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<p class="MsoNormal">ICTIR 2013, first Call for Participation<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The 4th International Conference on the Theory of Information<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Retrieval (ICTIR 2013) - in cooperation with ACM SIGIR<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://ictir2013.org<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">29 September - 2 October, 2013, University of Copenhagen, Denmark<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">*** Early bird deadline 31 August 2013 ***<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The International Conference on the Theory of Information<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Retrieval (ICTIR) aims to provide a forum for discussion and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">interaction among those with theoretical and applicative<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">research interests in mathematical/formal aspects of<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Information Retrieval (IR). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have a very strong program of keynotes, scientific papers, tutorials
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<p class="MsoNormal">and a panel discussion - all by key researchers in the field. For details
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<p class="MsoNormal">of the technical Program see http://ictir2013.org/conferenceprogram.html.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Note that tutorials are included in the registration fee to allow both
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<p class="MsoNormal">students and senior researchers to attend and debate the tutorial themes.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">KEYNOTES<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* The Roots of the Theoretical Basis for Information Retrieval by
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Keith van Rijsbergen, University of Cambridge<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* Is there Space for Theory in Modern Search Engines? by <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Yahoo! Research<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* Compositional Vector Semantics Over Different Ground Fields by
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Dominic Widdows, Serendipity<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Panel discussion on 'IR Research: Long Range Challenges and Opportunities'
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<p class="MsoNormal">with Peter Ingwersen (chair), Stephen Robertson, Ricardo Baeza-Yates,
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thomas Roelleke, Peiling Wang.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TUTORIALS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* 'Axiomatic Analysis and Optimization of Information Retrieval Models' by
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<p class="MsoNormal"> ChengXiang Zhai, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US and
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Hui Fang, University of Delaware, US<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* 'IR Models: Foundations and Relationships' by <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Thomas Roelleke, Queen Mary, University of London, UK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* 'Quantum Mechanics and Information Retrieval: From Theory to Application'
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<p class="MsoNormal"> by Massimo Melucci, University of Padua, Italy and <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Benjamin Piwowarski, CNRS, France<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">* 'Statistical Signficance Testing in Information Retrieval: Theory and
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Practice' by Ben Carterette, University of Delaware, US<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION (until 31 August 2013):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">ACM SIGIR/BCS IRSG members: EUR 225<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Non-ACM SIGIR/BCS IRSG members: EUR 250<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Students: EUR 180<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">GENERAL CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Christina Lioma, University of Copenhagen, Denmark<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Birger Larsen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Peter Ingwersen, University of Copenhagen, Denmark<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">HONORARY CHAIR<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Keith van Rijsbergen, University of Cambridge, UK<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">PC CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oren Kurland, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Donald Metzler, Google<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sponsors: Google, Yahoo!, FINDWISE, Spinque, Centre for Communication and
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<p class="MsoNormal">Computing (UCPH), LARM Audio Research Archive, Department of Computer
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<p class="MsoNormal">Science (UCPH), Royal School of Library and Information Science (UCPH).<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Supported by: BCS-IRSG, ACM SIGIR, Wonderful Copenhagen<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">_______________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Birger Larsen, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Associate Professor, Research group leader, International Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Information Systems and Interaction Design<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang3D"EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Royal School of Library and Information Science<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">University of Copenhagen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Birketinget 6, DK-2300 Copenhagen S, Denmark<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Tel. +45 3258 6066 / +45 32341520, Fax. +45 32840201<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Email:
</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="mailto:blar@iva.dk"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">blar@iva.dk</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">, Homepage:
</span><span lang="DA" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><a href="http://www.iva.dk/blar"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">http://www.iva.dk/blar</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DA" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">ICTIR 2013:
<a href="http://ictir2013.org/"><span style="color:blue">http://ictir2013.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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