[Asis-l] ICTIR 2013: Call for tutorials

[Oren Kurland]

ICTIR 2013  :: The 4th International Conference  on the Theory
of Information Retrieval :: http://www.ictir2013.org

CALL FOR TUTORIALS

ICTIR  2013  will  begin  with  a full  day  of  tutorials  on
September 29th, 2013.

*Scope*

Proposals are solicited for  tutorials of either a half-day (3
hours plus breaks) or a full  day (6 hours  plus breaks). The
tutorials  can cover any  topic in  the theory  of information
retrieval and its applications. Each tutorial should focus on
a  single topic. A tutorial  can, for  example, introduce an
emerging application for retrieval technologies, or update the
information retrieval community on recent advances in
pertinent fields. An accepted tutorial is  expected to
introduce non-experts to the fundamental knowledge required to
commence  research  in  the  topic discussed.  Proposals  that
excessively focus on the authors' work are discouraged.

*Submission Guidelines*

Submissions should include a cover sheet and an extended abstract. The 
cover sheet should specify: (1) the title and length of the tutorial 
(either half or full day); (2) the intended audience (introductory, 
intermediate, advanced) and prerequisite knowledge or skills required, 
if any; (3) complete contact information for the contact person and the 
other presenters; and, (4) a brief biography (max. 2 paragraphs) for 
each presenter. The extended abstract should be up to 3 pages. It should 
include an outline of the tutorial, description of the course 
objectives, specification of the relevance to the information retrieval 
community, and details regarding the course materials. Submissions 
should also have explicit mentioning of other venues in which all or 
parts of the tutorial have been or will be presented. In these cases, 
there should be an explanation of how the current proposal differs from 
those other editions of the tutorial. Tutorial proposals must be written 
in English, and should be in the ACM Conference style (for LaTeX, use 
the "Option 2" style). Only PDF files will be accepted. The proposal 
must be sent via email to the program chairs: Oren Kurland 
(kurland at ie.technion.ac.il) and Donald Metzler (metzler at google.com) by 
April 22nd. All submissions will undergo peer review.