Best Papers/WWW

WWW Best Papers

The Web Conference

10 papers · 2020–2026

← WWW Conference Info

🏆 2026(3)

Best Paper Award

From Retrieval to Generation: Unifying External and Parametric Knowledge for Medical Question Answering

Lei Li, Xiao Zhou, Yingying Zhang, Xian Wu

Medical QARetrieval-Augmented Generation

Best Paper Award

DualGR: Generative Retrieval with Long and Short-Term Interests Modeling

Zhongchao Yi, Kai Feng, Xiaojian Ma, Yalong Wang, Yongqi Liu, Han Li, Zhengyang Zhou, Yang Wang

Best Short PaperGenerative RetrievalRecommender Systems

Test of Time Award

LINE: Large-scale information network embedding

Jian Tang, Meng Qu, Mingzhe Wang, Ming Zhang, Jun Yan, Qiaozhu Mei

Network EmbeddingTest of Time

🏆 2025(1)

Best Paper Award

Behavioral Homophily in Social Media via Inverse Reinforcement Learning: A Reddit Case Study

Philipp SchneiderLanqin YuanMarian-Andrei Rizoiu

social networksmachine learningweb mininghomophily

🏆 2024(1)

Best Paper Award

Mechanism Design for Large Language Models

Paul Dütting, Vahab Mirrokni, Renato Paes Leme, Haifeng Xu, Song Zuo

LLMMechanism Design

🏆 2023(1)

Best Paper Award

Simplistic Collection and Labeling Practices Limit the Utility of Benchmark Datasets for Twitter Bot Detection

Hays et al.

Bot DetectionDatasets

🏆 2022(2)

Best Paper Award

Rewiring what-to-watch-next Recommendations to Reduce Radicalization Pathways

Fabbri et al.

RecommendationRadicalization

Best Paper Award

PaSca: a Graph Neural Architecture Search System under the Scalable Paradigm

Wentao Zhang, Yu Shen, Zheyu Lin, Yang Li, Xiaosen Li, Wen Ouyang, Yangyu Tao, Zhi Yang

Graph Neural NetworksSearch Algorithms

🏆 2021(1)

Best Paper Award

Towards Facilitating Empathic Conversations in Online Mental Health Support: A Reinforcement Learning Approach

Ashish Sharma, Inna W. Lin, Adam S. Miner, David C. Atkins, Tim Althoff

Reinforcement LearningHCIMental Health TechnologyHealth Informatics

🏆 2020(1)

Best Paper Award

Open Intent Extraction from Natural Language Interactions

Nikhita Vedula, Nedim Lipka, Pranav Maneriker, Srinivasan Parthasarathy

Best Papers/WWW

WWW Best Papers

The Web Conference

10 papers · 2020–2026

← WWW Conference Info

🏆 2026(3)

Best Paper Award

From Retrieval to Generation: Unifying External and Parametric Knowledge for Medical Question Answering

Lei Li, Xiao Zhou, Yingying Zhang, Xian Wu

Medical QARetrieval-Augmented Generation

Best Paper Award

DualGR: Generative Retrieval with Long and Short-Term Interests Modeling

Zhongchao Yi, Kai Feng, Xiaojian Ma, Yalong Wang, Yongqi Liu, Han Li, Zhengyang Zhou, Yang Wang

Best Short PaperGenerative RetrievalRecommender Systems

Test of Time Award

LINE: Large-scale information network embedding

Jian Tang, Meng Qu, Mingzhe Wang, Ming Zhang, Jun Yan, Qiaozhu Mei

Network EmbeddingTest of Time

🏆 2025(1)

Best Paper Award

Behavioral Homophily in Social Media via Inverse Reinforcement Learning: A Reddit Case Study

Philipp SchneiderLanqin YuanMarian-Andrei Rizoiu

social networksmachine learningweb mininghomophily

🏆 2024(1)

Best Paper Award

Mechanism Design for Large Language Models

Paul Dütting, Vahab Mirrokni, Renato Paes Leme, Haifeng Xu, Song Zuo

LLMMechanism Design

🏆 2023(1)

Best Paper Award

Simplistic Collection and Labeling Practices Limit the Utility of Benchmark Datasets for Twitter Bot Detection

Hays et al.

Bot DetectionDatasets

🏆 2022(2)

Best Paper Award

Rewiring what-to-watch-next Recommendations to Reduce Radicalization Pathways

Fabbri et al.

RecommendationRadicalization

Best Paper Award

PaSca: a Graph Neural Architecture Search System under the Scalable Paradigm

Wentao Zhang, Yu Shen, Zheyu Lin, Yang Li, Xiaosen Li, Wen Ouyang, Yangyu Tao, Zhi Yang

Graph Neural NetworksSearch Algorithms

🏆 2021(1)

Best Paper Award

Towards Facilitating Empathic Conversations in Online Mental Health Support: A Reinforcement Learning Approach

Ashish Sharma, Inna W. Lin, Adam S. Miner, David C. Atkins, Tim Althoff

Reinforcement LearningHCIMental Health TechnologyHealth Informatics

🏆 2020(1)

Best Paper Award

Open Intent Extraction from Natural Language Interactions

Nikhita Vedula, Nedim Lipka, Pranav Maneriker, Srinivasan Parthasarathy