Query Representation

Query representation focuses on creating effective numerical representations of user queries to improve information retrieval and related tasks. Current research emphasizes improving query representations by aligning them with relevant documents and rewritten queries, optimizing for both similarity and diversity in retrieved information, and leveraging contextual information from conversational histories or relational databases. These advancements are driving improvements in various applications, including question answering, document retrieval, and knowledge graph reasoning, by enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of search and information extraction.