We are pleased to announce the Call for Papers for the ALTARS Workshop (Advanced Legal and Terminology-Aware Retrieval Systems), which will be held as part of The Web Conference 2026.
https://altars2026.dei.unipd.it/
ALTARS explores new methodologies that bridge high-recall retrieval, Web intelligence, and responsible AI, with a special emphasis on Technology-Assisted Review (TAR) at Web scale. The workshop aims to gather researchers and practitioners focused on foundational and applied advances in transparent, reliable, and domain-aware retrieval and review systems.
Topics of Interest
We invite contributions on, but not limited to, the following themes:
1. Web-Scale Applications of Technology-Assisted Review
Research on applying Technology-Assisted Review (TAR) methodologies to large and dynamic Web environments, including:
Scientific knowledge curation and evidence synthesis
Open data discovery and enrichment
Legal, biomedical, environmental, or governmental Web content review
Misinformation detection and content integrity
Multilingual and cross-domain review pipelines
2. Intelligent and Hybrid Retrieval on the Web
Studies that combine TAR principles with Web-scale search and representation frameworks, such as:
LLM-based retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
Semantic search and entity-centric retrieval
Integration of knowledge graphs and structured Web data
Adaptive or high-recall ranking strategies
Retrieval workflows for heterogeneous information sources
3. Interactive, Explainable, and Human-in-the-Loop TAR
Research focusing on transparent, interpretable, and user-centered TAR systems, including:
User-in-the-loop review and collaborative curation systems
Explainable AI methods for document triage and prioritization
Uncertainty and confidence estimation for AI-assisted decisions
Evaluation of interaction models and review interfaces
4. Responsible and Fair Web Review Systems
Investigations into fairness, accountability, and ethical design of Web-scale review workflows, such as:
Bias detection and mitigation in large-scale content filtering
Responsible and trustworthy AI in regulatory, journalistic, or civic contexts
Auditability and transparency of TAR workflows
Human oversight and governance for automated review systems
Publication and Proceedings
Accepted papers that meet the camera-ready deadline will be published in the ACM Companion Proceedings of The Web Conference 2026.
Important Dates
Submission deadline: January 22nd, 2026
Notification of acceptance: January 29th, 2026
Camera-ready deadline: February 2nd, 2026
Submission Format
Submissions must follow the ACM two-column proceedings template, available here:
🔗 https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template
🔗 Overleaf: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/association-for-computing-machinery-acm-sig-proceedings-template/bmvfhcdnxfty
We welcome the following submission types:
Research papers presenting original work (up to 4 pages)
Posters for ongoing research, tool presentations, demos, or position papers (up to 2 pages)
For all submission types, references are included in the page limit.
Organizing Committee
Giorgio Maria Di Nunzio – University of Padua, Italy
Evangelos Kanoulas – University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Prasenjit Majumder – DAIICT, Gandhinagar and TCG CREST, Kolkata, India
We warmly invite the community to contribute and participate. In addition to paper presentations, the workshop will feature invited talks and discussions aimed at shaping future research directions in trustworthy, domain-aware, and Web-scale review systems.
We look forward to your submissions and to welcoming you at ALTARS 2026.