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Mendeley challenge may be of interest--see below. -Jodi Begin forwarded message: > From: Gene Golovchinsky <[log in to unmask]> > Date: July 27, 2012 10:01:26 PM GMT+01:00 > To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: [Asis-l] Deadline extended: CfP: HCIR 2012 Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction & Information Retrieval > > ***************************************************************************** > * > * CALL FOR PARTICIPATION > * **** Extended submission deadline: Sunday, August 5, 2012 **** > * > * HCIR 2012 > * Symposium on Human-Computer Interaction & Information Retrieval > * http://hcir.info/hcir-2012 > * > * IBM Research, Cambridge, MA > * October 4-5, 2012 > * > * Full papers, Position papers, HCIR Challenge > * > ***************************************************************************** > > * OVERVIEW > > Building on the success of prior HCIR workshops, the HCIR 2012 Symposium > on Human-Computer Interaction and Information Retrieval will be held on > Thursday, October 4th and Friday October 5th, 2012, at IBM Research, > Cambridge, MA. There will be a reception on Thursday evening. > > We are very pleased that our keynote speaker this year will be Marti > Hearst, Professor in the UC Berkeley School of Information. > > We are also excited to continue the HCIR Challenge, this year focusing > on the problem of people and expertise finding. We are grateful to > Mendeley for providing this year's corpus: a database of over a million > researcher profiles with associated metadata including published papers, > academic status, disciplines, awards, and more taken from Mendeley's > network of 1.6M+ researchers and 180M+ academic documents. Participants > will build systems to enable efficient discovery of experts or expertise > for applications such as collaborative research, team building, and > competitive analysis. > > In addition to the Challenge and a small number of research > presentations, we will leave plenty of time for what participants have > consistently told us that they find extremely valuable: informal > discussions, posters and directed group discussions. Finally, we are > extending our previous format to include a few full-length, > fully-refereed archival quality papers that will be indexed in the ACM > Digital Library. We have extended the event to a second day to > accommodate more presentations (including the full papers), and to leave > plenty of time for discussion and for interaction around the poster session. > > *FORMAT: THREE SUBMISSION CATEGORIES > > This year we invite three types of papers: full papers, position > papers/posters, and challenge reports. > * Full papers will be peer-reviewed for novelty, rigor, and > quality of presentation according to standards of first-tier > conferences. They will be published through arxiv.org and indexed in the > ACM digital library. Full papers should be 10 pages long in the CHI > two-column format. Please see http://www.sigchi.org/chipubform for > templates on this format. > * Position papers will be judged by members of the organizing > committee, based on relevance to HCIR. Idea diversity across all > submissions may also be considered. Position papers should be up to four > pages long in the CHI two-column format. Position papers will be > published on the symposium web site. > * Challenge reports will be reviewed by the organizing committee, > based on how well they address the challenge criteria. Reviewers will > select challenge systems for demonstration at the symposium, where a > panel of judges will evaluate the systems and a winner will be > determined live. Challenge reports should be four pages long in the CHI > two-column format, and may also include a video demonstration of the > system. Challenge reports will be published on the symposium web site. > > Acceptance of a full paper, position paper, or challenge report earns > the author(s) admission to the symposium and the opportunity to present > a poster. > > Please submit papers using our EasyChair site: > > https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=hcir2012 > > * TOPICS > > Possible topics for discussion and presentation at the symposium > include, but are not limited to: > > * Novel interaction techniques for information retrieval. > * Modeling and evaluation of interactive information retrieval. > * Exploratory search and information discovery. > * Information visualization and visual analytics. > * Applications of HCI techniques to information retrieval needs > in specific domains. > * Ethnography and user studies relevant to information retrieval > and access. > * Scale and efficiency considerations for interactive information > retrieval systems. > * Relevance feedback and active learning approaches for > information retrieval. > > Demonstrations of systems and prototypes are particularly welcome. If > you are interested in participating in the HCIR Challenge, please refer > to the instructions at this link: > > http://hcir.info/hcir-2012/challenge > > * IMPORTANT DATES > > Submission deadline (position and research papers): Sunday, July 29 > HCIR Challenge: > Request access to corpus: Friday, June 1 > Freeze system and submit brief description: Friday, August 31 > Submit videos or screenshots demonstrating systems on > example tasks: Friday, September 14 > Live demonstrations at symposium: October 4-5 > Notification date for position and research papers: Thursday, > September 6 > Final versions of accepted papers due: Sunday, September 16 > Presentations and poster session at symposium: Thursday, October 4-5 > > * STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS > > We are pleased to be able to offer a limited number of student travel > awards based on the generous contributions of Microsoft Research. > Information about these awards and how to apply for them will be made > available at the following link: > > http://hcir.info/hcir-2012/student-travel > > * SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS > > Robert Capra, UNC Chapel Hill > Gene Golovchinsky, FX Palo Alto Laboratory > Bill Kules, The Catholic University of America > Catherine Smith, Kent State University > Daniel Tunkelang, LinkedIn > Ryen White, Microsoft Research > > > * SUPPORTERS > > IBM Research > MIT > Oracle > LinkedIn > Microsoft Research > > > ________________________________________ > Asis-l mailing list > [log in to unmask] > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l