[Asis-l] SIGIR 2006: Call for Workshop Proposals

[Efthimis Efthimiadis]

Proposals are solicited for one-day workshops to be held on August 10,
2006.  

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. 

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. 

Workshop proposals must be sent by email to the Workshops Co-Chairs,
Peter Anick (mailto:peter_anick at yahoo.com) and Mounia Lalmas
(mailto:mounia at dcs.qmul.ac.uk) by February 27, 2006. 



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Efthimis N. Efthimiadis <efthimis at u.washington.edu>
Associate Professor    
The Information School, University of Washington       
Suite 370 Mary Gates Hall, Box 352840     
Seattle, WA 98195-2840, USA     
tel.(off.) 206-616-6077, (sch) 206-685-9937, fax. 206-616-3152
http://faculty.washington.edu/efthimis
http://www.sigir2006.org
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