The Information Engineering Lab IELab @ UQ | The University of Queensland

The Information Engineering Lab

The ielab is a collaborative group of researchers working in the area of information engineering. Much of this research is specifically on the areas of information retrieval, i.e. search engine technology and information seeking, data science, and health informatics.

Highlights

OUR RESEARCH

OUR RESEARCH

Formal models of Information Retrieval: retrieval models, learning to rank, deep learning, user models, information retrieval system evaluation. Health Search and Health Data Science: models, systems, evaluation for tasks in consumer health search, clinical decision support, precision medicine, search for systematic review compilation, cohort selection for clinical trials. Domain-specific search: case law retrieval.

OUR PROJECTS

OUR PROJECTS

The ielab works on a diversity of research projects in the fields of information retrieval, data science, and health informatics. Research strengths includes: Formal models of Information Retrieval, Health Search and Health Data Science, Domain-specific search: case law retrieval.

OUR TEAM

OUR TEAM

We are a big group, we publish papers in top-tier conferences and journals. We work hard, but we also play hard. If you are interested in information retrieval, we welcome you to come in and have a chat!