Full Papers
Original research contributions with substantial technical depth and experimental validation, limited to 10 pages.
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IIR 2026
16th Italian Information Retrieval Workshop (IIR 2026)
The International Information Retrieval Conference (IIR 2026) is a premier forum for research in information retrieval, bringing together academics and practitioners to present and discuss innovative approaches, systems, and theories. The conference covers a broad spectrum of topics from foundational IR models to real-world applications and emerging trends in search and retrieval technologies.
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Short Papers
Concise presentations of novel ideas, preliminary results, or system demos, limited to 5 pages.
Industry Track Papers
Practical applications, case studies, or system descriptions from industry, limited to 8 pages.
Demo Papers
Descriptions of working systems or prototypes, limited to 4 pages.
Research areas in scope
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Research Tracks
Information retrieval models and algorithmsEvaluation methodologies and metricsUser modeling and interactionSearch personalization and recommendationMultimodal and cross-lingual retrievalNeural and deep learning for IRFairness, accountability, and ethics in IRIR in social media and web searchIR for scientific and domain-specific applicationsIR systems and architecturesInteractive and conversational searchQuery understanding and expansionDocument representation and indexingIR for mobile and voice searchIR evaluation beyond TREC and similar benchmarks
Policies worth checking twice
- All submissions must be anonymized for double-blind review.
- Papers must not exceed the specified page limits (10 for full, 5 for short, 8 for industry, 4 for demos).
- Submissions must be original and not under review elsewhere.
- Dual submission to other conferences or journals is not permitted.
- Authors must submit a statement on the use of AI tools in the preparation of the paper.
- Author lists and affiliations cannot be changed after the submission deadline.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026