Call for Abstracts - INFUSE Workshop at ECIR 2026 (Information Access in Uncertainty Scenarios)

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Dear colleagues,

We are organising the INFUSE workshop on information access in uncertainty scenarios at the European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR ’26) on April 2nd in Delft, Netherlands.

Our goal is to bring together the broader information retrieval community and researchers and practitioners from adjacent disciplines to discuss emerging challenges, share diverse perspectives, and explore novel approaches to information access in contexts of uncertainty. Such contexts include situations where information is scarce or non-existent, where data voids or unanswerable questions arise, where knowledge is evolving (e.g., current events, emerging topics, or rumours), or where multiple perspectives coexist (e.g., debated topics).

We invite participants to submit abstracts only (up to 600 words) with links to references directly to EasyChair. Submissions may include descriptions of ongoing projects, work presented elsewhere, or ideas and perspectives that are still in development. 

 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Retrieval models designed to handle information scarcity, ambiguity, and uncertainty
• Evaluation frameworks and metrics for information retrieval under uncertainty
• Techniques for query understanding in uncertainty scenarios
• Methods for detecting and safeguarding against incorrect or misleading information in uncertain or data void settings
• Approaches to aggregate and present information in uncertainty scenarios
• User studies investigating information behaviour, decision-making, trust, and awareness under conditions of uncertainty
• Studies on the impact and adaptation of generative AI in information access in uncertainty scenarios

 

Important Dates

First call (Early bird registration for ECIR):

• Tuesday 3 Feb 2026, 23.59 (AoE): Abstract submission deadline (Early bird ECIR registration)
• Tuesday 10 Feb 2026: Notification (Early bird ECIR registration)

Second call (Regular registration for ECIR):

• Tuesday 3 March 2026, 23.59 (AoE): Abstract submission deadline
• Tuesday 10 March 2026: Notification

Thursday 2 April: Workshop day

 

Full call details are available on the workshop website.

 

 

Kind regards,

The INFUSE 2026 Organinsing Committee