Program
Pdf version available here
Monday, 23 January:
13.00 | bus from Sierre to Zinal * |
13.30 - 14.30 | Registration |
14.30 - 16.00 |
Introduction to IR Keith van Rijsbergen, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK |
16.00 - 16.30 | coffee break |
16.30 - 18.00 |
Introduction to IV Alan Dix, Lancaster University, UK |
18.00 - 18.30 | Poster setup |
18.30 - 20.00 | Poster Session with Welcome Reception |
20.00 | Dinner |
* for those not using public transportation
Tuesday, 24 January:
8.30 - 10.00 |
HCI Principles Maria Francesca Costabile, University of Bari, Italy |
10.00 - 10.30 | coffee break |
10.30 - 12.00 |
HCI View of Information Retrieval Evaluation Tiziana Catarci, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy |
12.00 - 16.30 | skiing |
16.30 - 18.00 |
User-oriented Information Retrieval Elaine Toms, University of Sheffield, UK |
18.00 - 18.15 | short break |
18.15 - 19.45 |
Evaluating User-oriented IR Kalervo Järvelin, University of Tampere, Finland |
20.00 | Dinner |
Wednesday, 25 January:
8.30 - 10.00 |
Multilingual Information Retrieval Jacques Savoy, University of Neuchatel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland |
10.00 - 10.30 | coffee break |
10.30 - 12.00 |
Multimedia Information Retrieval Stéphane Marchand-Maillet, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
12.00 - 16.30 | skiing |
16.30 - 18.00 |
TREC Style Evaluation Donna Harman, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA |
18.00 - 18.15 | short break |
18.15 - 19.45 |
Metrics, Statistics, Tests Stephen Robertson, Microsoft Research, Cambridge, UK |
20.00 | Dinner |
Thursday, 26 January:
8.30 - 10.00 |
Number Visualization Giuseppe Santucci, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy |
10.00 - 10.30 | coffee break |
10.30 - 12.00 |
Visual Analytics Silvia Miksch, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria |
12.00 - 16.30 | skiing |
16.30 - 18.00 |
Web Personalisation Vincent P. Wade,Centre for Next Generation Localisation, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
18.00 - 18.15 | short break |
18.15 - 19.45 |
Log File Analysis Maarten de Rijke, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
20.00 | Dinner |
Friday, 27 January:
8.30 - 10.00 |
Crowdsourcing Gareth Jones, Centre for Next Generation Localisation, Dublin City University, Ireland |
10.00 - 10.30 | coffee break |
10.30 - 12.00 |
Retrieval from Social Media Alejandro Jaimes, Yahoo! Research Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain |
12.30 | bus back to the train station in Sierre |