Andrew MacFarlane
Reader in Information Retrieval
Dr Andrew MacFarlane Reader in Information Retrieval
Room: A304E
Information Science
School of Informatics
City University
London EC1V OHB
andym@soi.city.ac.uk
tel: +44 20 7040 8386
fax: +44 20 7040 8584
Andy is a Reader in the School of Informatics at City University, and currently co-directs the Centre of Interactive Systems Research with Prof Stephen Robertson of Microsoft Research Cambridge. He got his PhD in Information Science from the same Department under the supervision of Prof Robertson and Dr J.A. McCann (now at Imperial College London). His research interests currently focus on a number of areas including parallel computing for information retrieval, disabilities and Information Retrieval (dyslexia in particular), AI techniques for Information Retrieval and Filtering, and Open Source Software Developement. He is the Chair of the BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group and is a long standing member of that SG. He is the principle investigator for a project funded by the TSB entitled "PhotoBrief" and is also a co-investigator for the SocialSensor project.
Recent Publications
- MacFarlane, A., Marshall, C.M., Buchanan, G., and Albrair, A. (2012). Phonological working memory impacts on information searching: An investigation of dyslexia. Proceedings of IIiX 2012 the Fourth Information Interaction in Context Symposium, 27-34.
- Diplaris, S, Papadopoulos, S., Kompatsiaris, I., Hacid, H., Maknavicius, L., Goker, A., MacFarlane, A., Spangenberg, J. and Klusch, M.. (2012). SocialSensor: Sensing user generated input for improved media discovery and experience, Proceedings of WWW2012.
- A. MacFarlane, A. Al-Wabil, C. Marshall, S. A. Jones, A. Albrair, and P. Zaphiris. (2010). The effect of dyslexia on Information Retrieval: a pilot study. Journal of Documentation 66(3).
- A. MacFarlane, A. Secker, P. May and J. Timmis. (2010). An experimental comparison of a Genetic Algorithm and a Hill-Climber for Term Selection. Journal of Documentation, 66(4).
- C. Inskip, A. MacFarlane and P. Rafferty (2010). Creative Professional users’ musical relevance criteria. Journal of Information Science, 36(4).
- A. MacFarlane. (2009). Teaching Mathematics for search using a Tutorial Style of Delivery. Special issue on Teaching and learning in IR, Information Retrieval, 12(2).