WIR 2008

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Workshop Information Retrieval 2008 (WIR 2008)

6.-8. October 2008 University of Würzburg, Germany

http://lwa08.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/

Submission Deadline 6. June 2008

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Information Retrieval shapes today´s knowledge society. The use of search engines is part of daily life of most internet users. 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. 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 2008 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) takes place in the week of workshops LWA "Learning, Knowledge and Adaptivity" (LWA, 6.-8. Oct. 2008 at the University of Würzburg, 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 PhD and Master candidates 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.

Submission should address current issues in Information Retrieval. They include (but are not limited to): -Development and optimization of retrieval systems -Retrieval with structured and und multimedia documents -Evaluation and evaluation research -Text mining and information extraction -Multilingual systems -Digital libraries -User interfaces and user behavior -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 Demonstration (2 pages): 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/login_registered.cgi?iid=5866 All submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. The conferences format can be found at:

http://lwa08.informatik.uni-wuerzburg.de/Wiki.jsp?page=Templates

Important Dates: Submissions 6. June 2008 Notification 7. July 2008 Camera Ready Contributions 15. August 2008

Program commitee: -Prof. Dr. Maximilian Eibl, TU Chemnitz -Prof. Dr. Norbert Fuhr, University of Duisburg-Essen -René Hackl, FIZ Karlsruhe -Prof. Dr. Andreas Henrich, University of Bamberg (Co-Chair) -Dr. Michael Kluck, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin -Prof. Dr. Gerhard Knorz, Fachhochschule Darmstadt -Prof. Dr. Reginald Ferber, Hochschule Darmstadt -Ingo Frommholz, University of Duisburg-Essen -Dr. Sebastian Goeser, IBM Deutschland -Prof. Dr. Joachim Griesbaum, University of Hildesheim -Dr. Johannes Leveling, FernUniversity of Hagen -Dr. Thomas Mandl, University of Hildesheim (Chair) -Dr. Henning Müller, Business Information Systems, University of Applied Sciences Sierre and Medical Informatics Service, University of Genf, Switzerland -Dr. Wolfgang Müller, University of Bamberg -Dr. Günther Neumann, DFKI, Saarbrücken -Prof. Dr. Marc Rittberger, DIPF, Frankfurt -Dr. Vivian Petras, GESIS, Informationszentrum Sozialwissenschaft, Bonn -Dr. Thomas Roelleke, Queen Mary, University of London -Dr. Ralf Schenkel, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken -Dr. Peter Schäuble, Eurospider AG, Zürich -Prof. Dr. Hinrich Schütze, University of Stuttgart -Prof. Dr. Benno Stein, University of Weimar -Dr. Ulrich Thiel, FhG-IPSI, Darmstadt -Prof. Dr. Gerhard Weikum, Max-Planck-Institut für Informatik, Saarbrücken -Prof. Dr. Christian Wolff, University of Regensburg -Prof. Dr. Christa Womser-Hacker, University of Hildesheim

Thomas Mandl

Information Science University of Hildesheim Germany

Tel.: (++49) (0) 5121 - 883 - 837 mandl@uni-hildesheim.de http://www.uni-hildesheim.de/~mandl



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