Bhaskar Mitra | ভাস্কর মিত্র
@UnderdogGeek
Information Retrieval Researcher 🇵🇸🍉✊🏽🕊️ | Pronouns: He/him
A personal update. bhaskar-mitra.github.io/posts/2025/07/…
When Isnotreal Kidnaps us please follow the @gazafreedomflotilla and my @ thelaborpartyusa IG account for updates on my status until I am released from prison! l will not sign any paperwork and will remain as long as possible on a hunger strike If Gaza can’t eat neither will I 🇵🇸
Consider submitting your work to CHIIR 2026 — where HCI meets IR 🤝 📍 Seattle | 🗓️ March 22–26, 2026 📝 Full Papers due: Oct 15 | Short Papers: Oct 29 (AoE) 🔗 chiir2026.github.io #CHIIR2026 #HCI #InformationRetrieval @ACMSIGIR @ACMSIGIR_AP @JiqunL @IR_oldie @UnderdogGeek
Big Tech and Big Oil are trying to write the rules for AI at the expense of our well-being and safety. We won't stand for that. Today, a coalition of 90+ organizations launched the People's AI Action plan to contrast Trump's industry-backed AI executive orders.
a must read
A personal update. bhaskar-mitra.github.io/posts/2025/07/…
I might include this in my next email signature.
A personal update. bhaskar-mitra.github.io/posts/2025/07/…
Finally, someone willing to speak some truth:
A personal update. bhaskar-mitra.github.io/posts/2025/07/…
Shameless self-promotion! Check out the book on #GenIR edited by @ryen_white and me (with 9 chapters written by highly distinguished scholars) at the @SpringerNature booth at #SIGIR2025 link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…
⏰ Gentle reminder: The abstract submission deadline for #SIGIRAP2025 is **tomorrow**. Call for papers: sigir-ap.org/sigir-ap-2025/…
**Deadline extension for SIGIR-AP 2025** 📣📣📣 We are extending the abstract and paper submission deadlines for #SIGIRAP2025 by two weeks. New deadlines: * Abstracts due July 15 * Papers due July 22 More info: sigir-ap.org/sigir-ap-2025/… Please share for broader awareness.
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Hello TREC-ToTers! We have released the test queries for the TREC 2025 Tip-of-the-Tongue (TREC-ToT) Track. Please see the guidelines for more information: trec-tot.github.io/guidelines. Run submission deadline will tentatively be in August. #TREC2025 #TRECToT #TREC2025ToT
A bit of background: RSS was founded in 1920's & advocates for Hindu majoritarianism & Hindu supremacy, much like White supremacy here in North America. "...RSS, the fountain-head of Hindutva, were, in their own words, inspired by Mussolini and Hitler." indiacivilwatch.org/condemning-the…
Location: Toronto, Canada Date: July 1 Members of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (HSS), the overseas arm of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), took part in the Canada Day parade, displaying a saffron flag and carrying batons.
IR friends, please note that #SIGIRAP2025 will be a #HybridConference. We hope this enables broader participation from our diverse community across the globe. Call for papers: sigir-ap.org/sigir-ap-2025/… Abstracts due: July 15 Papers due: July 22
🎉 Exciting news for #SIGIRAP2025! This year, we're continuing our tradition of offering both face-to-face and remote participation options. Remote presentations are fully supported! Join us to participate from anywhere! 📡 #HybridConference
Every day that passes adds evidence to Keir Starmer's charge sheet as a genocide enabler. One day, we shall see all this evidence being presented in a War Crimes Court.
BREAKING 🇬🇧🇮🇱 The Starmer Government Is Secretly Allowing Israeli Military Planes Involved in Bombing Gaza to Land in Britain. Bombshell investigation by @ProgIntl lead researcher @absfarooq & @kennardmatt for @DropSiteNews. Link below ⏬
**Deadline extension for SIGIR-AP 2025** 📣📣📣 We are extending the abstract and paper submission deadlines for #SIGIRAP2025 by two weeks. New deadlines: * Abstracts due July 15 * Papers due July 22 More info: sigir-ap.org/sigir-ap-2025/… Please share for broader awareness.