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Beyond Relevance: Utility-Centric Retrieval in the LLM Era — SIGIR 2026

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Section 1

Introduction

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Section 2

LLM-centric Utility in RAG

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Section 3

Utility Modeling and Optimization Methods

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Section 4

LLM Information Needs and Agentic RAG

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Section 5

Conclusions and Future Directions

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Reading List

Main Survey Paper: "Beyond Relevance: Utility-Centric Retrieval in the LLM Era" (arXiv: 2604.08920)

Paper Repository: awesome-papers-on-Utility-focused-RAG (GitHub)

Section 1: Introduction

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Section 2: LLM-centric Utility in RAG

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Section 3: Utility Modeling and Optimization Methods

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Section 4: LLM Information Needs and Agentic RAG

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Section 5: Conclusions and Future Directions

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