Skip to main content
UMass Collegiate M The University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Visit
  • Apply
  • Give
  • Search UMass.edu
Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences

Main navigation

  • Academics

    Programs

    Undergraduate Programs Master's Programs Doctoral Program Graduate Certificate Programs

    Academic Support

    Advising Career Development Academic Policies Courses Scholarships and Fellowships
  • Research

    Research

    Research Areas Research Centers & Labs Undergraduate Research Opportunities

    Faculty & Researchers

    Faculty Directory Faculty Achievements

    Engage

    Research News Distinguished Lecturer Series Rising Stars in Computer Science Lecture Series
  • Community

    On-Campus

    Diversity and Inclusion Student Organizations Massenberg Summer STEM Program Awards Programs Senior Celebration

    External

    Alumni Support CICS
  • People
    Full A-Z Directory Faculty Staff
  • About

    Overview

    College Overview Leadership Our New Building

    News & Events

    News & Stories Events Calendar

    Connect

    Visiting CICS Contact Us Employment Offices & Services
  • Info For
    Current Undergraduate Students Current Graduate Students Faculty and Staff Newly Accepted Undergraduate Students

Allan, Zamani Co-Author Report on the Future of Information Retrieval in the Age of Generative AI

Computing Community Consortium workshop report offers a comprehensive examination of several crucial areas in information retrieval generative AI (IR-GenAI) research.

Content

January 29, 2025
Research
Image
Future of Information Retrieval Research in the Age of Generative AI CCC Workshop Participants
Future of Information Retrieval Research in the Age of Generative AI CCC Workshop Participants

The Computing Community Consortium (CCC) has released The Future of Information Retrieval Research in the Age of Generative AI Workshop Report, co-authored by Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences (CICS) Associate Dean of Research & Engagement and Director of the Center for Intelligent Information Retrieval James Allan and Associate Professor Hamed Zamani.

The report, written in collaboration with Eunsol Choi (New York University) and Daniel P. Lopresti (Lehigh University), builds on discussions from a workshop of the same name held during the summer of 2024 in Washington, D.C. It offers a comprehensive examination of several crucial areas in information retrieval generative AI (IR-GenAI) research and provides recommendations for academics, industry practitioners, institutions, evaluation campaigns, and funding agencies. 

Each topic in the report is structured with a concise overview of its main observations, challenges, and opportunities, followed by short-term research recommendations of immediate progress and long-term recommendations that outline the broader trajectory of IR-GenAI research, including: 

  • Evaluation challenges and needs in IR-GenAI 
  • Learning from implicit and explicit human feedback for solving complex problems that may require reasoning 
  • Understanding and modeling users for the evolving generative AI-powered information access systems 
  • Challenges and potential solutions to address or mitigate socio-technical issues raised by the new technologies in IR-GenAI 
  • Methods for developing personalized IR-GenAI systems 
  • Efficiency considerations when scaling compute, data, and human efforts in developing IR-GenAI methods 
  • The role of information retrieval in enhancing AI agents 
  • Developing foundation models specifically for information access and discovery 

Read the full workshop report on the Computing Community Consortium’s website; this article has been modified from a post originally published by the CCC.

Article posted in Research

Related research

  • Artificial Intelligence

Site footer

Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences
  • Find us on Facebook
  • Find us on YouTube
  • Find us on LinkedIn
  • Find us on Instagram
  • Find us on Flickr
  • Find us on Bluesky Social
Address

140 Governors Dr
Amherst, MA 01003
United States

  • Visit CICS
  • Give
  • Contact Us
  • Employment
  • Events Calendar
  • Offices & Services

Info For

  • Current Undergraduate Students
  • Current Graduate Students
  • Faculty & Staff
  • Newly Accepted Undergraduate Students

Global footer

  • ©2025 University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Site policies
  • Privacy
  • Non-discrimination notice
  • Accessibility
  • Terms of use