Shen Dong

PhD student at University of Glasgow

[Shen Dong @ShenDongML]

@wajdi_bs @iadh @debforit @SIGIRConf Thank you!

[Shen Dong @ShenDongML]

🎉 Excited to share that our paper "APR: Adaptive Personalised Reranking For Conversational Search" (with @iadh and @debforit) has been accepted to @SIGIRConf 2026!

This will be my first SIGIR. See you in Melbourne!
#IR #ConversationalSearch #NLP #SIGIR2026

[Shen Dong @ShenDongML]

We ask the question: Can we address personalised user information needs in conversational search while still accommodating general queries? In this study, we investigate the use of instruction-following rerankers (like FollowIR) alongside similarity-based rerankers (like monoT5).

[Glasgow IR Group @ir_glasgow]

🎄 PyTerrier Advent 10/25: Dense retrieval often improves with pseudo-relevance feedback (Rocchio-style).

In PyTerrier_DR it’s easy: retrieve docs, a transformer to mix doc vectors w/ the query vector, and re-retrieve.
https://t.co/NxQJYUcTIf

[Glasgow IR Group @ir_glasgow]

🎄We want to try something new and fun this year – an “Advent Calendar” of PyTerrier pipelines

We’ll kick it off with *the* baseline: BM25 on MSMARCO. One line to download a pre-built index, one line to make a BM25 retriever, one line to search.

[Glasgow IR Group @ir_glasgow]

We are happy to sponsor the Keith Van Rijsbergen (KvR) Award at #ECIR2026

📢 𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻!

Details and Submission Form: https://t.co/ciCJkp5X1U

🗓 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝟭𝟱 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
https://t.co/J1g36MWsD4

[Glasgow IR Group @ir_glasgow]

We’re hiring a 2nd RA/PDRA at @GlasgowCS for the EU CLIMINVEST Project! Work with @iadh, @craig_macdonald & @richardm_ on LLM-powered AI agents for ESG & risk assessment in green investment. Apply by Dec 15: https://t.co/gBXIYo8je6

[Craig Macdonald @craig_macdonald]

PyTerrier 1.0 has been released:
- ➡️ search pipeline validation, visualisation and verification
- 📘more documentation
- ☕️ java now optional

🆕📰https://t.co/mvxDhsmNNU
Try pip install pyterrier[all]
w/ @macavaney

[Zhaohan Meng @Zhaohan_Meng]

Heading to #EMNLP2025 next Tuesday — Suzhou, here we come! 🌟

Excited to share that the AI4BioMed Lab (led by @mengzaiqiao& @jakelever0) has four papers accepted this year!🎉

Come chat with us!👋 @JinyuanF, @_xizhang, @Zhaohan_Meng, @XinhaoYi, @TedSiwei and @mengzaiqiao

[Xi Wang @wangxieric]

We are excited to announce that we are looking for PhD students for two projects funded by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award!
Both projects explore how we can make LLMs more reliable and trustworthy with respect to writing better code or supporting safe clinical decisions.
🧵

[Glasgow IR Group @ir_glasgow]

📢 We are now also on LinkedIn!

Follow the Glasgow Information Retrieval Group on LinkedIn for updates on IR research, @ir_glasgow activities, events, and collaborations:

🔗 https://t.co/fy52d1eDkY

#InformationRetrieval #IR #AI #recsys #RecommenderSystems #Glasgow

[Zaiqiao Meng @mengzaiqiao]

Our survey paper’s GitHub repo just hit ⭐️1K stars! 🚀🎉 ---> https://t.co/6xZchrT0EY

[elvis @omarsar0]

Overview of Self-Evolving Agents

There is a huge interest in moving from hand-crafted agentic systems to lifelong, adaptive agentic ecosystems.

What's the progress, and where are things headed?

Let's find out:

[Craig Macdonald @craig_macdonald]

RA job in @ir_glasgow on an EU Horizon project, with @iadh @richardm_ and myself, on the use of LLMs in developing AI agents for the risk and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) assessment of sustainability-focused green investment projects. 👇

[Zaiqiao Meng @mengzaiqiao]

Self-Evolving AI Agents are about to blow up 🚀🔥
New Survey Alert 🚨
From static LLMs ➡️ lifelong, adaptive agents 🌱🤖
A Comprehensive Survey of Self-Evolving AI Agents... — your roadmap to the future of AI that learns & evolves after deployment! 💡
https://t.co/TBYfLLdaD1

[Xi Zhang @_xizhang]

📢 Kicking off the day at the BioNLP Workshop with the opening talk!

🧬 Accelerating Cross-Encoders in Biomedical Entity Linking
With: @JavierSanzCruza & @jakelever0
📍 Room 2.15
🕗 08:50–09:10

Drop by if you’re around — would love to chat!
#BioNLP #ACL2025NLP #EntityLinking

[Xi Wang @wangxieric]

We are seeking researchers interested in the topic proactive conversational information seeking grounded on the development of large language models. Join us, share your thoughts and findings! We are looking forward to hearing from you. #ProCISLLM @cikm2025

[Xi Zhang @_xizhang]

Heading to #ACL2025 this weekend — Vienna, here we come! 🇦🇹
Excited to share that the AI4BioMed Lab (led by @mengzaiqiao & @jakelever0) has three papers accepted this year! 🎉

Come chat with us at the conference 👋
w/ @JinyuanF, @_xizhang, and @JavierSanzCruza 💬

📮 Also, I'll be serving as Volunteer Coordinator on July 28 — check your inbox if you're on shift!

@ir_glasgow @GlasgowCS @UofGlasgow
#NLP #AI4Health #RAG #MLLMs #BiomedicalNLP

[IEEE ICDCS 2025 @ICDCS2025]

The welcome reception at #ICDCS2025 is buzzing with energy! Fantastic to see so many smiling faces and lively conversations — a vibrant start to the conference. Here's to a great main conference ahead! 🎉

[Iadh Ounis @iadh]

Want your LLMs to be safe and responsibly aligned? Time to vaccinate them! 🧬

Fascinating #ICDCS2025 keynote by Ling Liu (Georgia Tech) on reducing fine-tuning costs while boosting safety in LLM deployment.