Call for Participation:
BCS-IRSG European Colloquium on IR Research
April 4-6, 2001
in Darmstadt, Germany
The colloquium on information retrieval research provides an
opportunity for both new and established researchers to present
papers describing work in progress or final results. These
Colloquia were established by the BCS IRSG (British Computer
Society Information Retrieval Specialist Group), and named the
Annual Colloquium on Information Retrieval Research. Recently, the
location of the colloquium has alternated between the United
Kingdom and continental Europe. To reflect the growing European
orientation of the event, the 23rd Colloquium in the series will be
renamed The 23rd BCS European Annual Colloquium on Information
Retrieval Research. This event is hosted by GMD Forschungszentrum
Informationstechnik mbH, and co-sponsored by the BCS IRSG and GI
FG-IR, its German counterpart.
Topics
Contributions to the programme will address (at the theoretical,
methodological, system or application level) the analysis, design
or evaluation of functions like
Indexing
Information Extraction
Data Mining
Browsing
Retrieval and Filtering
User Interaction
for the following types of documents and databases:
Monomedia documents (e.g. text, images, audio, voice, video)
Composite documents
Multimedia documents
Hypermedia documents
Active documents
Distributed documents and databases
Digital Libraries
the Web
Location
Up until now the BCS IRSG Colloquium has had a venue focus on the
Britsh Isles, with the exception of Grenoble. Darmstadt
will be a move to central Europe. Darmstadt prides itself on being
a "City of Science", and is well-suited as conference venue for a
number of reasons:
Situated just south of Frankfurt in the Rhine-Main area, Darmstadt
offers excellent access and technical infrastructure. It is also
close to important tourist attractions (such as Heidelberg, Mainz,
Würzburg, Marburg, the Rhine River, and the forests of the
Palatinate, Odenwald and Spessart), several thermal spas
(Wiesbaden, Bad Dürkheim, Bad Ems, Baden Baden), and the largest as
well as one of the smallest German wine-growing regions
(Rheinhessen and Bergstraße)
The Darmstadt University of Technology (TUD) and the Darmstadt
University of Applied Sciences (FHD) together have a total
of about 26 000 students from all over the world; in addition about
twenty public and private research institutions are located in the
"City of Sciences" Darmstadt. Among them are such important names
as the GMD-German National Research Center for Information
Technology, which will co-host ECDL 2001, the Institute for
Computer Graphics (Fraunhofer Institut für Graphische
Datenverarbeitung), the Heavy Ion Research Center GSI, and the
European Space Operations Center ESA/ESOC. Software companies and
IT providers have chosen Darmstadt as their headquarters or as
locations for major divisions, employing a total of more than 3000
people. This includes SAG Software AG, Danet, Deutsche Telekom AG
Development Center, T-online, and Computer Associates, but also
many small and start-up companies.
Reachability and Infrastructure
From Frankfurt Airport, the busiest airport in continental Europe,
Darmstadt can be reached by shuttle bus in less than half an
hour. It is connected to the German railroad system (DB), offering
easy access to the main hubs of Frankfurt, Mannheim, and Mainz with
all major European connections. Darmstadt can also be reached by
the motorway. There is sufficient hotel capacity of all categories
available and many more places are within reach by public
transportation.
Venue
The conference will be located at GMD's Integrated Publication and
Information Systems Institute, GMD-IPSI, approx. 10
minutes walk from the Darmstadt train station. The building offers
a fully equipped lecture hall with up to 100 seats, and several
smaller rooms with capacities of 10 - 40 seats. For lunch, a
nearby cafeteria and many restaurants offer moderate prices (GBP
3 - 6). Refreshments for coffee breaks will be served in the
conference building.
Social events
Conference Dinner
A conference dinner will be organized on the evening of the first day.
The event will take place in the oldest restaurant in the city
centre of Darmstadt.
Reception
There will be a reception in the evening of the second day.
Exhibitions
We invite interested companies active in document and knowledge management to show their products and latest
developments.
A special industrial session on products and applications - as well as experiences - will be considered.
Any queries regarding exhibitions should be sent to:
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Colloquium Committee
Ulrich Thiel, GMD-IPSI (Germany) (general chair)
Norbert Fuhr, University of Dortmund (Germany) (programme chair)
Christoph Baumgarten, Eurospider (Switzerland)
Micheline Beaulieu, University of Sheffield (UK)
Fabio Crestani, University of Strathclyde (UK)
Mark Dunlop, University of Strathclyde (UK)
Hans-Peter Frei, Infocons (Switzerland)
Pia Borlund Jorgensen, Royal School of Librarianship (Denmark)
Mounia Lalmas, University of London (UK)
Monica Landoni, University of Strathclyde (UK)
Massimo Melucci, Universita di Padova (Italy)
Josiane Mothe, Universite Paul Sabatier TOULOUSE III (France)
Mark Sanderson, University of Sheffield (UK)
Fabrizio Sebastiani, IEI-CNR (Italy)
Alan Smeaton, Dublin City University (Ireland)
Theo P. van der Weide, University of Nijmwegen (Netherlands)
Christa Womser-Hacker, University of Hildesheim (Germany)
Further details
For further details regarding registration form, travel, programme of
events etc. see
the ECIR page URL: http://www.darmstadt.gmd.de/ECIR01/
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper submission: 20 December 2000.
Notification of acceptance: 20 February 2001.
Final copy due: 15 March 2001.
Conference: 4-6 April 2001
FEES
Fees (not including accomodation) are EUR 180 (GBP 110), special rates
for students are EUR 104 (GBP 65)),
and EUR 145 (GBP 90) for members of the participating organisations
BCS, GI). In addition, CEPIS travel grants are available for
students.
CONTACTS
If you have any questions or problems concerning the colloquium,
please contact:
Dr. Ulrich Thiel
GMD-IPSI
Dolivostr. 15
64293 Darmstadt
Germany
Tel. ++49 (0) 6151 869 855
Fax: ++49 (0) 6151 869 6968
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