Scholar
Graham McDonald
Google Scholar ID: 0zeJ_AYAAAAJ
Researcher, University of Glasgow
Citations & Impact
Citations
460
H-index
12
i10-index
15
Publications
20
Co-authors
14
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Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- General Co-Chair of the 46th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2024)
- Vice Chair of the BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group
- Published 'Search Results Diversification for Effective Fair Ranking in Academic Search' (Information Retrieval Journal, Dec 2021)
- Co-authored 'RelDiff: Enriching Knowledge Graph Relation Representations for Sensitivity Classification' (Findings of ACL)
- Completed PhD thesis 'A Framework for Technology-Assisted Sensitivity Review: Using Sensitivity Classification to Prioritise Documents for Review' (2019)
Research Experience
- Principal Investigator (PI) on the EPSRC-funded project 'Safe Information Extraction from Patient Histories (SIEPH)' in collaboration with NHS SafeHavens
- Part of an SVGC-led consortium developing the UK’s first large-scale technology-assisted digital sensitivity review platform for a major central UK government department
- Held three full-time Research Assistant positions within the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow
- Organiser of the Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) Fair Ranking Track
- Organised the online workshop 'Fairness and Bias in Information Retrieval' (#FAIRER2021)
- Delivered a tutorial on 'Search Among Sensitive Content' at ECIR 2021
Background
- Senior Lecturer in Information Retrieval in the Information, Data and Analysis (IDA) Section, School of Computing Science, University of Glasgow
- Member of the Terrier Team
- Main research interests lie in responsible information retrieval and text classification
- Focuses on automatically classifying sensitive information exempt from public release under the Freedom of Information Act (2000)
- Works on technology-assisted reviews in active learning scenarios
- Develops fair ranking strategies to ensure appropriate exposure for relevant information producers in search results
