Recently, the English academic bookCross-device Web Search, written by Dan Wu, Professor at our school, was officially published by Routledge, an internationally renowned publishing house, and distributed worldwide. This book has important reference value for scholars in the fields of library and information science, computer science and management science, and will also play an important role in promoting the research in the fields of information retrieval technology, information search behavior and human-computer interaction. The co-authors of this book include Dr. Jing Dong at the School of Information Management, Central China Normal University, and Dr. Shaobo Liang at our school.

This book was the first academic works related to cross-device search behavior. It made a comprehensive study of cross-device search behavior, and modeling and analyzed the characteristics of user behavior to explain the motivation behind cross-device search behavior. The book used the methods of system design, user experiment, qualitative and quantitative analysis, etc., to correlate the related conceptual models of cross-device search and determine the cross-device search theme; Used multi-channel technology, the interactive behaviors of users such as touch and eye movement in cross-device search situation were comprehensively mined, the multi-dimensional modeling of user behaviors was carried out, and the cross-device search performance of users was predicted. In addition, the book also introduced the design and development of a cross-device web search system and its application in the practice of web information service.

Dan Wu is distinguished professor of Major Talent Program of the Ministry of Education, Director of the Center for Studies of Human-Computer Interaction and User Behavior, Wuhan University, and chief expert of the Major Projects of the National Social Science Fund of China. Her research interests are information retrieval, information behavior and human-computer interaction. Previously, she published an English monographMobile Search Behaviors: An In-depth Analysis based on Contexts, APPs and Devicesin Morgan & Claypool Publishers.

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Please refer tohttps://www.routledge.com/Cross-device-Web-Search/Wu-Dong-Liang/p/book/9780367193133for the full book ofCross-device Web Search.