[Asis-l] ACM CHIIR 2018 call for participation: early registration deadline 1/21

[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 CHIIR 2018 conference in New Brunswick, NJ, USA during March 11-15, 2018.
Registration is now open, and the early registration rate is good through January 21 (11:59pm in NJ Eastern Standard Time). http://sigir.org/chiir2018/registration.php
New Brunswick is about 38 miles (60 km) from New York City with abundant options for travel, accommodation, and activities. See the website for details: http://sigir.org/chiir2018/

Some program highlights include
* Keynote speakers are Susan Dumais from Microsoft Research and Pertti Vakkari from University of Tampere, Finland
* Full 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, evaluation, and health

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.

Register on or before January 21, 2018 to get the early registration rate. 

A block of rooms is reserved at The Heldrich Hotel at a conference rate of $179. Please register early as the discounted rate is only available until the block fills. If you register using the link below, you will also get free internet access at the hotel. http://bookings.ihotelier.com/bookings.jsp?groupID=2041494&hotelID=15423

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

See you in New Brunswick in March.

Best,
Anita


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Anita Crescenzi
PhD Student
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
amcc at email.unc.edu