Autumn School for Information Retrieval and Information Foraging
Overview lectures on Advanced topics in Information Retrieval and Information Foraging.
2. – 8. October 2016
at the Leibniz Center for Informatics Schloss Dagstuhl - www.dagstuhl.de
The Autumn School for Information Retrieval and Information Foraging 2016 (ASIRF) will continue to provide opportunies to learn about the the latest developments in the area of Information Retrieval Models, Systems, Evaluation, as well as about Information Iteraction and Human Information Foraging Behaviour.
We will soon publish invited speakers and topics here. Last years topics included
- IR Models
- Evaluation
- Information Behavior
- Expert Search
- Modelling Interactive IR
- Multimedia Retrieval
- Efficiency Issues
- User centered Design
- Interactive Experiments
- Collaborative Information Seeking
How to register
The cost will be similar to the last years (see application form). All attendants will be accomodated in double or single rooms on the premises. Some 20 student grants including travel support are availble for students from outside of Germany.
A form for early registration and application for stipends is available here.
Previous Schools
The school stands in the tradition of the German "Herbstschule Information Retrieval" and the Summer School Information Foraging organized by Radboud University Nijmegen. More information can be found in last years program and in the ASIRF group on facebook.
Organisation
Prof. Thomas Mandl & Dr. Ben Heuwing
Universität Hildesheim, Germany
asirf att uni - hildesheim dott de
Dr. Ingo Frommholz
University of Bedfordshire, UK