Task Intelligence For Search And Recommendation - Chirag Shah

While Great Strides Have Been Made In The Field Of Search And Recommendation, There Are Still Challenges And Opportunities To Address Information Access Issues That Involve Solving Tasks And Accomplishing Goals For A Wide Variety Of Users. Specifically, We Lack Intelligent Systems That Can Detect Not Only The Request An Individual Is Making (what), But Also Understand And Utilize The Intention (why) And Strategies (how) While Providing Information And Enabling Task Completion. Many Scholars In The Fields Of Information Retrieval, Recommender Systems, Productivity (especially In Task Management And Time Management), And Artificial Intelligence Have Recognized The Importance Of Extracting And Understanding People's Tasks And The Intentions Behind Performing Those Tasks In Order To Serve Them Better.