The 49th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, Full Papers Track

The 49th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR 2026) is the field's most prestigious venue, bringing together researchers and practitioners working on all aspects of how people find, access, and make use of information. Topics include neural ranking models, dense retrieval, conversational search, question answering, recommendation systems, user modeling, evaluation methodology, and the growing role of large language models in search and information access. SIGIR has shaped the discipline for nearly five decades and remains the definitive venue for high-impact IR research.

SIGIR 2026 is essential for information retrieval researchers, NLP scientists, data mining experts, and engineers building search and recommendation systems in industry. The conference attracts strong participation from both academia and major technology companies, creating rich opportunities for collaboration and knowledge transfer. Graduate students who publish at SIGIR gain significant visibility within the IR community, and the conference's tutorials and workshops provide structured pathways into both classical and emerging research areas.