VulGen: Workshop on Vulnerabilities in Generative Systems for Information Retrieval

Abstract

Generative systems are rapidly transforming both academic research and industrial practices. These systems are increasingly integrated into information access and information retrieval (IR) tasks and continue to evolve at a substantial pace. Integrating these models into daily workflows exposes critical vulnerabilities, including adversarial attacks, inherent biases, and negative impacts on user behavior, which can lead to suboptimal or even detrimental outcomes. The VulGen workshop at SIGIR 2026 brings together the IR community and related disciplines (e.g., cyber security) to map this evolving landscape. Through a full day of structured discussion and engagement, we aim to synthesize the current state of research and identify new avenues for future investigation. Information about VulGen is hosted at: https://vulgen-workshop.github.io/SIGIR2026/.