General Chairs

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Kevyn Collins-Thompson

Kevyn Collins-Thompson

University of Michigan

Qiaozhu Mei

Qiaozhu Mei

University of Michigan

Program Chairs

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Brian Davison

Brian Davison

Lehigh University

Emine Yilmaz

Emine Yilmaz

University College London

Yiqun Liu

Yiqun Liu

Tsinghua University

Treasurer

Vinod Vydiswaran

Vinod Vydiswaran

University of Michigan

Short Paper Chairs

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Paul Bennett

Paul Bennett

Microsoft

Min Zhang

Min Zhang

Tsinghua University

Track Co-chair (Core IR)

Iadh Ounis

Iadh Ounis

University of Glasgow

James Allan

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Ji-Rong Wen

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

Carlos Castillo

Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Tat-Seng Chua

Tat-Seng Chua

National University of Singapore

Debora Donato

Mix

Track Co-chair (Recommender)

Yi Zhang

Yi Zhang

University of California Santa Cruz

Min-Yen Kan

Min-Yen Kan

National University of Singapore

Deepak Agarwal

Deepak Agarwal

LinkedIn

Track Co-chair (AI)

Jianfeng Gao

Jianfeng Gao

Microsoft

Jun Wang

Jun Wang

University College London

Track Co-chair (HCI)

Jeff Huang

Jeff Huang

Brown University

Rob Capra

Rob Capra

University of North Carolina

Webmaster

Cristina Garbacea

University of Michigan

Ryan Burton

University of Michigan

Publicity and Media Chairs

Yubin Kim

Yubin Kim

Carnegie Mellon University

Ying Ding

Ying Ding

Indiana University

Sponsorship Chair

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Jimmy Huang

Jimmy Huang

York University

Tutorial Chairs

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Mark Smucker

Mark Smucker

University of Waterloo

Jianyun Nie

Jianyun Nie

Université de Montréal

Workshop Chairs

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Hui Fang

Hui Fang

University of Delaware

Fiana Raiber

Fiana Raiber

Oath

Demo Chairs

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Grace Hui Yang

Grace Hui Yang

Georgetown University

Yue Wang

University of Michigan

Doctoral Consortium Chairs

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Makoto P. Kato

Makoto P. Kato

Kyoto University

Charlie Clarke

Charlie Clarke

Facebook

Industry Day Chair

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Yi Chang

Yi Chang

Huawei

Dawei Yin

JD.com

Local Arrangements Chairs

Alex Kotov

Alex Kotov

Wayne State University

Todd Stuart

University of Michigan

SungJin Nam

SungJin Nam

University of Michigan

Registration Chair

Rohail Syed

Rohail Syed

University of Michigan

Student Affairs Chair

Laura Dietz

Laura Dietz

University of New Hampshire

Student Sponsorship Chair

Hongning Wang

University of Virginia

Student Volunteer Chair

Wei Ai

Wei Ai

University of Michigan

Awards Chair

Hang Li

Hang Li

Toutiao

Proceedings Chair

Carsten Eickhoff

Carsten Eickhoff

Brown University

Brand and Creative Chair

Esther Eickhoff

Esther Eickhoff

Consultant