Shuoqi Sun

👋 Hi there! I’m a first-year PhD student at the School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University. As a recipient of a full PhD scholarship and a student member of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S), I’m lucky to work under the guidance of Dr. Danula Hettiachchi and Dr. Damiano Spina.

I earned a Master’s degree in Computer Science from The University of Queensland (UQ). At UQ, I also worked as a summer intern and a casual research assistant (RA) at the The Information Engineering Lab (ieLab), supervised by Prof. Guido Zuccon. My research focused on large language model (LLM)-based re-rankers, particularly investigating the impact of prompt variations on their performance.

My research interests lie in information retrieval (IR) and web search systems. Currently, I am focusing on conversational search systems, interactive IR (IIR), and human-computer interaction (HCI). My research approach involves:

1. Understanding Users: I study how people interact with search systems, understanding their habits, struggles, and any biases that pop up along the way.

2. Building Better Tools: Using those insights, I design features to improve search systems, aiming for results that are friendly, effective, fair, and trustworthy.

I’m passionate about IR research because I believe better search systems can transform how we find and use information—something that impacts everyone. My goal? To leave a meaningful mark on the IR community.

You can find my past activities and up-to-date CV here.