[Asis-l] Student grants available - Autumn School 2016 for Information Retrieval and Information Foraging (ASIRF) in Germany

[Thomas Mandl]

*Autumn School 2016 for Information Retrieval and Information Foraging 
(ASIRF)**
**Overview lectures on Advanced topics in Information Retrieval and 
Information Foraging.**
*
2. – 8. October 2016 in Schloß Dagstuhl, Germany

https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/fb3/institute/iwist/veranstaltungen/asirf2016

The Autumn School for Information Retrieval and Information Foraging 
2016 (ASIRF) provides unique opportunies to learn about the the latest 
developments in the area of Information Retrieval Models, Systems, 
Evaluation, as well as about Information Iteraction and Human 
Information Foraging Behaviour. And meet other participants working in 
these areas!

/Apply for a comprehensive student grant//
/The grants for students from outside of Germany will cover the costs 
room and board and most of costs for travelling, depending on the rates 
defined for different countries by the DAAD. Some 20 international 
students can be invited.

https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/media/fb3/informationswissenschaft/Herbstschule/ASIRF_2016-Application_form.pdf

German students can register at a very competitive price.

ASIRF takes place in the historical environment at the Leibniz Center 
for Informatics Schloss Dagstuhl - www.dagstuhl.de

One tutor will be (almost sure) Prof. Dr. Norbert Fuhr (University of 
Duisburg-Essen), a Salton-Award winner.

*Topics**
*- Models
- Evaluation
- Modelling Interactive IR
- Information Behavior
- IR interfaces and user oriented design
...

ASIRF will also take place in 2017 and it will again offer student grants.

*Organisation*

Prof. Thomas Mandl & Dr. Ben Heuwing
Universität Hildesheim, Germany
asirf att uni  -  hildesheim  dott  de

Dr. Ingo Frommholz
University of Bedfordshire, UK

German Special Interest Group IR

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