Authors
Charles L.A. Clarke
Paul Kantor
Adam Roegiest
Johanne R. Trippas
Zhaochun Ren
Maria Sofia Bucarelli
Xiao Fu
Yixing Fan
Michael Granitzer
David Graus
Maria Heuss
Jaap Kamps
Yibin Lei
Andrew Parry
Damiaan Reijnaers
Maarten de Rijke
Siddharth A.K. Singh
Yubao Tang
Suzan Verberne
Jonas Wallat
Yumeng Wang
Chen Xu
Andrew Yates
Saber Zerhoudi
Jujia Zhao
Date (dd-mm-yyyy)
2025-06
Title
Report on the 2nd Search Futures Workshop at ECIR 2025
Journal
SIGIR Forum
Volume
59
Publication Year
2025-06
Issue number
1
Document type
Article
Abstract

The Second Search Futures Workshop, in conjunction with the Forty-seventh European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) 2025, looked into the future of search to ask questions such as: • How can we navigate data privacy in large language model (LLM)-based information retrieval (IR)? • How can we implement agentic IR for proactive knowledge synthesis? • How do we ensure trustworthy information access beyond citations in the age of language models? • How does deep search transition from matching to reasoning? • What is meant by information semantics, knowledge representation, and natural language in a world of LLM-powered search? • What are serendipity engines, and how do they explore proactive web search via LLM agents, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), and simulated user feedback? The second edition of the workshop opened with ten lightning talks from a diverse group of speakers. Rather than traditional paper presentations, these short talks offered concise overviews of emerging ideas and critical insights, enabling a rapid exchange across various topics. The format was designed to spark discussion and expose participants to a broad spectrum of future-facing research directions in a compact timeframe. This report, co-authored by the workshop organizers, presenters, and participants, summarizes the talks and key discussions. Our aim is to share these insights with the broader IR community and help seed further dialogue around the themes raised.

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