The Information Retrieval Group at the Faculty of Informatics of the University of Lugano was established in 2007, when Crestani and Landoni moved to Lugano from Glasgow. The group has grown fast to its current size, currently comprising of 10 members.

The group is engaged in research in different areas of Information Retrieval, Digital Libraries and Text Mining, reflecting the interest of the group members. Research is currently funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation, the Hasler Stiftung and the European Commission. Members of the group have a long experience in participating in research projects.

The group has a strong national and international collaborations with the several universities in UK, Italy, Spain, USA and Malaysia.

News

The last issue of the newsletters of the British Computer Society - Special Interest Group in Information Retrieval contains an article describing some of the research activities of the group.