Information Engineering Lab · The University of Queensland

Engineering the future of search

We research information retrieval — from formal models and neural ranking to large language models and health search — building search technologies that help people find better answers and make better decisions.

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Formal Models of IR

Retrieval models, learning to rank, dense and neural retrieval, user models, and the rigorous evaluation of information retrieval systems.

Health Search & Data Science

Consumer health search, clinical decision support, precision medicine, search for systematic review compilation, and cohort selection for clinical trials.

Generative & Domain-Specific IR

Large language models for retrieval and ranking, safe and reliable generative IR, conversational search, and domain-specific search such as case law retrieval.

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15 Jul 2020

PostDoc Position Available in Digital Health

We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Fellow that will contribute to innovative research developments within the scope of digital health. The project aims to devise new method ...

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ielab brings together 17 researchers at The University of Queensland and collaborators at CSIRO, the University of Strathclyde, and beyond. If you are interested in information retrieval, come and have a chat!