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IIT BHU launches Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation-2025

Varanasi, Dec 17 (UNI) The 17th meeting of the Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation (FIRE)-2025, organized by the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, was formally inaugurated on Wednesday.
The international conference will continue until December 20. The Chief guest and chief patron of the inaugural session was Prof. Amit Patra, Director of IIT (BHU). Many academicians, researchers, and industry experts from India and abroad were present on the occasion.
In his inaugural address, Prof. Amit Patra highlighted the growing importance of information retrieval in the digital age, stating that in this data-driven era, information retrieval plays a crucial role in transforming raw data into meaningful knowledge.
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