The so called logic and probabilistic views on IR can be reconciled by a unifying framework for IIR. I present a proposal for a PhD research according to a multidisciplinary perspective and I discuss some of its consequences for IR as a discipline.
The Chartered Institute for IT
BCS-IRSG Symposium on Future Directions in Information Access
Human-Centered Data Analytics

Boscarino, C. (2009). A Multi-disciplinary Approach to Interactive Information Retrieval upon Semi-structured Data Sets. In Proceedings Third BCS-IRSG Symposium on Future Directions in Information Access (FDIA 2009). The Chartered Institute for IT.