Workshop Information Retrieval 2007, Call for Papers

Workshop Information Retrieval 2007, Call for Papers

24. - 26. Sept. 2007, University of Halle, Germany

Special Interest Group Information Retrieval

Information Retrieval is a key technology in the modern knowledge society. The analysis and processing of non structured data is one of the most important challenges for the professional knowledge management. The importance of web search engines for users and information providers is increasing. The ubiquity of search systems has led to the application of information retrieval technology in numerous usage scenarios (e.g. mobile and international) and for specific object types (products, patents, videos, music, blogs). Innovative products need to revise common text book knowledge. The quality of information retrieval needs to be evaluated for each context. Large evaluation initiatives respond to these challenges and develop new benchmarks.

The workshop Information Retrieval 2007 provides a forum for scientific discussion and the exchange of ideas. The workshop of the Special Interest Group for Information Retrieval within the German Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) is part of the workshop series LWA "Learning, Knowledge and Adaptivity" at the University of Halle, Germany. This workshop continues a successful series of conferences and workshops of the special interest group on information retrieval (http://www.fg-ir.de). The workshop wants to attract both scientists as well as practitioners from industry and academia. Especially PhD and Master candidates are encouraged to participate.

Important Dates

Submissions 7. July 2007

Notification 10. August 2007

Contributions Camera Ready 30. August 2007

Submissions

http://www.easychair.org/WIR2007/

Submissions need to follow the conference format:

http://lwa07.informatik.uni-halle.de/vorlagen_en.htm

Program Chairs

PD Dr. Thomas Mandl, University of Hildesheim, Germany

Prof. Dr. Norbert Fuhr, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Prof. Dr. Andreas Henrich, University of Bamberg, Germany

Topics

Suggested topics for submissions are the following. Other topics within information retrieval are also welcome.

• Development and optimization of retrieval systems
• Retrieval with structured and und multimedia documents
• Social Search
• Text mining and information extraction
• Search engine optimization
• Multilingual systems
• Information Retrieval in the Semantic Web
• Digital libraries
• User interfaces and user behavior
• Machine learning in information retrieval
• Information retrieval and knowledge management
• Evaluation and evaluation research

Submission Categories

Full Papers (8 pages)

Short Papers (4 pages): Position papers or work in progress

Demonstration (2 pages): Presentation of systems or prototypes

Submissions can be made in English as well as in German and should be in PDF format