Innovations in Search & Information Retrieval

Search Solutions is the premier UK forum for the presentation of the latest innovations in search and information retrieval. We bring together practitioners, researchers, analysts and end users to discuss the latest developments in the IR community and to share insights between research and practice. SS 2022 will be held at the BCS London office on Wednesday 23rd November with tutorials on Tuesday 22nd.

Submission Guidelines

 

We solicit speaker proposals for talks around the following categories:

• Innovative approaches used in IR production systems and products
• Topical issues in IR practice, e.g. trust, bias, and fairness
• Presentations that build bridges across disciplines, e.g IR and information science, data science, user experience
• Presentations that discuss IR practice across professional communities, e.g. eCommerce, media, recruitment, library and information science, healthcare information, etc.
• System design case-studies, e.g. best practices, design principles, scalability aspects, evaluation techniques

We encourage presentations from startups and open-source projects. The presentation format of the Symposium will be a combination of long and short presentations as well as panels. We prefer on-site presentations, but will consider remote participation. Proposals should be no more than 1 page and include:

• Title
• Abstract
• Main contribution & take-aways for attendees
• A short bio of the presenter and/or a brief company outline
• Preference for on-site or remote presentation 

Proposals should be submitted electronically to irsg@bcs.org.uk.There will be a separate call for tutorials at SS 2022.

Important Dates

• Time zone: Anywhere on Earth (AoE)
• Talk proposal due: 15 July
• Notifications: 30 July

Organisers

• Ingo Frommholz
• Frank Hopfgartner
• Udo Kruschwitz
• Tony Russell-Rose
• Martin White
• Haiming Liu (Tutorials)

Contact

For further details, contact irsg@bcs.org.uk.