction in Context","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127681700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pierre Tirilly, Xiangming Mu, Chunsheng Huang, Iris Xie, Wooseob Jeong, Jin Zhang
{"title":"On the consistency and features of image similarity","authors":"Pierre Tirilly, Xiangming Mu, Chunsheng Huang, Iris Xie, Wooseob Jeong, Jin Zhang","doi":"10.1145/2362724.2362754","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2362724.2362754","url":null,"abstract":"Image indexing and retrieval systems mostly rely on the computation of similarity measures between images. This notion is ill-defined, generally based on simplistic assumptions that do not fit the actual context of use of image retrieval systems. This paper addresses two fundamental issues related to image similarity: checking whether the degree of similarity between two images is perceived consistently by different users and establishing the elements of the images on which users base their similarity judgment. A study is set up, in which human subjects have been asked to assess the degree of the pairwise similarity of images and describe the features on which they base their judgments. The quantitative analysis of the similarity scores reported by the subjects shows that users reach a certain consensus on similarity assessment. From the qualitative analysis of the transcripts of the records of the experiments, a list of the features used by the subjects to assess image similarity is built. From this, a new model of image description emerges. As compared to existing models, it is more realistic, free of preconceptions and more suited to the task of similarity computation. These results are discussed from the perspectives of psychology and computer science.","PeriodicalId":413481,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Information Interaction in Context","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133106421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unlocking radio broadcasts: user needs in sound retrieval","authors":"M. Skov, Marianne Lykke","doi":"10.1145/2362724.2362779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2362724.2362779","url":null,"abstract":"This poster reports the preliminary results of a user study uncovering the information seeking behaviour of humanities scholars dedicated to radio research. The study is part of an interdisciplinary research project on radio culture and auditory resources. The purpose of the study is to inform the design of information architecture and interaction design of a research infrastructure that will enable future radio and audio based research. Results from a questionnaire survey on humanities scholars' research interest and information needs, preferred access points, and indexing levels are reported. Finally, a flexible metadata schema is suggested, that includes both general metadata and highly media and research project specific metadata.","PeriodicalId":413481,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Information Interaction in Context","volume":"129 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122759702","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An analysis of free-text queries for a multi-field web form","authors":"Kien Tjin-Kam-Jet, D. Trieschnigg, D. Hiemstra","doi":"10.1145/2362724.2362742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2362724.2362742","url":null,"abstract":"We report how users interact with an experimental system that transforms single-field textual input into a multi-field query for an existing travel planner system. The experimental system was made publicly available and we collected over 30,000 queries from almost 12,000 users. From the free-text query log, we examined how users formulated structured information needs into free-text queries. The query log analysis shows that there is great variety in query formulation, over 400 query templates were found that occurred at least 4 times. Furthermore, with over 100 respondents to our questionnaire, we provide both quantitative and qualitative evidence indicating that end-users significantly prefer a single field interface over a multi-field interface when performing structured search.","PeriodicalId":413481,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Information Interaction in Context","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123259029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cognitive consequences of search","authors":"D. Kelly","doi":"10.1145/2362724.2362727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2362724.2362727","url":null,"abstract":"For some time now, the general goal of information retrieval (IR) has been to present a user with an optimally ranked set of results as quickly as possible. At first glance, things seem to be working well: users often find what they need on the first search results page, they do not have to create their own queries or read through multiple pages of text, and soon they may not even have to think of their own information needs. Researchers document success by showing reductions in time and amount of interaction, and increased user satisfaction, but do these measures really allow researchers to understand the impact of search?","PeriodicalId":413481,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Information Interaction in Context","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126484261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Józsa, M. Köles, A. Komlódi, K. Hercegfi, Peng Chu
{"title":"Evaluation of search quality differences and the impact of personality styles in native and foreign language searching tasks","authors":"E. Józsa, M. Köles, A. Komlódi, K. Hercegfi, Peng Chu","doi":"10.1145/2362724.2362782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2362724.2362782","url":null,"abstract":"Taking individual differences into consideration is a foundational issue of Human-Computer Interaction research. The current paper examines the differences that arise during native and foreign language information-seeking tasks. Seventeen Hungarian college students, with significant but non-heritage knowledge of English, participated in the study. We examined the impact of search strategies and personality types on search outcome quality. Our results show interesting variations in searchers' success in their native and foreign languages. In-depth search strategies work better and allow searchers to achieve the same success rate in a foreign language as in their native language. More empathy toward the search task also seems to improve results.","PeriodicalId":413481,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Information Interaction in Context","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133003816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PatentLight: a patent search application","authors":"S. Calegari, E. Panzeri, G. Pasi","doi":"10.1145/2362724.2362765","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2362724.2362765","url":null,"abstract":"Patent retrieval is a complex challenging task; despite of the numerous patent search applications, more flexible solutions are needed to help users to easily identify relevant patents. This paper presents the PatentLight search tool that offers novel and flexible functionalities to help users looking for relevant patents represented in the XML format.","PeriodicalId":413481,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Information Interaction in Context","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133506104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Paavo Arvola, J. Vainio, Marko Junkkari, Jaana Kekäläinen
{"title":"Model for simulating result document browsing in focused retrieval","authors":"Paavo Arvola, J. Vainio, Marko Junkkari, Jaana Kekäläinen","doi":"10.1145/2362724.2362764","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/2362724.2362764","url":null,"abstract":"A search process is a ternary relationship between the user, the retrieval system and the user interface. A focused retrieval system aims at retrieving the most relevant parts within a relevant document. In focused retrieval the user interface may show not only the relevant documents but also identify the most relevant parts within a document. In document browsing a user may apply several strategies, related to the order of browsing, tolerance to irrelevance and the amount of required information. A model for result document browsing in focused retrieval is introduced. Further, its applicability is illustrated through a simulated experiment.","PeriodicalId":413481,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Information Interaction in Context","volume":"46 23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-08-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134121431","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}