Proposals are solicited for one-day workshops to be held on July 24, 2008. The purpose of SIGIR workshops is to provide a platform for presenting novel ideas in a less formal and possibly more focused way than the conference itself. As such, they also offer a good opportunity for young researchers to present their work and to obtain feedback from an interested community. The format of each workshop is to be determined by the organizers, but it is expected that they contain ample time for general discussion and encourage engagement by all participants.
Researchers and practitioners from all segments of the information retrieval community are invited to submit proposals for review. The organizers of approved workshops are expected to define the workshop's focus, gather and review submissions, and decide upon final program content. Organizers (including co-organizers) are expected to attend their entire workshop and to provide an article for the SIGIR Forum summarizing the event.
Submissions describing proposed workshops (up to 1,000 words) should include the theme and goals of the workshop, planned activities, the maximum number of participants, the selection process for participants and names of potential program committee members (if a program committee will be formed). The submission should include a one-paragraph biographical sketch for each organizer, describing relevant qualifications and experience.
Peter Anick (Yahoo!, USA, Co-Chair)
Einat Amitay (IBM Research, Haifa, Israel)
Peter Bruza (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Jussi Karlgren (Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Stockholm, Sweden)
Christopher Khoo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
Victor Lavrenko (University of Edinburgh, School of Informatics, Scotland)
Gary Geunbae Lee (Pohang University of Science and Technology, Korea)
Chin-Yew Lin (Microsoft Research Asia, China)
Hwee Tou Ng (National University of Singapore, Singapore, Co-Chair)
Sunday, 24 February, 2008
Poster, demo, tutorial, and workshop submissions due
Sunday, 6 April, 2008
Notification for papers, posters, demos, tutorials and workshops
20 - 24 July, 2008
Conference in Singapore
Workshop proposals must be submitted by February 24, 2008.
Submissions describing proposed workshops (up to 1,000 words) should include the theme and goals of the workshop, planned activities, the maximum number of participants, the selection process for participants and names of potential program committee members (if a program committee will be formed). The submission should include a one-paragraph biographical sketch for each organizer, describing relevant qualifications and experience.
Email your proposal to the committee co-chairs:
Peter Anick (panick [at] yahoo-inc.com)
Hwee Tou Ng (nght [at] comp.nus.edu.sg)