Knock knock, CHIIR 2026 — Information Science Regensburg is here.
Six submissions. Six acceptances.
At CHIIR 2026, our entire set made it through:
3 full papers, 1 perspective, 1 short, 1 demo — with David Elsweiler featuring on every single paper 👏
This is the first post in a series in which we will introduce each paper in more detail. Here is a brief preview of what is coming:
📄 Full Paper:
"Can You Tell Me?": Designing Copilots to Support Human Judgment in Online Information Seeking
by Markus Bink, Marten Risius (Hochschule Neu-Ulm), David Elsweiler, and Udo Kruschwitz
📄 Full Paper:
"Cooking Up Politeness in Human-AI Dialogue"
by David Elsweiler, Christine Elsweiler (Universität Innsbruck), and Anna Ziegner (Universität Innsbruck)
📄 Full Paper:
"Rules, Resources, and Restrictions: A Taxonomy of Task-Based Information Request Intents"
by Melanie A. Kilian and David Elsweiler
📄 Perspective Paper:
"From Tool to Teacher: Rethinking Search Systems as Instructive Interfaces"
by David Elsweiler
📄 Short Paper:
"Rare but Respected: Sustainable Intent in Online Product Search"
by Florian Meier (Aalborg University) and David Elsweiler
📄 Demo Paper:
"Seek and You Shall Find: Design & Evaluation of a Context-Aware Interactive Search Companion"
by Markus Bink, Marten Risius (Hochschule Neu-Ulm), Udo Kruschwitz, and David Elsweiler
A huge thank you to our amazing collaborators Marten Risius (Hochschule Neu-Ulm), Christine Elsweiler (Universität Innsbruck), Anna Ziegner (Universität Innsbruck), and Florian Meier (Aalborg University).
We cannot wait to provide insights into our research, exchange ideas and meet new and familiar faces in Seattle. 🤝💬🇺🇸
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