[Students-l] ACM CHIIR 2018 Call for Participation

[Chirag Shah]

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

We are pleased to announce that the ACM CHIIR 2018 conference registration is now open through http://sigir.org/chiir2018/registration.php. We invite you to attend this fantastic event, sponsored by ACM SIGIR in New Brunswick, NJ, USA during March 11-15, 2018. Some of the highlights include:


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Keynotes by Sue Dumais from Microsoft Research and Pertti Vakkari from University of Tampere, Finland.
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Papers with topics such as search bots, requerying, and augmentation of human memory.
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Perspective papers with bold new ideas such as reality-based IR and information fostering.
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Short papers and demos with exciting new research themes and applications.
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Tutorials covering information visualization, deep learning, and research methods.
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Workshops on IIR resources, evaluation, and health.
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Welcome reception at Zimmerli Art Museum.
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Breakfasts and lunches at the Heldrich Hotel included.

The early registration ends on January 21, 2018. Student attendees can request student travel funds from SIGIR. There are also opportunities for student volunteers and women’s scholarships by ACM.

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/



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Chirag Shah, PhD
Associate Professor of Information and Computer Science, Rutgers University
Director, InfoSeeking Lab, http://infoseeking.org
http://chiragshah.org, @chirag_shah
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