A compilation of highlights from 2020:
- Organized ICTIR’20 together with Vinay Setty and Trond Linjordet — due to COVID, as a virtual conference.
- The Norwegian Research Center for AI Innovation (NorwAI) started its operations, where I lead the work package on Language Technology for AI. There will be 3 PhD positions at UiS.
- Published papers that attracted attention, on user simulation (KDD’20), novel entity discovery (WWW’20), entity linking (SIGIR’20), and explanations (SIGIR’20).
- Our submission, led by Vinay Setty, achieved top performance at the SMART Challenge.