A personalized recommender system for writing in the internet age

With the advent of Internet, writing and finding information to plan and structure the text have become increasingly intertwined. We think that it is necessary to develop systems able to support the task of finding relevant information, without interfering with the writing process. The Proactive Recommender System À Propos is being developed in order to support writers in finding relevant information during writing. We present our research findings and raise the question whether the tendency to interleave (re)search and writing implies a need for developing more comprehensive models of the cognitive processes involved in writing scientific and policy papers.