日本データベース学会の皆さま

NIIの神門典子と申します。
情報検索のトップカンファレンスである、ACM-SIGIR2011の
参加者募集を転送いたします。

今年のSIGIRは、来る７月２４-２８日に北京で開催されます。
日本からも近く、世界のトップレベルの検索やサーチの研究の
最先端に触れ、多くの研究者とも知り合うよい機会です。

ぜ ひ、ご参加をご検討ください

よろしくお願いいたします

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Call for Participation

ACM SIGIR 2011, 24-28 July 2011, Beijing (http://www.sigir2011.org)

 

SIGIR is the major international forum for the presentation of new research results and for the demonstration of new systems and techniques in the field of information retrieval (IR) and search engines. Online registration for the conference is now open.

 

Keynote Speeches:

Future of the Web and Search

Speaker: Qi Lu, President of Microsoft's Online Services Division

 

Beyond Search: Statistical Topic Models for Text Analysis

Speaker: ChengXiang Zhai, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

Full Program: http://www.sigir2011.org/schedule.htm

·         Main conference: http://www.sigir2011.org/sessions.htm

·         Industrial Track: http://www.sigir2011.org/industrial-track.htm

·         Workshops: http://www.sigir2011.org/workshops.htm

 

Other events: also see http://www.sigir2011.org/other-events.htm for many other events, including social events, reception at Microsoft Research Asia’s new campus, and visit to Baidu, Google China, Tencent and Yahoo!

 

Registration

We encourage you to make a normal registration by July 15, 2011. Onsite registration is required after 15 July, 2011. The conference also offers advantageous packages to students.

See: http://www.sigir2011.org/terms-conditions.htm

 

Accommodation

Don't forget to make your room reservations at http://www.sigir2011.org/accommodation.htm. We have blocked a number of rooms at the conference hotel, the  Beijing Hotel, at special rates.

 

Local information

See http://www.sigir2011.org/about-beijing.htm for useful local information about Beijing.