Collaborative search trails for video search

Hopfgartner, F. , Vallet, D., Halvey, M. and Jose, J.M. (2008) Collaborative search trails for video search. First International Workshop on Collaborative Information Seeking, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 20 June 2008.

Abstract

In this paper we present an approach for supporting users in the difficult task of searching for video. We use collaborative feedback mined from the interactions of earlier users of a video search system to help users in their current search tasks. Our objective is to improve the quality of the results that users find, and in doing so also assist users to explore a large and complex information space. It is hoped that this will lead to them considering search options that they may not have considered otherwise. We performed a user centred evaluation. The results of our evaluation indicate that we achieved our goals, the performance of the users in finding relevant video clips was enhanced with our system; users were able to explore the collection of video clips more and users demonstrated a preference for our system that provided recommendations.

• Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Jose, Professor Joemon and Hopfgartner, Dr Frank and Halvey, Dr Martin and Vallet, Mr David
• Authors: Hopfgartner, F., Vallet, D., Halvey, M., and Jose, J.M.
• Subjects: Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science; Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Information Studies; College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Research Group: Information Retrieval
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2009 The Authors