------------------------------------------------------------------------ SIGIR 2007 News letter for March 2007 The 30th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference 23-27 July 2007, Amsterdam ------------------------------------------------------------------------ In this edition: 1. March 11: Dead line for Doctoral Consortium submissions 2. Keynote speech by ACM Athena Lecturer Karen Sparck Jones 3. SIGIR Amsterdam considers providing childcare 4. Record number of poster and demo submissions 5. Google: SIGIR's new diamond sponsor! 6. Collexis golden sponsor of SIGIR 7. IBM sponsors SIGIR at silver level 8. SAP and Nokia: new bronze sponsors of SIGIR 9. New Industry Day at SIGIR 10. Important Dates ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. March 11: Dead line for Doctoral Consortium submissions The ACM SIGIR Doctoral Consortium provides doctoral students with a unique opportunity to have substantive interaction with other researchers regarding their proposed dissertation research. Doctoral Consortium papers must be submitted by March 11, 2007. Consortium papers must be submitted electronically via the submission web page: http://sigirdoc07.confmaster.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2. Keynote speech by ACM Athena Lecturer Karen Sparck Jones The ACM named Karen Sparck Jones the 2007 ACM Athena Lecturer. Athena Lectures celebrate women researchers who have made fundamental contributions to computer science. We are proud to announce that Karen Sparck Jones will give an invited talk at SIGIR 2007 in Amsterdam. Karen Sparck Jones is emeritus professor in Computers and Information at the Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, UK. Read more: http://www.sigir2007.org/news/20070306karensparckjones.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 3. SIGIR Amsterdam considers providing childcare The SIGIR 2007 organisers are considering to arrange childcare facilities at the conference. As this requires various steps, including ACM approval and contracting a professional organisation, we first like to find out how much real interest there would be. Please email Arjen de Vries (arjen@acm.org) with subject: [SIGIR childcare], detailing the age of your children, how many and which hours you would like to use childcare facilities, and an indication of your budget. We will decide how to proceed based on the response to this inquiry. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4. Record number of poster and demo submissions The SIGIR 2007 programme committee received an amazing number of 236 submissions for poster papers and 26 submissions for demonstrations at SIGIR. The poster and demonstration session, which will probably take place on Tuesday evening 24 July, will be a great happening. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5. Google: SIGIR's new diamond sponsor! Great news: Google has agreed to sponsor SIGIR at the diamond level! Google's generosity will help us to expand SIGIR's program and events. Thank you Google. http://www.google.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6. Collexis golden sponsor of SIGIR It is our pleasure to announce Collexis as the new golden sponsor of SIGIR 2007 in Amsterdam. Collexis is a global company with worldwide headquarters in the Netherlands and US headquarters in Columbia, South Carolina. In addition Collexis has office locations throughout the United States and Europe. Collexis' mission is to develop software that supports knowledge extraction and discovery across multiple industries. http://www.collexis.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7. IBM sponsors SIGIR at silver level IBM has offered to sponsor SIGIR Amsterdam at the silver level. As in previous editions, IBM will sponsor the SIGIR best paper award. http://www.ibm.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. SAP and Nokia: new bronze sponsors of SIGIR We are happy to announce that both SAP and Nokia offered to sponsor the conference at the bronze level. As the world's third-largest independent software provider, SAP delivers business solutions to more than 36,200 customers in more than 120 countries around the world. We owe our success to the experience and expertise of our employees and the quality and effectiveness of our solutions. It's no wonder the best-run businesses run SAP. http://www.sap.com Nokia is a world leader in mobile communications, driving the growth and sustainability of the broader mobility industry. Nokia connects people to each other and the information that matters to them with easy-to-use and innovative products like mobile phones, devices and solutions for imaging, games, media and businesses. Nokia provides equipment, solutions and services for network operators and corporations. http://www.nokia.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 9. New Industry Day at SIGIR ACM SIGIR 2007 introduces a new Industry Day event, held on Friday, July 27th. Industry Day targets an audience interested in industrial strength indexing and search technology with a program comprised of a mix of in-depth expert talks, vendor presentations and IR challenge case descriptions presented by IR practitioners. Vendors and industry people who would like to propose a presentation or request a particular topics to be addressed are invited to email the Industry Day Program Chair at jpederse@yahoo.com, including "Industry Day Program" in the subject line. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. Important Dates March 11, 2007: Doctoral consortium submissions due April 11, 2007: Notification of acceptance for all submissions July 23-27, 2007: Conference in Amsterdam See also: http://www.sigir2007.org Syndication: http://www.sigir2007.org/news/feed.rss NewsLetter: Send SUBSCRIBE to sigir07@cs.utwente.nl (leave the list at any time sending "SIGNOFF SIGIR2007") Contact: info@sigir2007.org