Author: Martin White

Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC 2020) – a report from Dennis Aumiller

With a delay of over two years, attendees of the bi-annual Language Resources and Evaluation Conference 2022 (LREC) finally arrived in sunny Marseille. After originally scheduled for May 2020, but then being canceled due to travel restrictions and nation-wide lockdowns, the organizers decided to revive the original conference location and agreed on the currently predominant… Continue reading Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC 2020) – a report from Dennis Aumiller

Reflections on ECIR 2022 by Krisztian Balog, Kjetil Nørvag and Vinay Setty

Krisztian Balog, Kjetil Nørvag and Vinay Setty have authored a detailed review of the very successful ECIR 2022 event held in Stavanger, Norway, in April. The review, which is published in the June 2022 issue of SIGIR Forum, runs to 12 pages. To quote from the Conclusion “One of the biggest organizational challenges was dealing… Continue reading Reflections on ECIR 2022 by Krisztian Balog, Kjetil Nørvag and Vinay Setty

Funnelback and Me: Celebrating 30 Years of Funnelback Technology 1991-2021 – Book review

I expect that most readers of Informer will have read the 2011 edition of Modern Information Retrieval edited by Ricardo Baeza-Yates and Berthier Riberio-Neto. It runs to almost 900 pages. Chapter 15 is a brilliant essay by David Hawking which sums up everything you should know about enterprise search in 40 pages. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research… Continue reading Funnelback and Me: Celebrating 30 Years of Funnelback Technology 1991-2021 – Book review

Search Solutions 2022 London 23/24 November

Search Solutions 2022 returns to being on on-site conference this year at the BCS HQ in London (25 Copthall Avenue London, EC2R 7BP) though there could be some remote contributions from speakers facing challenges of predictable flight schedules and sensible fares. The Conference will be held on Thursday 24 November, with a day of Tutorials… Continue reading Search Solutions 2022 London 23/24 November

In the Spring issue

Pride of place in this overview of the Spring issue has to be the report on ECIR 2022, which so elegantly and effectively integrated the on-site and virtual conference experiences that I for one felt that I had been transported StarTrek-style from Horsham to Stavanger. Dennis and Satya have contributed a such a comprehensive and… Continue reading In the Spring issue

ECIR 2023 Dublin – deadline dates for submissions

ECIR2023 will take place in Dublin on 2-6 April 2023. The web site is now live, and lists the organisers and programme chairs So that you can populate your Outlook or Google calendars the key dates for submissions are set out below. 9 September 2022 Workshop/Tutorial submission deadline 7 October 2022 Full papers submission deadline… Continue reading ECIR 2023 Dublin – deadline dates for submissions

ISKO UK/BCS IRSG Exploring Information Retrieval lectures series – February/March 2022

There has always been close cooperation between the IRSG and the UK Chapter of the International Society for Knowledge Organisations (ISKO UK), including a common interest in findability issues, including support our Search Solutions conference. Over the course of the pandemic ISKO UK made a significant contribution to maintaining its programme of meetings and workshop… Continue reading ISKO UK/BCS IRSG Exploring Information Retrieval lectures series – February/March 2022