Workshop "Information Retrieval 2009" der Fachgruppe Information Retrieval

• CfP Workshop IR 2009 deutsch pdf

• CfP Workshop IR 2009 english pdf

The ubiquity of search systems has led to the application of information retrieval technology in many new contexts (e.g. mobile and international) and for new object types (products, patents, music). In order to develop appropriate products, basic knowledge on information retrieval needs to be revisited and innovative approaches need to be taken, for example by allowing for user interaction or by taking the user's situational context into account. 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 2009 of the Special Interest Group for Information Retrieval within the German Gesellschaft für Informatik (GI) provides a forum for scientific discussion and the exchange of ideas. The workshop takes place in the context of the LWA "Learning, Knowledge and Adaptivity" workshop week (LWA, Sep. 21-23, 2009) at the Darmstadt University of Technology in 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 addresses researchers and practitioners from industry and universities. Especially Doctorate and Master students are encouraged to participate. An Industry Session will stimulate the discussion between information retrieval professionals and academics. The workshop is expected to include German as well as English presentations.

Program Chairs and Commitee

Program Chairs:

• Dr. Ingo Frommholz, University of Glasgow
• Dr. Thomas Mandl, University of Hildesheim

Program Commitee:

• Prof. Dr. Maximilian Eibl, TU Chemnitz
• Dr. Ingo Frommholz, University of Glasgow, UK (Chair)
• Prof. Dr. Norbert Fuhr, Universität Duisburg-Essen
• René Hackl, FIZ Karlsruhe
• Prof. Dr. Matthias Hemmje, Fernuniversität Hagen
• Prof. Dr. Andreas Henrich, Universität Bamberg
• Frank Hopfgartner, University of Glasgow, UK
• Dr. Claus-Peter Klas, Fernuniversität Hagen
• Dr. Michael Kluck, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
• Prof. Dr. Gerhard Knorz, Fachhochschule Darmstadt
• Sascha Kriewel, Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Prof. Dr. Reginald Ferber, Hochschule Darmstadt
• Prof. Dr. Joachim Griesbaum, Universität Hildesheim
• Dr. Johannes Leveling, Dublin City University, Ireland
• Dr. Thomas Mandl, Universität Hildesheim (Chair)
• Dr. Wolfgang Müller, EML Research
• Prof. Dr. Marc Rittberger, DIPF, Frankfurt am Main
• Prof. Dr. Vivien Petras, Humboldt-Universität, Berlin
• Dr. Thomas Roelleke, Queen Mary University of London, UK
• Prof. Dr. Stefan Rüger, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
• Dr. Ralf Schenkel, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken
• Prof. Dr. Hinrich Schütze, Universität Stuttgart
• Prof. Dr. Ingo Schmitt, TU Cottbus
• Prof. Dr. Benno Stein, Universität Weimar
• Dr. Ulrich Thiel, Fraunhofer IPSI, Darmstadt
• Judith Winter, J.W. Goethe-Universität Frankfurt
• Prof. Dr. Christian Wolff, Universität Regensburg
• Prof. Dr. Christa Womser-Hacker, Universität Hildesheim

Topics

• Development and optimization of retrieval systems
• Retrieval with structured and multimedia documents
• Evaluation and evaluation research
• Text mining and information extraction
• Multilingual systems
• Digital libraries
• User interfaces and user behavior
• Interactive IR
• Combination of structured and unstructured search
• Machine learning in information retrieval
• Information retrieval and knowledge management
• Information retrieval and the semantic web
• Search Engine Optimization
• Social Search

Types of Submissions

• Full Papers (6 to 8 pages)
• Short Papers (4 pages): Position papers or work in progress
• Poster and Demonstrations (2 pages): Poster and Presentation of systems or prototypes

Submissions are welcome in English and German. They have to follow the conference format and should be submitted as PDF-files at http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wir2009 All submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers.

Important Dates

• Submissions: June, 5th 2009 extended to June 15, 2009
• Notification: July, 5th 2009 extended to July 13, 2009
• Camera Ready Contributions: July, 20th 2009 extended to July 27, 2009
• Workshop September 21-23, 2009

• LWA_Proceedings.pdf: Proceedings LWA-WIR 2009