{"id":453483,"date":"2018-01-17T16:19:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T00:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-event&#038;p=453483"},"modified":"2025-08-06T11:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T18:57:23","slug":"wsdm-2018","status":"publish","type":"msr-event","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/event\/wsdm-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Research @ WSDM 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<p><strong>Venue<\/strong>: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ritzcarlton.com\/en\/hotels\/california\/marina-del-rey\/hotel-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ritz-Carlton<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong>: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsdm-conference.org\/2018\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSDM 2018<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Research is excited to be a platinum sponsor of the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsdm-conference.org\/2018\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11th ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM)<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, from February 5-9, 2018 at The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey, in Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n<p>WSDM is one of the premier conferences on web-inspired research involving search and data mining and we will be well represented. <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/exec\/harry-shum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Shum<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, executive vice president of the Microsoft AI and Research Group, will be a keynote speaker; many of our researchers are participating on the organizing, steering, and program committees and are presenting papers. We will also have a booth in the exhibitor area, and attendees are encouraged to stop by to learn more about our work and opportunities with Microsoft Research.<\/p>\n<h2>Keynote speakers<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/exec\/harry-shum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Shum<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>,\u00a0Executive Vice President, Artificial Intelligence and Research Group, Microsoft<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsdm-conference.org\/2018\/invited-speakers.html#keynote-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Search to Research: Direct answers, Perspectives and Dialog<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nFebruary 6, 9:00\u201310:00 AM<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/igorperisic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Igor Perisic<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a>, Chief Data Officer, LinkedIn<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsdm-conference.org\/2018\/invited-speakers.html#keynote-igor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conversations, Machine Learning and Privacy: LinkedIn&#8217;s Path towards Transforming Interaction with its Members<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nFebruary 6, 2:00\u20133:00 PM<\/p>\n<h2>Committee chairs<\/h2>\n<p>WSDM Cup chair &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/xingx\/\">Xing Xie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steering committee chair &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/sdumais\/\">Susan Dumais<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Senior program committee members<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/pauben\/\">Paul Bennett<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ryenw\/\">Ryen White<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Program committee members<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/adamfo\/\">Adam Fourney<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/adswamin\/\">Adith Swaminathan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/hassanam\/\">Ahmed Hassan Awadallah<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/chrisko\/\">Arnd Christian Konig<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bingao\/\">Bin Gao<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/chiw\/\">Chi Wang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/eladyt\/\">Elad Yom-Tov<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/emrek\/\">Emre Kiciman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/fangzwu\/\">Fangzhao Wu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/haoma\/\">Hao Ma<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/izitouni\/\">Imed Zitouni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jibian\/\">Jiang Bian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/nickcr\/\">Nick Craswell<\/a>, Omar Alonso, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/wuwei\">Ruihua Song<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/wuwei\">Wei Wu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/yuxdong\/\">Yuxiao Dong<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Microsoft attendees<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/hassanam\/\">Ahmed Hasan Awadallah<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/pauben\/\">Paul Bennett<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jibian\/\">Jiang Bian<\/a><br \/>\nRyan Congdon<br \/>\nAnlei Dong<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/yuxdong\/\">Yuxiao Dong<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/sdumais\/\">Susan Dumais<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/renciso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosa Enciso<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/emrek\/\">Emre Kiciman<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yi-li-755a6b24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yi Li<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nWeiqing Liu<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jordi-ribas-6316419\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordi Ribas<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mir-rosenberg-0954362\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mir Rosenberg<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/saurabh-tiwary-b20b46\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saurabh Tiwary<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/kuansanw\/\">Kuansan Wang<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ryenw\/\">Ryen White<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/kywillia\/\">Kyle Williams<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/minghui-xia-88736440\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Xia<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/junyuanzhang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Junyuan Zhang<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/royz\/\">Roy Zimmermann<\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/network-embedding-as-matrix-factorization-unifying-deepwalk-line-pte-and-node2vec\/\">Network Embedding as Matrix Factorization: Unifying DeepWalk, LINE, PTE, and node2vec<\/a>&#8221; by\u00a0Jiezhong Qiu, Tsinghua University;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/yuxdong\/\">Yuxiao Dong<\/a>, Microsoft;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/haoma\/\">Hao Ma<\/a>, Microsoft; Jian Li, Tsinghua University; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/kuansanw\/\">Kuansan Wang<\/a>, Microsoft; Jie Tang, Tsinghua University<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/extreme-multi-label-learning-with-label-features-for-warm-start-tagging-ranking-recommendation\/\">Extreme Multi-label Learning with Label Features for Warm-start Tagging, Ranking & Recommendation<br \/>\n<\/a>Yashoteja Prabhu (IIT Delhi), Shilpa Gopinath (Samsung Research India), Kunal Dahiya (IIT Delhi), Anil Kag (Microsoft), Shrutendra Harsola (Microsoft IDC Bangalore), Rahul Agrawal (Microsoft IDC Bangalore),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/manik\/\">Manik Varma<\/a> (Microsoft)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/shine-signed-heterogeneous-information-network-embedding-sentiment-link-prediction\/\">SHINE: Signed Heterogeneous Information Network Embedding for Sentiment Link Prediction<br \/>\n<\/a>Hongwei Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/fuzzhang\/\">Fuzheng Zhang<\/a> (Microsoft), Min Hou (University of Science and Technology of China),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/xingx\/\">Xing Xie<\/a> (Microsoft), Minyi Guo (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Qi Liu (USTC)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/listening-to-chaotic-whispers-a-deep-learning-framework-for-news-oriented-stock-trend-prediction\/\">Listening to Chaotic Whispers: A Deep Learning Framework for News-oriented Stock Trend Prediction<\/a><br \/>\nZiniu Hu (Peking University), Weiqing Liu (Microsoft),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jibian\/\">Jiang Bian<\/a> (Microsoft), Xuanzhe Liu (Peking University),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/tyliu\/\">Tie-Yan Liu<\/a> (Microsoft)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/short-term-satisfaction-and-long-term-coverage-understanding-how-users-tolerate-algorithmic-exploration\/\">Short-Term Satisfaction and Long-Term Coverage: Understanding How Users Tolerate Algorithmic Exploration<\/a><br \/>\nTobias Schnabel (Cornell University),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/pauben\/\">Paul Bennett<\/a> (Microsoft),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/sdumais\/\">Susan Dumais<\/a> (Microsoft), Thorsten Joachims (Cornell University, Dept. of Computer Science)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/neural-ranking-models-multiple-document-fields\/\">Neural Ranking Models with Multiple Document Fields<\/a><br \/>\nHamed Zamani (University of Massachusetts Amherst),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bmitra\/\">Bhaskar Mitra<\/a> (Microsoft), Xia Song (Microsoft),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/nickcr\/\">Nick Craswell<\/a> (Microsoft), Saurabh Tiwary (Microsoft)<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/task-ir.github.io\/wsdm2018-learnIR-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn-IR: Learning from User Interactions<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\nFebruary 9, 2018<br \/>\nEmine Yilmaz Reader (University College London), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/hassanam\/\">Ahmed Hassan<\/a> (Microsoft), Rishabh Mehrotra (University College London)<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft Research is a platinum sponsor of the 11th ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM), from February 5-9, 2018 at The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey, in Los Angeles, CA. WSDM is one of the premier conferences on web-inspired research involving search and data mining and we will be well represented.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":454311,"template":"","meta":{"msr-url-field":"","msr-podcast-episode":"","msrModifiedDate":"","msrModifiedDateEnabled":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","msr_startdate":"2018-02-05","msr_enddate":"2018-02-09","msr_location":"Marina del Rey, California","msr_expirationdate":"","msr_event_recording_link":"","msr_event_link":"http:\/\/www.wsdm-conference.org\/2018\/attending.html#registration","msr_event_link_redirect":false,"msr_event_time":"","msr_hide_region":true,"msr_private_event":false,"msr_hide_image_in_river":0,"footnotes":""},"research-area":[13555],"msr-region":[197900],"msr-event-type":[197941],"msr-video-type":[],"msr-locale":[268875],"msr-program-audience":[],"msr-post-option":[],"msr-impact-theme":[],"class_list":["post-453483","msr-event","type-msr-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","msr-research-area-search-information-retrieval","msr-region-north-america","msr-event-type-conferences","msr-locale-en_us"],"msr_about":"<!-- wp:msr\/event-details {\"title\":\"Microsoft Research @ WSDM 2018\",\"backgroundColor\":\"grey\",\"image\":{\"id\":454311,\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/GettyImages-611453479-1920x720-gradientv4.jpg\",\"alt\":\"\"}} \/-->\n\n<!-- wp:msr\/content-tabs --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"About\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p><strong>Venue<\/strong>: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ritzcarlton.com\/en\/hotels\/california\/marina-del-rey\/hotel-overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Ritz-Carlton<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong>: <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsdm-conference.org\/2018\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WSDM 2018<span class=\"sr-only\"> (opens in new tab)<\/span><\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft Research is excited to be a platinum sponsor of the <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsdm-conference.org\/2018\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11th ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM)<\/a>, from February 5-9, 2018 at The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey, in Los Angeles, CA.<\/p>\n<p>WSDM is one of the premier conferences on web-inspired research involving search and data mining and we will be well represented. <a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/exec\/harry-shum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Shum<\/a>, executive vice president of the Microsoft AI and Research Group, will be a keynote speaker; many of our researchers are participating on the organizing, steering, and program committees and are presenting papers. We will also have a booth in the exhibitor area, and attendees are encouraged to stop by to learn more about our work and opportunities with Microsoft Research.<\/p>\n<h2>Keynote speakers<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/exec\/harry-shum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Shum<\/a>,\u00a0Executive Vice President, Artificial Intelligence and Research Group, Microsoft<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsdm-conference.org\/2018\/invited-speakers.html#keynote-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Search to Research: Direct answers, Perspectives and Dialog<\/a><br \/>\nFebruary 6, 9:00\u201310:00 AM<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/igorperisic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Igor Perisic<\/a>, Chief Data Officer, LinkedIn<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsdm-conference.org\/2018\/invited-speakers.html#keynote-igor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conversations, Machine Learning and Privacy: LinkedIn&#8217;s Path towards Transforming Interaction with its Members<\/a><br \/>\nFebruary 6, 2:00\u20133:00 PM<\/p>\n<h2>Committee chairs<\/h2>\n<p>WSDM Cup chair &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/xingx\/\">Xing Xie<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steering committee chair &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/sdumais\/\">Susan Dumais<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Senior program committee members<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/pauben\/\">Paul Bennett<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ryenw\/\">Ryen White<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Program committee members<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/adamfo\/\">Adam Fourney<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/adswamin\/\">Adith Swaminathan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/hassanam\/\">Ahmed Hassan Awadallah<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/chrisko\/\">Arnd Christian Konig<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bingao\/\">Bin Gao<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/chiw\/\">Chi Wang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/eladyt\/\">Elad Yom-Tov<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/emrek\/\">Emre Kiciman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/fangzwu\/\">Fangzhao Wu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/haoma\/\">Hao Ma<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/izitouni\/\">Imed Zitouni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jibian\/\">Jiang Bian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/nickcr\/\">Nick Craswell<\/a>, Omar Alonso, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/wuwei\">Ruihua Song<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/wuwei\">Wei Wu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/yuxdong\/\">Yuxiao Dong<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Microsoft attendees<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/hassanam\/\">Ahmed Hasan Awadallah<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/pauben\/\">Paul Bennett<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jibian\/\">Jiang Bian<\/a><br \/>\nRyan Congdon<br \/>\nAnlei Dong<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/yuxdong\/\">Yuxiao Dong<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/sdumais\/\">Susan Dumais<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/renciso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosa Enciso<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/emrek\/\">Emre Kiciman<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/yi-li-755a6b24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yi Li<\/a><br \/>\nWeiqing Liu<br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jordi-ribas-6316419\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordi Ribas<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/mir-rosenberg-0954362\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mir Rosenberg<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/saurabh-tiwary-b20b46\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saurabh Tiwary<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/kuansanw\/\">Kuansan Wang<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ryenw\/\">Ryen White<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/kywillia\/\">Kyle Williams<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/minghui-xia-88736440\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jason Xia<\/a><br \/>\n<a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/junyuanzhang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Junyuan Zhang<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/royz\/\">Roy Zimmermann<\/a><span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Accepted papers\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/network-embedding-as-matrix-factorization-unifying-deepwalk-line-pte-and-node2vec\/\">Network Embedding as Matrix Factorization: Unifying DeepWalk, LINE, PTE, and node2vec<\/a>&#8221; by\u00a0Jiezhong Qiu, Tsinghua University;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/yuxdong\/\">Yuxiao Dong<\/a>, Microsoft;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/haoma\/\">Hao Ma<\/a>, Microsoft; Jian Li, 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(Microsoft)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/shine-signed-heterogeneous-information-network-embedding-sentiment-link-prediction\/\">SHINE: Signed Heterogeneous Information Network Embedding for Sentiment Link Prediction<br \/>\n<\/a>Hongwei Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/fuzzhang\/\">Fuzheng Zhang<\/a> (Microsoft), Min Hou (University of Science and Technology of China),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/xingx\/\">Xing Xie<\/a> (Microsoft), Minyi Guo (Shanghai Jiao Tong University), Qi Liu (USTC)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/listening-to-chaotic-whispers-a-deep-learning-framework-for-news-oriented-stock-trend-prediction\/\">Listening to Chaotic Whispers: A Deep Learning Framework for News-oriented Stock Trend Prediction<\/a><br \/>\nZiniu Hu (Peking University), Weiqing Liu (Microsoft),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jibian\/\">Jiang Bian<\/a> (Microsoft), Xuanzhe Liu (Peking University),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/tyliu\/\">Tie-Yan Liu<\/a> (Microsoft)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/short-term-satisfaction-and-long-term-coverage-understanding-how-users-tolerate-algorithmic-exploration\/\">Short-Term Satisfaction and Long-Term Coverage: Understanding How Users Tolerate Algorithmic Exploration<\/a><br \/>\nTobias Schnabel (Cornell University),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/pauben\/\">Paul Bennett<\/a> (Microsoft),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/sdumais\/\">Susan Dumais<\/a> (Microsoft), Thorsten Joachims (Cornell University, Dept. of Computer Science)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/neural-ranking-models-multiple-document-fields\/\">Neural Ranking Models with Multiple Document Fields<\/a><br \/>\nHamed Zamani (University of Massachusetts Amherst),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bmitra\/\">Bhaskar Mitra<\/a> (Microsoft), Xia Song (Microsoft),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/nickcr\/\">Nick Craswell<\/a> (Microsoft), Saurabh Tiwary (Microsoft)<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- wp:msr\/content-tab {\"title\":\"Workshops\"} --><!-- wp:freeform --><p><a class=\"msr-external-link glyph-append glyph-append-open-in-new-tab glyph-append-xsmall\" href=\"https:\/\/task-ir.github.io\/wsdm2018-learnIR-workshop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn-IR: Learning from User Interactions<\/a><br \/>\nFebruary 9, 2018<br \/>\nEmine Yilmaz Reader (University College London), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/hassanam\/\">Ahmed Hassan<\/a> (Microsoft), Rishabh Mehrotra (University College London)<span id=\"label-external-link\" class=\"sr-only\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Opens in a new tab<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:freeform --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tab --><!-- \/wp:msr\/content-tabs -->","tab-content":[{"id":0,"name":"About","content":"Microsoft Research is excited to be a platinum sponsor of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsdm-conference.org\/2018\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">11th ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM)<\/a>, from February 5-9, 2018 at The Ritz-Carlton, Marina del Rey, in Los Angeles, CA.\r\n\r\nWSDM is one of the premier conferences on web-inspired research involving search and data mining and we will be well represented. <a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/exec\/harry-shum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Shum<\/a>, executive vice president of the Microsoft AI and Research Group, will be a keynote speaker; many of our researchers are participating on the organizing, steering, and program committees and are presenting papers. We will also have a booth in the exhibitor area, and attendees are encouraged to stop by to learn more about our work and opportunities with Microsoft Research.\r\n<h2>Keynote speakers<\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/exec\/harry-shum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Shum<\/a>,\u00a0Executive Vice President, Artificial Intelligence and Research Group, Microsoft\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsdm-conference.org\/2018\/invited-speakers.html#keynote-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">From Search to Research: Direct answers, Perspectives and Dialog<\/a>\r\nFebruary 6, 9:00\u201310:00 AM\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/igorperisic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Igor Perisic<\/a>, Chief Data Officer, LinkedIn\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wsdm-conference.org\/2018\/invited-speakers.html#keynote-igor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conversations, Machine Learning and Privacy: LinkedIn's Path towards Transforming Interaction with its Members<\/a>\r\nFebruary 6, 2:00\u20133:00 PM\r\n<h2>Committee chairs<\/h2>\r\nWSDM Cup chair - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/xingx\/\">Xing Xie<\/a>\r\n\r\nSteering committee chair - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/sdumais\/\">Susan Dumais<\/a>\r\n<h2>Senior program committee members<\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/pauben\/\">Paul Bennett<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/ryenw\/\">Ryen White<\/a>\r\n<h2>Program committee members<\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/adamfo\/\">Adam Fourney<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/adswamin\/\">Adith Swaminathan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/hassanam\/\">Ahmed Hassan Awadallah<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/chrisko\/\">Arnd Christian Konig<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/bingao\/\">Bin Gao<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/chiw\/\">Chi Wang<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/eladyt\/\">Elad Yom-Tov<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/emrek\/\">Emre Kiciman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/fangzwu\/\">Fangzhao Wu<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/haoma\/\">Hao Ma<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/izitouni\/\">Imed Zitouni<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/jibian\/\">Jiang Bian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/nickcr\/\">Nick Craswell<\/a>, Omar Alonso, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/wuwei\">Ruihua Song<\/a>, <a 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href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/extreme-multi-label-learning-with-label-features-for-warm-start-tagging-ranking-recommendation\/\">Extreme Multi-label Learning with Label Features for Warm-start Tagging, Ranking &amp; Recommendation\r\n<\/a>Yashoteja Prabhu (IIT Delhi), Shilpa Gopinath (Samsung Research India), Kunal Dahiya (IIT Delhi), Anil Kag (Microsoft), Shrutendra Harsola (Microsoft IDC Bangalore), Rahul Agrawal (Microsoft IDC Bangalore),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/manik\/\">Manik Varma<\/a> (Microsoft)\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/publication\/shine-signed-heterogeneous-information-network-embedding-sentiment-link-prediction\/\">SHINE: Signed Heterogeneous Information Network Embedding for Sentiment Link Prediction\r\n<\/a>Hongwei Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/people\/fuzzhang\/\">Fuzheng Zhang<\/a> 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