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cs.IR2025
Distillation and Refinement of Reasoning in Small Language Models for Document Re-ranking
Chris Samarinas, Hamed Zamani
We present a novel approach for training small language models for reasoning-intensive document ranking that combines knowledge distillation with reinforcement learning optimizatio…
cs.IR2024
ProCIS: A Benchmark for Proactive Retrieval in Conversations
Chris Samarinas, Hamed Zamani
The field of conversational information seeking, which is rapidly gaining interest in both academia and industry, is changing how we interact with search engines through natural la…