Welcome
Overview
We are a research and development laboratory that conducts research and development on human-information interaction with a focus on information retrieval and information recommendation. Our mission is to realize the following for the eternal challenge of "obtaining information that is useful for solving problems".
- Unraveling the Complex Processes of Human Information Interaction
- Provide new user experiences for human-information interaction
Latest News
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
 2025.08.01 |
 Three publications have been added to Publications |
| 2025.07.21 |
Released a software geniie-lab to study Information Searching Behaviour of Large Langage Models! |
| 2025.05.09 |
Five publications have been added to Publications |
| 2025.04.06 |
 A full paper by Prof. Hideo Joho has been accepted at SIGIR 2025! |
| 2025.03.31 |
Abstracts of degree thesis updated with AY 2024! (Master's / Bachelor) |
| 2024.12.01 |
Three bachelor students have joined the lab! |
| 2024.11.18 |
A short paper by Hikaru Kumamoto (2023 Alumni) has been accepted at iConference 2025! |
| 2024.10.14 |
A full paper by Yuta Imasaka (M2) has been accepted at SIGIR-AP 2024! |
| 2024.07.13 |
Abstracts of degree thesis are available now! (Master's / Bachelor) |
| 2024.05.20 |
Four publications were added |
| 2024.03.29 |
Joho-sensei presented Transfer Task 2 at NTCIR-18 Kick-Off Event! |
| 2024.03.25 |
 Hikaru Kumamoto has won the Dean of the Faculty of Informatics Award! |
| 2024.03.25 |
Takumi Kudo has won the Dean of the Faculty of Informatics Award! |
| 2024.03.16 |
 The second alumni re-union party was held in Tokyo! |
| 2023.10.01 |
 We're not accepting new students in 2024. |
| 2023.04.01 |
One Master student has joined the lab! |
| 2023.03.24 |
Shin Mikami has won the Alumni Association of the University of Tsukuba Award! |
| 2023.03.24 |
Satoru Imoto has won the Dean of the Faculty of Informatics Award! |
| 2022.12.01 |
A paper by Dr Rahmi (2019 Alumni) has won the best paper award at ICADL 2022! |
| 2022.12.01 |
Five bachelor students have joined the lab! |
| 2022.10.19 |
Joho-sensei delivered a keynote speech Prospects for Informatics Degree Programs from Japan’s iSchools at ICOLAIS 2022! |
| 2022.10.04 |
Lab website has been renewed! |
| 2022.09.28 |
Joho-sensei presented a Transfer Task at NTCIR-17 Kick-Off Event! |
| 2022.09.26 |
A full paper by Dr Rahmi (2019 Alumni) has been accepted at ICADL 2022! |