The presentations for the #IRRJ session at the at the 48th European Conference on Information Retrieval #ECIR2026 are now in the conference schedule at: https://ecir2026.eu/programme/program-schedule/program/detail/38/irrj-papers-presentations
Have you tried to find a specific topic in a municipal meeting minute? Endless pages. Slow searches. And giving up halfway through?
That’s where CitiLink comes in. Led by #INESCTEC, the project uses AI to transform dense municipal minutes into clear, searchable and meaningful data.
🖇️: t.ly/6BXIa
You don't have to dirty your soul to be a successful academic or a scientist. Have some fucking pride. Have some fucking principles.
If you think you DO need to do that, all I can say is that I beg you not to go into academia or science.
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Existe material público sobre os resultados deste estudo? Obrigado!
🎓 Thinking about starting a PhD or taking your research career further? This could be your moment!
The “la Caixa” Foundation has opened applications for 60 Doctoral INPhINIT Fellowships, and #INESCTEC may be one of the host institutions.
🔬 All the details here: bip.inesctec.pt/en/noticias/...
Do see UNCUT GEMS. Great acting and directing.
![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com/3172/
Dutch public broadcaster NOS quits X over disinformation reut.rs/3KpybRU
Cory Doctorow na #WebSummit:
A Internet está uma m*rda. Que fazer? "Juntem-se a grupos de defesa de direitos digitais".
A Gália não está toda ocupada, apenas parece. Muitos ainda resistem. 💪
«“Merdificação” em curso: porque é que a Internet está pior?»
www.publico.pt/2025/11/19/p...
📣 If you are a researcher interested in studying the risks of online platforms, this is for you!
🧐 Check the FAQ here: algorithmic-transparency.ec.europa.eu/news/faqs-ds...
✍️Apply here: data-access.dsa.ec.europa.eu/home
#DSA #Article40 #DataAccess
📣THREAD: It’s surprising to me that so many people were surprised to learn that Signal runs partly on AWS (something we can do because we use encryption to make sure no one but you–not AWS, not Signal, not anyone–can access your comms).
It’s also concerning. 1/
The wind doesn’t blow this far right
Some terrors are born out of nature
Some terrors are born overnight
Some terrors are born out of leaders
With their eye on a different prize
Qual será o custo real? Neste momento o dumping parece ser muito forte.
Page from March 1997 Scientific American featuring Brewster Kahle’s article 'Preserving the Internet.' Text describes the Internet Archive’s mission to save digital information. Includes a photo of a Smithsonian exhibit with 1996 U.S. election web memorabilia.
In 1996, Brewster Kahle wrote "Preserving the Internet" for Scientific American. Nearly 30 years later, it’s striking how many of his predictions about digital preservation came true—and how many challenges remain.
Let’s compare 1996 vs 2025 🧵
I thought something seemed off about the the image posted below: it's a photo that's been edited and colorized by AI. Please don't do that.
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in Amsterdam this afternoon (Sunday, Oct 5).
An estimated 250,000 bring the city to a standstill; people all wearing red to show solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
(🎥 Ahmed Zantac)
In January, Asia Biega (MPI), Georgina Born (UCL), Mary Gray (MSR), Rida Qadri (G), and I ran a Dagstuhl Seminar bringing together folks from CS and the broader social sciences to discuss questions around AI and culture. Dagstuhl has just posted our report, 1/3
drops.dagstuhl.de/storage/04da...
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Hello, World!
WIRED's The Politics Issue
Big Tech's embrace of President Trump has left many of us wondering: What the hell happened to Silicon Valley?
In our new politics issue, we're getting into it.
Also, we're taking this cover across the US in billboards, posters and a mural. Clues to find us in the 🧵: www.wired.com/politics-iss...
Published at #IRRJ: "Evaluating Dense Model-based Approaches for Multimodal Medical Case Retrieval" by Catarina Pires, Sérgio Nunes, and Luís Teixeira.
#MedicalSearch, #MultimodalRetrieval, #DenseRetrieval
https://doi.org/10.54195/irrj.19769
from the guys who brought you "what's behind the mona lisa?"
enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits
🎖️A Minha Região - O teu portal autárquico, a platform developed by researchers at #INESCTEC, was the big winner of the Arquivo.pt award.
The platform allows users to consult data on electoral processes, news related to their parish, and local leaders 🗺️
Congratulations!
📌 Find out more: t.ly/-2wsz
Is a recording of the session available? Thanks!
Based on the Informatics Europe Higher Education Data Portal, the first pan-European report on bachelor-level Informatics retention and graduation (2010–2023) has been published.
🌍 #InformaticsEurope & @acm.org Europe release the first pan-European report on bachelor-level Informatics retention & graduation (2010–2023), covering 13 countries across #Europe.
📖 Read and share: tinyurl.com/4uadrtma
#Informatics #HigherEducation #DigitalFuture
🌟Really excited to share the fourth Strategic Workshop on Information Retrieval (SWIRL) report published in SIGIR Forum!
Paper 👉🏻 www.johannetrippas.com/papers/tripp...
More info 👉🏻 sites.google.com/view/swirl20...
#SWIRL2025 #SIGIR2026 #IR #GenAI #Research #CHIIR2026
Details needed, but ...
If fine is pulled as part of EU-US trade negotiations this is very impactful and very bad.
www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
The targeting of journalists by Israel is a feature, not a bug.
