April 6, 2026
IIT researcher Dr Anastasios Nentidis, member of the BioHIT research team, presented the 14th BioASQ organised in the context of Conference and Labs of the Evaluation Forum (CLEF 2026), at the European Conference on Information Retrieval 2026 (ECIR), held on 29 March – 2 April 2026 in the Netherlands, contributing to one of the leading initiatives in biomedical semantic indexing and question answering.
Dr Anastasios Nentidis presented 14th BioASQ at ECIR 2026
BioASQ focuses on large-scale biomedical semantic indexing and Question Answering, supporting the development of advanced AI systems that enable efficient access to scientific knowledge. More information about the initiative and participation is available at https://participants-area.bioasq.org/.
Dr Anastasios Nentidis at ECIR 2026
This year’s edition introduces six tasks across fifteen languages, further expanding its scope and impact within the international research community. Details on the methodology and outcomes are presented in the related publication: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-032-21321-1_42.
Through this contribution, IIT strengthens its presence in AI-driven biomedical text mining and knowledge extraction, supporting research at the intersection of artificial intelligence and life sciences.