[Asis-l] ACM CHIIR 2018 call for participation: March 11-15, 2018 in New Brunswick, NJ

[Crescenzi, Anita M.C.]

The ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR) (pronounced "cheer") 
March 11-15, 2018
http://sigir.org/chiir2018/
twitter: @ACM_CHIIR #CHIIR2018

We invite you to attend the ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR) next month. CHIIR will be take place from March 11-15, 2018 in New Brunswick, NJ, USA. New Brunswick is about 38 miles (60 km) from New York City. 
See the CHIIR website for conference details: http://sigir.org/chiir2018/

A block of rooms at the conference hotel (The Heldrich) is reserved for CHIIR attendees until February 17. The conference rate of $179 includes free internet access at the hotel and is only available if you use this link: http://bookings.ihotelier.com/bookings.jsp?groupID=2041494&hotelID=15423

Registration is open and the regular registration rate is good through February 25 (11:59pm in NJ, Eastern Standard Time). http://sigir.org/chiir2018/registration.php

Some program highlights include
* Keynote speakers are Susan Dumais from Microsoft Research and Pertti Vakkari from University of Tampere, Finland
* Full papers with topics such as search bots, requerying, and augmentation of human memory
* Perspective papers with bold new ideas such as reality-based IR and information fostering
* Short papers and demos with exciting new research themes and applications
* Tutorials covering information visualization, deep learning, and structural equation modeling
* Workshops on IIR resources and evaluation

Breakfasts and lunches at the Heldrich Hotel will be included with registration. 

A welcome reception will be held at the Zimmerli Art Museum, and the conference banquet will be held at the Ria Mar.

Contact chiir2018 at acm.org if you have any questions.

See you in New Brunswick in March.