# Second SIGIR Workshop on Simulations for Information Access (Sim4IA 2025)

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.11687 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.11687/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 5 of its 14 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 16 May 2025.

## Builds on (most cited first, 5 of 5)

- [Evaluating the Robustness of Retrieval Pipelines with Query Variation Generators](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2111.13057/) (2021)
- [User Simulation for Evaluating Information Access Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2306.08550/) (2023)
- [TREC iKAT 2023: The Interactive Knowledge Assistance Track Overview](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2401.01330/) (2024)
- [Report on the Workshop on Simulations for Information Access (Sim4IA 2024) at SIGIR 2024](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2409.18024/) (2024)
- [LongEval at CLEF 2025: Longitudinal Evaluation of IR Model Performance](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2503.08541/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Simulations in information access (IA) have recently gained interest, as shown by various tutorials and workshops around that topic. Simulations can be key contributors to central IA research and evaluation questions, especially around interactive settings when real users are unavailable, or their participation is impossible due to ethical reasons. In addition, simulations in IA can help contribute to a better understanding of users, reduce complexity of evaluation experiments, and improve reproducibility. Building on recent developments in methods and toolkits, the second iteration of our Sim4IA workshop aims to again bring together researchers and practitioners to form an interactive and engaging forum for discussions on the future perspectives of the field. An additional aim is to plan an upcoming TREC/CLEF campaign.