†: undergrad, +: highschooler

    2025

  1. H. Waezi, H. Fani; Enhancing Online Grooming Detection via Backtranslation Augmentation. In the 31st International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COING), 2025.
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  2. R. Barzegar, M. Kurepa+♥, H. Fani; Adaptive Loss-based Curricula for Neural Team Recommendation. In the 18th International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM), 2025.
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  3. M. Saeedi, C. Wong+, H. Fani; Bridging Historical Subgraph Optimization and Modern Graph Neural Network Approaches in Team Recommendations. In the 18th International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM), 2025.
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  4. 2024

  5. D. Rajaei, Z. Taheri, H. Fani; No Query Left Behind: Query Refinement via Backtranslation. In the 33rd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM), 2024.
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  6. H. Waezi, R. Barzegar, H. Fani; Osprey🪶: A Reference Framework for Online Grooming Detection via Neural Models and Conversation Features. In the 33rd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM), 2024.
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  7. F. Hemmatizadeh, C. Wong, A. Yu+, H. Fani; LADy💃: A Benchmark Toolkit for Latent Aspect Detection Enriched with Backtranslation Augmentation. The 47th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR), 2024.
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  8. H. Fani, R. Barzegar, A. Dashti, M. Saeedi; A Streaming Approach to Neural Team Formation Training. In the 46th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR), 2024.
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  9. F. Zarrinkalam, H. A. Noughabib, Z. Noorian, H. Fani, E. Bagheri; Predicting Users’ Future Interests on Social Networks: A Reference Framework. Information Processing and Management (IP&M), 2024.
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  10. M.J. Ahmed, M. Saeedi, H. Fani; Skill Vector Representation Learning for Collaborative Team Recommendation: A Comparative Study. In the 25th International Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE), 2024.
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  11. D. Rajaei, Z. Taheri, H. Fani; Enhancing RAG's Retrieval via Query Backtranslations. In the 25th International Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE), 2024.
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  12. Y. Lakshmi Narayanan, H. Fani; RePair My Queries: Personalized Query Reformulation via Conditional Transformers. In the 25th International Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE), 2024.
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  13. R. Moasses, D. Rajaei, H. Loghmani, M. Saeedi, H. Fani; vivafemme: Mitigating Gender Bias in Neural Team Recommendation via Female-Advocate Loss Regularization. The 5th International Workshop on Algorithmic Bias in Search and Recommendation, Colocated with the 47th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (BIAS-SIGIR), 2024.
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  14. M. Saeedi, C. Wong, H. Fani; Paradigm Shifts in Team Recommendation: From Historical Subgraph Optimization to Emerging Graph Neural Network. In the 2nd International ACM SIGIR Conference on Information Retrieval in the Asia Pacific (SIGIR-AP), 2024.
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  15. M. Saeedi, C. Wong, H. Fani; Collaborative Team Recommendation for Skilled Users: Objectives, Techniques, and New Perspectives. In the 32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (UMAP), 2024.
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  16. 2023

  17. F. Hemmatizadeh, C. Wong, A. Yu+, H. Fani; Latent Aspect Detection via Backtranslation Augmentation. In the 32nd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM), 2023.
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  18. Y. Lakshmi Narayanan, H. Fani; RePair: An Extensible Toolkit to Generate Large-Scale Datasets for Query Refinement via Transformers. In the 32nd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM), 2023.
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  19. R. Hamidi Rad, H. Fani, E. Bagheri, M. Kargar, D. Srivastava, J. Szlichta; A Variational Neural Architecture for Skill-based Team Formation. ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS), 42(1): 1-28, 2023.
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  20. H. Loghmani, H. Fani; Bootless Application of Greedy Re-ranking Algorithms in Fair Neural Team Formation. In the 4th International Workshop on Algorithmic Bias in Search and Recommendation, Colocated with the 45th European Conference on Information Retrieval (BIAS-ECIR), 2023.
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  21. 2022

  22. A. Dashti, S. Samet, H. Fani; Effective Neural Team Formation via Negative Samples. In the 31st ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM), 2022.
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  23. A. Dashti, K. Saxena, D. Patel, H. Fani; OpeNTF: A Benchmark Library for Neural Team Formation. In the 31st ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM), 2022.
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  24. S. Ziaeinejad, S. Samet, H. Fani; SEERa: A Framework for Community Prediction. In the 31st ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM), 2022.
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  25. 2021

  26. H. Fani, M. Tamannaee, F. Zarrinkalam, J. Samouh, S. Paydar, E. Bagheri; An Extensible Toolkit of Query Refinement Methods and Gold Standard Dataset Generation. In Advances in Information Retrieval: 43rd European Conference on IR Research (ECIR), 2021
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  27. R. Hamidi Rad, Aabid Mitha, H. Fani, M. Kargar, J. Szlichta, E. Bagheri; PyTFL: A Python-based Neural Team Formation Toolkit. In the 30th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM), 2021.
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  28. 2020

  29. Fani's Lab! is launched at the School of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, University of Windsor.