… and ECIR 2015 will be held in …hold on, let’s first look at past events before we look ahead. This summer was packed with IR-related events. It all started with SIGIR 2013 in Dublin. Dublin seems to be one of THE places for organising conferences right now with ECIR and SIGIR now over and… Continue reading Editorial
Month: October 2013
Celebrating Stephen Robertson’s Retirement
Stephen Robertson retired from the Microsoft Research Lab. in Cambridge during the summer of 2013 after a long career as one of the most influential, well liked and eminent researchers in Information Retrieval throughout the world. Stephen began his research career in the late 1960’s when he took an M.Sc. in Information Science at City… Continue reading Celebrating Stephen Robertson’s Retirement
Musing on the theory of it all — ICTIR 2013
The 4th International Conference on the Theory of Information Retrieval (ICTIR 2013) took place from September 29, 2013 to October 2, 2013, in the beautiful Danish capital of Copenhagen hosted by the University of Copenhagen, Department of Computer Science. As the name suggests this conference is primarily concerned with theoretical aspects of IR, however there… Continue reading Musing on the theory of it all — ICTIR 2013
Tabs, facets and views: getting the interaction right
As the dominant interaction paradigm used throughout the world of eCommerce, faceted search provides a framework that supports the exploration and selection among thousands – if not millions – of diverse items. But sometimes faceted search needs to be combined with other types of UI control to provide alternative ways to view and organise content.… Continue reading Tabs, facets and views: getting the interaction right
Conference Review: SIGIR 2013
SIGIR 2013 was hosted by CNGL (Centre for Next Generation Localisation) which is based in Dublin City University and Trinity College Dublin. The main conference was held at Trinity College Dublin with plenary sessions held at the mansion house just 100 yards away. The busy five day schedule consisted of three days of main conference… Continue reading Conference Review: SIGIR 2013
Events Autumn 2013
One day events Search solutions 2013. The group’s annual practitioner focused event on search. We also have tutorial day associated with the event. BCS offices Covent Garden. https://irsg.bcs.org/SearchSolutions/2013/sse2013.php Conferences/Workshops 76th Annual Meeting of ASIST. A general LIS conference with many themes on information retrieval. 1-6 November 2013, Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. http://asis.org/asist2013/AM2013CFP.pdf ISMIR 2013… Continue reading Events Autumn 2013