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Dr Andrew Macfarlane

Reader in Information Retrieval

School of Science & Technology Department of Computer Science

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Andy is a Reader in Information Retrieval and is a member of the Centre for HCI Design at City, University of London. He got his PhD in Information Science under the supervision of Prof Robertson and Prof J.A. McCann (Imperial College London).

His research interests currently focus on a number of areas including disabilities and Information Retrieval (dyslexia in particular), AI techniques for Information Retrieval and Filtering, and Image Retrieval.

He is a member of the BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group and is a long standing member of that SG as well as a past chair. He was the principle investigator for a project funded by the TSB entitled "PhotoBrief" and is was also a co-investigator for the SocialSensor project.

Qualifications

  • PGCert Academic Practice, City, University of London, 2003
  • PhD Information Science, City, University of London, United Kingdom, 2000
  • MSc Advanced Methods in Computer Science, University of London, United Kingdom, 1994
  • BSc Computer Science, University of Westminster, United Kingdom, 1993

Employment

  • Reader in Information Retrieval, City, University of London, Aug 2012 – present
  • Senior Lecturer in Information Science, City, University of London, Aug 2006 – Jul 2012
  • Lecturer in Information Science, City, University of London, Sep 2001 – Jul 2006
  • Researcher & Software Engineer, BrightStation PLC, Sep 2000 – Jun 2001
  • Intern, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, Apr – Oct 1999
  • Research Assistant, Queen Mary University of London, Oct 1994 – Sep 1996

Memberships of professional organisations

  • Fellow, BCS, Feb 2018 – present
  • Fellow, Higher Educational Academy, May 2017 – present
  • Charted Member, British Computer Society (CITP), May 2004 – present
  • Chartered Engineer, Engineering Council, Oct 2001 – present
  • Professional Member, British Computer Society (BCS), Jul 2001 – present

Research students

Andrew Boyd

Thesis title: Introducing the Goal-Based Information Framework (GbIF): Documentation and evaluation of Information Flow in the Low Maturity Organisation.

Further information: Completed 2005. PhD Information Science. 2nd supervisor, 1st Supervisor Prof. David Nicholas.

Charlie Inskip

Thesis title: Upbeat and Quirky, With a bit of a build: Communicating meaning and meeting information needs in the music industry

Further information: Completed 2010. PhD Information Science. 1st Supervisor. 2nd Supervisor: Dr. Pauline Rafferty.

Tamar Sadah

Thesis title: A model of scientists’ information seeking and a user interface design

Further information: Completed 2011. PhD Information Science. 1st Supervisor. 2nd Supervisor: Prof Stephen Robertson.

Jagdev Bhogal

Thesis title: Ontologies and IR

Further information: Completed 2011. PhD Computer Science. 2nd Supervisor Primary supervisor: Dr. Peter Smith

Phil Gooch

Thesis title: An modular, open-source information extraction framework for identifying clinical concepts and processes of care in clinical narratives

Further information: Completed 2012. PhD Health Informatics. 2nd supervisor, 1st supervisor: Prof. Abdul Roudsari.

Daniel Wolff

Thesis title: Culture aware Music IR.

Further information: Current. PhD Computer Science. 2nd Supervisor. 1st Supervisor: Dr Tillman Weyde.

Juan David Millan.

Thesis title: Context modelling for causal mobile leisure search.

Further information: Current. PhD Information Science. 1st supervisor, 2nd supervisor: Prof. Ayse Goker.

Sylwia Frankowska-Takhari

Thesis title: The role of intermediaries in image selection process in online journalism

Further information: PhD Information Science. 1st supervisor, 2nd supervisor: Prof. Ayse Goker/Dr Simone Stumpf.

Zaki Abbas

Thesis title: Mobile IR in the Law domain.

Further information: Current. PhD Information Science 1st supervisor.

Gopi Chandrasekharan

Thesis title: Comparative evaluation of knowledge representation models and the impact of knowledge levels of diagnostic performance.

Further information: (2nd Supervisor, 1st Supervisor: Dr Dympna O’Sullivan).

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Books (2)

  • Efthimiadis, E., Fernández-Luna, J.M., Huete, J.F. and MacFarlane, A. (2011). Teaching and Learning in Information Retrieval. Springer-Verlag New York Incorporated. ISBN 978-3-642-22510-9.
  • Lalmas, M., MacFarlane, A., Rüger, S.M., Tombros, A., Tsikrika, T. and Yavlinsky, A. (Eds.), (2006). Advances in Information Retrieval, 28th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2006, London, UK, April 10-12, 2006, Proceedings. Springer. ISBN 3-540-33347-9.

Chapters (15)

  • Millan-Cifuentes, J.D., Millan-Cifuentes, J.D., Göker, A., Göker, A., Myrhaug, H. and MacFarlane, A. (2014). Curiosity driven search: When is relevance irrelevant? In Elsweiler, D., Ludwig, B., Azzopardi, L. and Wilson, M. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th Information Interaction in Context Symposium (pp. 279–282). New York: ACM. ISBN 978-1-4503-2976-7.
  • MacFarlane, A. and Bhogal, J. (2013). Ontology Based Query Expansion with a Probabilistic Retrieval Model. In Lupu, M., Kanoulas, E. and Loizides, F. (Eds.), Multidisciplinary Information Retrieval (pp. 5–16). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-642-41056-7.
  • MacFarlane, A., Albrair, A., Marshall, C.R. and Buchanan, G. (2012). Phonological working memory impacts on information searching: an investigation of dyslexia. Proceedings of the 4th Information Interaction in Context Symposium (pp. 27–34). New York, USA: ACM. ISBN 978-1-4503-1282-0.
  • Diplaris, S., Papadopoulos, S., Kompatsiaris, I., Goker, A., MacFarlane, A., Spangenberg, J. … Klusch, M. (2012). SocialSensor: Sensing User Generated Input for Improved Media Discovery and Experience. Proceedings of the 21st international conference companion on World Wide Web (pp. 243–246). New York, USA: ACM. ISBN 978-1-4503-1230-1.
  • MacFarlane, A. (2011). Using Multiple Choice Questions to assist learning for Information Retrieval. In Efthimiadis, E., Fernández-Luna, J., Huete, J. and MacFarlane, A. (Eds.), Teaching and Learning Information Retrieval Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-22510-9.
  • Efthimiadis, E.N., Fernández Luna, J.M., Huete Guadix, J. and MacFarlane, A. (2011). Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Information Retrieval. In Efthimiadis, E., Fernández-Luna, J., Huete, J. and MacFarlane, A. (Eds.), Teaching and Learning Information Retrieval Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-22510-9.
  • MacFarlane, A. (2009). Models Performance Issues in Parallel Computing for Information Retrieval. In Göker, A. and Davies, J. (Eds.), Information Retrieval: Searching in the 21st Century (pp. 255–271). John Wiley & Sons Inc. ISBN 978-0-470-02762-2.
  • Wei, L., Robertson, S. and MacFarlane, A. (2007). CISR at INEX 2006. In Fuhr, N., Lalmas, M. and Trotman, A. (Eds.), Comparative Evaluation of XML Information Retrieval Systems (pp. 57–63). Germany: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-73887-9.
  • Pickens, J. and MacFarlane, A. (2006). Term Context Models for Information Retrieval. In Yu, P.S. (Ed.), CIKM '06 Proceedings of the 15th ACM international conference on Information and knowledge management (pp. 559–566). New York: ACM. ISBN 1-59593-433-2.
  • MacFarlane, A., Lu, W. and Robertson, S. (2006). Field-Weighted XML Retrieval Based on BM25. Advances in XML Information Retrieval and Evaluation (pp. 161–171). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-34962-4.
  • Robertson, S.E., Lu, W. and MacFarlane, A. (2006). XML-structured documents: Retrievable units and inheritance. In Larsen, H.L., Pasi, G., Ortiz-Arroyo, D., Andreasen, T. and Christiansen, H. (Eds.), Flexible Query Answering Systems (pp. 121–132). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-34638-8.
  • MacFarlane, A. (2003). Pliers and Snowball at CLEF 2002. Advances in Cross-Language Information Retrieval (pp. 321–335). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-540-40830-7.
  • MacFarlane, A., Robertson, S.E. and McCann, J.A. (2003). Parallel Computing for Term Selection in Routing/Filtering. In Sebastiani, F. (Ed.), Advances in Information Retrieval (pp. 537–545). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-01274-0.
  • MacFarlane, A., McCann, J.A. and Robertson, S.E. (2000). Parallel search using partitioned inverted files. Seventh International Symposium on String Processing and Information Retrieval, 2000. SPIRE 2000. Proceedings. (pp. 209–220). IEEE COMPUTER SOC. ISBN 0-7695-0746-8.
  • MacFarlane, A., McCann, J.A. and Robertson, S.E. (1999). PLIERS: A Parallel Information Retrieval System Using MPI. In Dongarra, J., Luque, E. and Margalef, T. (Eds.), Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface (pp. 317–324). Berlin: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-540-48158-4.

Conference papers and proceedings (44)

  • Berget, G. and MacFarlane, A. (2021). Between Rigour and Ethics in Studies Involving Participants with Disabilities. CHIIR '21: ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3406522.3446047
  • MacFarlane, A., Missaoui, S. and Frankowska-Takhari, S. (2020). On Machine Learning and Knowledge Organization in Multimedia Information Retrieval. doi:10.5771/0943-7444-2020-1-45
  • Mckay, D., Makri, S., Gutierrez-Lopez, M., MacFarlane, A., Missaoui, S., Porlezza, C. … Cooper, G. (2020). We are the Change that we Seek. CHIIR '20: Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3343413.3377975
  • Cole, L., MacFarlane, A. and Makri, S. (2020). More than Words. CHIIR '20: Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3343413.3378005
  • Komatsu, T., Gutierrez Lopez, M., Makri, S., Porlezza, C., Cooper, G., MacFarlane, A. … Missaoui, S. (2020). AI should embody our values: Investigating journalistic values to inform AI technology design. NordiCHI '20: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society. doi:10.1145/3419249.3420105
  • Missaoui, S., Gutierrez-Lopez, M., Macfarlane, A., Makri, S., Porlezza, C. and Cooper, G. (2019). How to Blend Journalistic Expertise with Artificial Intelligence for Research and Verifying News Stories. CHI 2019 4-9 May, Glasgow.
  • Gutierrez-Lopez, M., Missaoui, S., Makri, S., Porlezza, C., Cooper, G. and Macfarlane, A. (2019). Journalists as Design Partners for AI. CHI 2019 4-9 May, Glasgow.
  • Berget, G. and MacFarlane, A. (2019). Experimental Methods in IIR. CHIIR '19: Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3295750.3298939
  • Butler, C., Makri, S., MacFarlane, A., Wisdom, S. and Cooke, I. (2018). Sheltering the dream and protecting the dreamer. OzCHI '18: 30th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference. doi:10.1145/3292147.3292172
  • MacFarlane, A., Buchanan, G., Al-Wabil, A., Andrienko, G. and Andrienko, N. (2017). Visual Analysis of Dyslexia on Search. CHIIR '17: Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval. doi:10.1145/3020165.3022134
  • MacFarlane, A. and Russell-Rose, T. (2016). Search Strategy Formulation. CERI '16: 4th Spanish Conference in Information Retrieval. doi:10.1145/2934732.2934752
  • Georgiou, D., MacFarlane, A. and Russell-Rose, T. (2015). Extracting sentiment from healthcare survey data: An evaluation of sentiment analysis tools. 2015 Science and Information Conference (SAI) 28-30 July. doi:10.1109/sai.2015.7237168
  • Wolff, D., MacFarlane, A. and Weyde, T. (2015). Comparative music similarity modelling using transfer learning across user groups.
  • Wolff, D., Bellec, G., Friberg, A., MacFarlane, A. and Weyde, T. (2014). Creating audio based experiments as social Web games with the CASimIR framework.
  • Millan Cifuentes, J.D., Göker, A. and MacFarlane, A. (2014). Designing autotelic searching experience for casual-leisure by using the user's context. IIiX '14: Fifth Information Interaction in Context Symposium. doi:10.1145/2637002.2637061
  • MacFarlane, A. and Bhogal, J. (2013). Ontology Based Query Expansion with a Probabilistic Retrieval Model. 6th Information Retrieval Facility Conference, IRFC 2013 7-9 October, Limassol, Cyprus.
  • Martin, C., Corney, D., Göker, A. and MacFarlane, A. (2013). Mining newsworthy topics from social media.
  • MacFarlane, A., Albrair, A., Marshall, C.R. and Buchanan, G. (2012). Phonological working memory impacts on information searching: An investigation of dyslexia. doi:10.1145/2362724.2362734
  • Diplaris, S., Papadopoulos, S., Kompatsiaris, I., Göker, A., MacFarlane, A., Spangenberg, J. … Klusch, M. (2012). SocialSensor: sensing user generated input for improved media discovery and experience.
  • MacFarlane, A., Inskip, C. and Rafferty, P. (2010). Upbeat and Quirky with a bit of a build: Interpretive repertories in creative music search. 11th International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR 2010)(ISMIR 2010) 9-13 August, Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Inskip, C., MacFarlane, A. and Rafferty, P. (2010). Towards the Disintermediation of Creative Music Search: Analysing Queries To Determine Important Facets. Workshop on Exploring Musical Information Spaces (WEMIS 2009) 1 Oct 2009 – 2 Oct 2009.
  • Inskip, C., MacFarlane, A. and Rafferty, P. (2008). Music, movies and meaning: communication in film-markers’ search for pre-existing music, and the implications for music information retrieval. 9th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval (ISMIR 2008) 14-18 September, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
  • Inskip, C., MacFarlane, A. and Rafferty, P. (2008). Content or context? Searching for musical meaning in task-based interactive information retrieval. doi:10.1145/1414694.1414711
  • MacFarlane, A. (2007). Pedagogic challenges in Information Retrieval – teaching mathematics to Postgraduate Information Science students. 1st International Workshop on Teaching and Learning in Information Retrieval (TLIR 2007) 10 January, London.
  • Lu, W., Robertson, S. and Macfarlane, A. (2007). CISR at INEX 2006. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-73888-6_6
  • Lu, W., Robertson, S., MacFarlane, A. and Zhao, L. (2007). Window based Enterprise Expert Search. Fifteenth Text REtrieval Conference (TREC 2006) 14 Nov 2006 – 17 Nov 2006, Gaithersburg, Maryland.
  • Pickens, J. and MacFarlane, A. (2006). Term Context Models for Information Retrieval. 15th ACM international conference on Information and knowledge management 5-11 November, Arlington, Virginia.
  • Lu, W., Robertson, S. and MacFarlane, A. (2006). Field-weighted XML retrieval based on BM25. doi:10.1007/11766278_12
  • Robertson, S., Lu, W. and MacFarlane, A. (2006). XML-structured documents: Retrievable units and inheritance.
  • MacFarlane, A., Petrie, H. and Jones, S. (2005). A user study on the effect of Dyslexia on Information Retrieval. COLIS 2005 Workshop on Evaluating User Studies in Information Access 8 June, Glasgow.
  • MacFarlane, A. and Taheri-Panah, S. (2004). Music Information Retrieval systems: why do individuals use them and what are their needs? 5th International Conference on Music Information Retrieval 10-14 October, Barcelona, Spain.
  • MacFarlane, A. (2003). Pliers at TREC 2002. Eleventh Text REtrieval Conference (TREC 2002).
  • MacFarlane, A., Robertson, S.E. and McCann, J.A. (2003). Parallel computing for term selection in routing/filtering.
  • MacFarlane, A. (2003). Pliers and snowball at CLEF 2002.
  • MacFarlane, A., Robertson, S.E. and McCann, J.A. (2000). PLIERS AT TREC8. Eight Text REtrieval Conference (TREC 2008).
  • MacFarlane, A., McCann, J.A. and Robertson, S.E. (1999). PLIERS: A Parallel Information Retrieval System using MPI. Recent Advances in Parallel Virtual Machine and Message Passing Interface, 8th European PVM/MPI Users' Group Meeting Santorini/Thera, Greece.
  • MacFarlane, A., Robertson, S.E. and McCann, J.A. (1999). PLIERS at VLC2. Seventh Text REtrieval Conference (TREC 2007).
  • MacFarlane, A., Robertson, S.E. and McCann, J.A. (1999). PLIERS at TREC8 - Appendix.
  • MacFarlane, A., McCann, J.A. and Liddell, H. (1996). A Common Data Model for Meta-Data in Interoperable Environments. 2nd international Baltic conference on IS and DB Estonia.
  • McCann, J.A., MacFarlane, A. and Liddell, H. (1996). Management Tools for Distributed Interoperable Environments. High Performance Computing & Networking.
  • MacFarlane, A., Robertson, S.E. and McCann, J.A. (1995). On Concurrency Control for Inverted Files. 18th Annual BCS Colloquium on Information Retrieval (BCS IRSG) Manchester Metropolitan University.
  • Göker, A., Butterworth, R., MacFarlane, A. and Stumpf, S. Presenting and visualizing image results for professional image searchers: A field evaluation. Proceedings of the 31st International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2017).doi:10.14236/ewic/hci2017.6
  • Göker, A., Butterworth, R., MacFarlane, A. and Stumpf, S. Presenting and visualizing results on an image retrieval user interface. Proceedings of the 31st International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2017).doi:10.14236/ewic/hci2017.5
  • Beveridge, L., Makri, S. and MacFarlane, A. 'I’m just not sure.' The persistence of uncertainty in the information seeking of undergraduate students with dyslexia.doi:10.47989/irisic2207

Journal articles (40)

  • Gutierrez Lopez, M., Makri, S., MacFarlane, A., Porlezza, C., Cooper, G. and Missaoui, S. (2022). Making newsworthy news: The integral role of creativity and verification in the human information behavior that drives news story creation. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 73(10), pp. 1445–1460. doi:10.1002/asi.24647.

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  • MacFarlane, A., Russell-Rose, T. and Shokraneh, F. (2022). Search strategy formulation for systematic reviews: Issues, challenges and opportunities. Intelligent Systems with Applications, 15, pp. 200091–200091. doi:10.1016/j.iswa.2022.200091.

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  • Gutierrez Lopez, M., Porlezza, C., Cooper, G., Makri, S., MacFarlane, A. and Missaoui, S. (2022). A Question of Design: Strategies for Embedding AI-Driven Tools into Journalistic Work Routines. Digital Journalism pp. 1–20. doi:10.1080/21670811.2022.2043759.

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  • MacFarlane, A., Missaoui, S., Makri, S. and Gutierrez Lopez, M. (2022). Sender vs. recipient-orientated information systems revisited. Journal of Documentation, 78(2), pp. 485–509. doi:10.1108/jd-10-2020-0177.

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  • Berget, G., MacFarlane, A. and Pharo, N. (2020). Modelling the information seeking and searching behaviour of users with impairments: are existing models applicable? Journal of Documentation, 77(2), pp. 381–400. doi:10.1108/jd-04-2020-0049.

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  • Berget, G. and MacFarlane, A. (2020). What Is Known About the Impact of Impairments on Information Seeking and Searching? Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, 71(5), pp. 596–611. doi:10.1002/asi.24256.

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  • Abbas, Z., MacFarlane, A. and Robinson, L. (2020). Use of Mobile Technologies by Law Students in the Law Library: a Detailed Investigation. Legal Information Management, 20(1), pp. 31–39. doi:10.1017/s1472669620000079.

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  • Abbas, Z., MacFarlane, A. and Robinson, L. (2017). Use of Mobile Technologies by Law Students in the Law Library: an Exploratory Study. Legal Information Management, 17(3), pp. 180–189. doi:10.1017/s1472669617000354.

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  • Frankowska-Takhari, S., MacFarlane, A., Goker, A. and Stumpf, S. (2017). Selecting and tailoring of images for visual impact in online journalism. INFORMATION RESEARCH-AN INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC JOURNAL, 22(1).
  • Cole, L., MacFarlane, A. and Buchanan, G. (2016). Does dyslexia present barriers to information literacy in an online environment? A pilot studynformation Research. Library and Information Research, 40(123), pp. 24–46.
  • Göker, A., Butterworth, R., MacFarlane, A., Ahmed, T.S. and Stumpf, S. (2016). Expeditions through image jungles. Journal of Documentation, 72(1), pp. 5–23. doi:10.1108/jd-01-2014-0019.

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  • Konkova, E., MacFarlane, A. and Göker, A.A. (2016). Analysing Creative Image Search Information Needs. KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION, 43(1), pp. 13–21. doi:10.5771/0943-7444-2016-1-13.

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  • MacFarlane, A. (2016). Knowledge Organisation and its Role in Multimedia Information Retrieval. KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION, 43(3), pp. 180–183. doi:10.5771/0943-7444-2016-3-180.

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  • Konkova, E., Göker, A., Butterworth, R. and MacFarlane, A.A. (2014). Social Tagging: Exploring the Image, the Tags, and the Game. KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION, 41(1), pp. 57–65. doi:10.5771/0943-7444-2014-1-57.

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  • Margree, P., MacFarlane, A., Price, L. and Robinson, L. (2014). Information behaviour of music record collectors. Information Research, 19(4).
  • MacFarlane, A. (2013). Web Search Engine Research. JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION, 69(4), pp. 594–596. doi:10.1108/JD-04-2013-0047.
  • Russell-Rose, T., Kruschwitz, U. and MacFarlane, A. (2011). Future Searching. ITNOW, 53(1), pp. 14–15. doi:10.1093/itnow/bwq226.
  • Inskip, C., MacFarlane, A. and Rafferty, P. (2010). Creative professional users musical relevance criteria. Journal of Information Science, 36(4), pp. 517–529. doi:10.1177/0165551510374006.
  • MacFarlane, A., Al-Wabil, A., Marshall, C.R., Albrair, A., Jones, S.A. and Zaphiris, P. (2010). The effect of dyslexia on information retrieval: A pilot study. Journal of Documentation, 66(3), pp. 307–326. doi:10.1108/00220411011038421.
  • Inskip, C., MacFarlane, A. and Rafferty, P. (2010). Organising music for movies. Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives, 62(4), pp. 489–501. doi:10.1108/00012531011074726.
  • MacFarlane, A., Secker, A., May, P. and Timmis, J. (2010). An experimental comparison of a genetic algorithm and a hill-climber for term selection. JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION, 66(4), pp. 513–531. doi:10.1108/00220411011052939.
  • Lu, W., MacFarlane, A. and Venuti, F. (2009). Okapi-based XML indexing. Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives, 61(5), pp. 483–499. doi:10.1108/00012530910989634.
  • Fernandez-Luna, J.M., Huete, J.F., MacFarlane, A. and Efthimiadis, E.N. (2009). Teaching and learning in information retrieval. INFORMATION RETRIEVAL, 12(2), pp. 201–226. doi:10.1007/s10791-009-9089-9.
  • MacFarlane, A. and Tuson, A. (2009). Local search: A guide for the information retrieval practitioner. Information Processing and Management, 45(1), pp. 159–174. doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2008.09.002.
  • Fernandez-Luna, J.M., Huete, J.F. and MacFarlane, A. (2009). Introduction to the special issue on teaching and learning in information retrieval. INFORMATION RETRIEVAL, 12(2), pp. 99–101. doi:10.1007/s10791-009-9090-3.
  • MacFarlane, A. (2009). Teaching mathematics for search using a tutorial style of delivery. INFORMATION RETRIEVAL, 12(2), pp. 162–178. doi:10.1007/s10791-008-9078-4.
  • Inskip, C., Butterworth, R. and MacFarlane, A. (2008). A study of the information needs of the users of a folk music library and the implications for the design of a digital library system. Information Processing and Management, 44(2), pp. 647–662. doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2007.05.004.
  • Inskip, C., MacFarlane, A. and Rafferty, P. (2008). Meaning, communication, music: Towards a revised communication model. Journal of Documentation, 64(5), pp. 687–706. doi:10.1108/00220410810899718.
  • MacFarlane, A. (2007). Evaluation of web search for the information practitioner. Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives, 59(4-5), pp. 352–366. doi:10.1108/00012530710817573.
  • MacFarlane, A., McCann, J.A. and Robertson, S.E. (2007). Parallel methods for the update of partitioned inverted files. Aslib Proceedings: New Information Perspectives, 59(4-5), pp. 367–396. doi:10.1108/00012530710817582.
  • Bhogal, J., Macfarlane, A. and Smith, P. (2007). A review of ontology based query expansion. INFORMATION PROCESSING & MANAGEMENT, 43(4), pp. 866–886. doi:10.1016/j.ipm.2006.09.003.
  • Mountain, D. and MacFarlane, A. (2007). Geographic information retrieval in a mobile environment: evaluating the needs of mobile individuals. JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SCIENCE, 33(5), pp. 515–530. doi:10.1177/0165551506075333.
  • MacFarlane, A., McCann, J.A. and Robertson, S.E. (2005). Parallel methods for the generation of partitioned inverted files. ASLIB PROCEEDINGS, 57(5), pp. 434–459. doi:10.1108/00012530510621888.
  • Richter, G. and MacFarlane, A. (2005). The impact of metadata on the accuracy of automated patent classification. World Patent Information, 27. doi:10.1016/j.wpi.2004.08.001.
  • Vakkari, P., Jones, S., MacFarlane, A. and Sormunen, E. (2004). Query exhaustivity, relevance feedback and search success in automatic and interactive query expansion. JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION, 60(2), pp. 109–127. doi:10.1108/00220410410522016.
  • MacFarlane, A. (2004). Introduction to modern information retrieval, 2nd edition. PROGRAM-ELECTRONIC LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS, 38(3), pp. 216–217. doi:10.1108/00330330410547304.
  • MacFarlane, A., Robertson, S.E. and McCann, F.A. (2004). Parallel computing for passage retrieval. ASLIB PROCEEDINGS, 56(4), pp. 201–211. doi:10.1108/00012530410549231.
  • MacFarlane, A. (2003). On open source IR. ASLIB PROCEEDINGS, 55(4), pp. 217–222. doi:10.1108/00012530310486575.
  • MacFarlane, A. (1997). Project research in information systems: A student's guide - Cornford,T, Smithson,S. JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION, 53(4), pp. 430–431.
  • Macfarlane, A., Robertson, S.E. and McCann, J.A. (1997). Parallel computing in information retrieval - An updated review. JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATION, 53(3), pp. 274–315. doi:10.1108/EUM0000000007201.

Thesis/dissertation

  • Gooch, P. A modular, open-source information extraction framework for identifying clinical concepts and processes of care in clinical narratives. (PhD Thesis)

Other

  • Russell-Rose, T. and Macfarlane, A. Towards Explainability in Professional Search.

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Professional activities

Editorial activity (52)

  • Programme Committee member of ECIR 2014: 36th European Conference on Information Retrieval Research..
  • BCS IRSG FDIA 2008: BCS-IRSG Symposium on Future Directions in Information Access/Retrieval. Organising committee..
  • BCS IRSG FDIA 2009: BCS-IRSG Symposium on Future Directions in Information Access/Retrieval. Organising committee..
  • BCS IRSG FDIA 2011: BCS-IRSG Symposium on Future Directions in Information Access/Retrieval. Programme committee..
  • BCS IRSG FDIA 2013: BCS-IRSG Symposium on Future Directions in Information Access/Retrieval. Programme committee..
  • BCS IRSG Search Solutions 2008 Organising Committee. Session Chair..
  • BCS IRSG Search Solutions 2009 Organising Committee. Session Chair..
  • BCS IRSG Search Solutions 2010 Organising Committee. Session Chair..
  • BCS IRSG Search Solutions 2011 Organising Committee. Session Chair..
  • BCS IRSG Search Solutions 2012 Organising Committee. Session Chair..
  • BCS IRSG Search Solutions 2013 Organising Committee. Session Chair, Tutorial Chair..
  • Second International Workshop on Teaching and Learning in Information Retrieval (TLIR’08), Organising Committee, Workshop at IIiX 2008..
  • Programme Committee member of 24th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), Special Track on Information Access and Retrieval Systems..
  • Programme Committee member of 25th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), Special Track on Information Access and Retrieval Systems..
  • Programme Committee member of 26th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), Special Track on Information Access and Retrieval Systems..
  • Programme Committee member of 27th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), Special Track on Information Access and Retrieval Systems..
  • Programme Committee member of 28th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), Special Track on Information Access and Retrieval Systems..
  • Programme Committee member of 29th ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), Special Track on Information Access and Retrieval Systems..
  • Programme Committee member of IIiX 2008 - Second Symposium on Information Interaction in Context..
  • Programme Committee member of IIiX 2010 – Third Symposium on Information Interaction in Context..
  • Programme Committee member of IIiX 2012– Fourth Symposium on Information Interaction in Context. Papers and posters. Session Chair..
  • Programme Committee member of IIiX 2014 – Fifth Symposium on Information Interaction in Context..
  • Programme Committee member of CIKM 2008, Retrieval Track – ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management..
  • Programme Committee member of CIKM 2009, Retrieval Track – ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management..
  • Programme Committee member of CIKM 2010, Retrieval Track – ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management. Tutorial Co-Chair..
  • Programme Committee member of SIGIR 2008: 31st Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval. Full papers, posters and demonstrations..
  • Programme Committee member of SIGIR 2009: 32nd Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval. Full papers, posters and demonstrations..
  • Programme Committee member of SIGIR 2010: 33rd Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval. Full papers, posters and demonstrations..
  • Programme Committee member of SIGIR 2011: 34th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval. Full papers, posters and demonstrations..
  • Programme Committee member of SIGIR 2012: 35th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval. Full papers, posters and demonstrations..
  • Programme Committee member of SIGIR 2013: 36th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval. Full papers, posters and demonstrations..
  • Programme Committee member of ECIR 2008: 30th European Conference on Information Retrieval Research, member of Best Poster Committee..
  • Programme Committee member of ECIR 2009: 31st European Conference on Information Retrieval Research..
  • Programme Committee member of ECIR 2010: 32nd European Conference on Information Retrieval Research. Best paper award panel..
  • Programme Committee member of ECIR 2011: 33rd European Conference on Information Retrieval Research. Workshops PC..
  • Programme Committee member of ECIR 2012: 34th European Conference on Information Retrieval Research..
  • Programme Committee member of ECIR 2013: 35th European Conference on Information Retrieval Research. Member of the GRUMPS workshop PC..
  • Programme Committee member of CIKM 2011, Retrieval Track – ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management..
  • Programme Committee member of AIRS 2008 - Fourth Asia Information Retrieval Symposium..
  • Programme Committee member of AIRS 2009 – Fifth Asia Information Retrieval Symposium..
  • Programme Committee member of AIRS 2012 – Eight Asia Information Retrieval Symposium..
  • Programme Committee member of AIRS 2013 – Ninth Asia Information Retrieval Symposium..
  • Programme Committee member of ICTIR 2011 - 3rd International Conference on the Theory of Information retrieval..
  • Programme Committee member of TPDL 2012 - International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries..
  • Programme Committee member of ISKO UK biennial conference 2013 Knowledge Organization - pushing the boundaries". Session Chair..
  • Programme Committee member of Conference of the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAEPIA'13)..
  • Organiser – Mobile Data Association (MDA)/KTN Network forum 2011: Market Analysis..
  • Organiser – Mobile Data Association (MDA)/KTN Network forum 2012: Market Analysis..
  • Organiser – Mobile Data Association (MDA)/KTN Network forum 2013: Market Analysis..
  • Editorial Board: Journal of Information Science.
  • Programme Committee member of SIGIR 2014: 37th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval. Full papers, posters and demonstrations..
  • Local chair and organising committee joint JCDL/TPDL 2014 conference..

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