FGIR 2007 - Halle/Saale, Germany

Workshop Information Retrieval, 24.-26. September 2007

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.

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

Types of Submissions
·    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

Important Dates
·   Submissions 7. July 2007
·    Notification 15. 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 commitee
· Prof. Dr. Martin Braschler, University of Applied Science and Technology, Zürich
· Prof. Dr. Norbert Fuhr, University of Duisburg-Essen
· Dr. Sebastian Goeser, IBM Germany Development
· Prof. Dr. Andreas Henrich, University of Bamberg
· Prof. Dr. Gerhard Knorz, University of Applied Science and Technology at Darmstadt
· Dr. Johannes Leveling, University of Hagen
· PD Dr. Thomas Mandl, University of Hildesheim
· Prof. Dr. Marc Rittberger, DIPF, Frankfurt
· Dr. Ralf Schenkel, Max-Planck-Institute for Computer Science, Saarbrücken
· Dr. Peter Schäuble, Eurospider AG, Zürich, Switzerland
· Dr. Ulrich Thiel, FhG-IPSI, Darmstadt
· Prof. Dr. Christian Wolff, University of Regensburg
· Prof. Dr. Christa Womser-Hacker, University of Hildesheim

During the workshop, the special interest group will hold its annual assembly.