General Chairs
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Kevyn Collins-Thompson
University of Michigan
Qiaozhu Mei
University of Michigan
Program Chairs
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Brian Davison
Lehigh University
Emine Yilmaz
University College London
Yiqun Liu
Tsinghua University
Treasurer
Vinod Vydiswaran
University of Michigan
Short Paper Chairs
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Paul Bennett
Microsoft
Min Zhang
Tsinghua University
Track Co-chair (Core IR)
Iadh Ounis
University of Glasgow
James Allan
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Ji-Rong Wen
Renmin University of China
Track Co-chair (Foundations)
Fernando Diaz
Spotify
Maarten de Rijke
University of Amsterdam
Track Co-chair (Apps)
Carlos Castillo
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Tat-Seng Chua
National University of Singapore
Debora Donato
Mix
Track Co-chair (Recommender)
Yi Zhang
University of California Santa Cruz
Min-Yen Kan
National University of Singapore
Deepak Agarwal
Track Co-chair (AI)
Jianfeng Gao
Microsoft
Jun Wang
University College London
Track Co-chair (HCI)
Jeff Huang
Brown University
Rob Capra
University of North Carolina
Webmaster
Cristina Garbacea
University of Michigan
Ryan Burton
University of Michigan
Publicity and Media Chairs
Yubin Kim
Carnegie Mellon University
Ying Ding
Indiana University
Sponsorship Chair
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Jimmy Huang
York University
Tutorial Chairs
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Mark Smucker
University of Waterloo
Jianyun Nie
Université de Montréal
Workshop Chairs
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Hui Fang
University of Delaware
Fiana Raiber
Oath
Demo Chairs
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Grace Hui Yang
Georgetown University
Yue Wang
University of Michigan
Doctoral Consortium Chairs
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Makoto P. Kato
Kyoto University
Charlie Clarke
Industry Day Chair
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Yi Chang
Huawei
Dawei Yin
JD.com
Local Arrangements Chairs
Alex Kotov
Wayne State University
Todd Stuart
University of Michigan
SungJin Nam
University of Michigan
Registration Chair
Rohail Syed
University of Michigan
Student Affairs Chair
Laura Dietz
University of New Hampshire
Student Sponsorship Chair
Hongning Wang
University of Virginia
Student Volunteer Chair
Wei Ai
University of Michigan
Awards Chair
Hang Li
Toutiao
Proceedings Chair
Carsten Eickhoff
Brown University
Brand and Creative Chair
Esther Eickhoff
Consultant