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2013 INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL ON TRENDS IN COMPUTING

SSTiC 2013

Tarragona, Spain

July 22-26, 2013

Organized by
Rovira i Virgili University

http://grammars.grlmc.com/SSTiC2013/

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AIM:

SSTiC 2013 will be an open forum for the convergence of top class well
recognized computer scientists and people at the beginning of their research
career (typically PhD students) as well as consolidated researchers.

IAT'13 Last CFP: Deadline May 20

WI'13 Last CFP: Deadline May 20

CLEFeHealth2013 - CFP to Student Mentoring forum

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ShARe/CLEF eHealth Evaluation Lab
First call for Extended Abstracts/Short Papers: Student mentoring forum
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We invite submissions for students to the *Student Mentoring forum* to be held at the evaluation lab at the
CLEF conference in Valencia, Spain, September 23-26 2013.

This track is aimed at graduate students who would like to present and get feedback on work related to the
ShARe/CLEF eHealth tracks or other related, ongoing research, such as:

a) evaluation of mono- and multilingual methods, applications and resources for eHealth document analysis;
b) development of statistical and user-feedback based evaluation protocols, settings, methods and
measures for cross-language evaluation of methods, applications, and resources for eHealth document analysis.

Work in progress and/or tentative research plans in these research areas are also welcomed.

Each submission will be reviewed by at least two senior researchers in the program committee. We will do our
best to accommodate all submissions from students with a paid registration.

Each accepted paper will be assigned 5-15 minute presentation followed by mentors' feedback, questions &
answers session of students and senior academics.
Accepted papers will be published on the workshop webpage.

Submission format:
Instructions to authors are found here: http://www.clef2013.org/index.php?page=Pages/instructions_for_authors.html

* CLEF conference template for extended abstracts: max 2 pages, .doc format using the template for writing
'Extended Abstract' found in the link above.
* Submissions are to be uploaded in EasyChair under the 'Mentoring Track'.

For more information about CLEFeHealth 2013, see: http://www.nicta.com.au/business/health/events/clefehealth_2013/linkages3/?a=37083

Important dates:

Submission deadline: 15 June
Notification of acceptance: 1 July
CLEF2013: 23-26 Sept. 2013

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Sumithra Velupillai, PhD
Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, DSV
Stockholm University
Forum 100
164 40 Kista

Tel: +46 8 161174

WWW: http://people.dsv.su.se/~sumithra/

IRFC 2013 - Call For Papers

C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S

6th IRF Conference : October 7-9 2013, Limassol, Cyprus
Organised by the Cyprus University of Technology and the MUMIA Cost Action

Conference: http://cyprusconferences.org/irfc2013/
Submission site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=irfc2013

T H E   I R F   C O N F E R E N C E

The 6th Information Retrieval Facility Conference 2013 provides once again a multidisciplinary
scientific forum for researchers in Information Retrieval and related areas. The conference aims at
bringing young researchers into contact with the industry at an early stage, emphasizing the
applicability of IR solutions to real industry cases and the respective challenges. 

The 6th IRF Conference addresses 3 complementary research areas:
    * Information Retrieval
    * Machine Translation for search solutions
    * Interactive Information Access

The Conference targets researchers who are interested in:
    * Learning about complementary technologies for the development of next generation search solutions
    * Applying their results to real business needs
    * Joining the international research network of the MUMIA Cost Action
    * Discussing results obtained by using the IRF or other public data resources

All papers will undergo a review process with each paper being reviewed by at least three members of the
programme committee. 
The proceedings will be published by Springer in the LNCS series.
All paper submissions must be written in English following the LNCS author guidelines. We welcome two
different types of submissions (Science, Industry).

- Science Papers
For researchers and students in the fields of Information Retrieval, Machine Translation for Search
Solutions and Interactive Information Access.
Papers submitted must refer to novel, unpublished research. Full papers must not exceed 12 pages
including references and figures.

- Industry Papers 
For developers and implementers of novel technology in the fields of Information Retrieval, Machine
Translation for Search Solutions 
and Interactive Information Access. For business and industry representatives using IR technologies to
search and analyse large quantities 
of information. Papers of this type should not exceed 4 pages including references and figures.

- Competitive Demonstrations - in cooperation with the Session Track at TREC
Research groups and industry members are invited to demonstrate their information access tools. In
previous years, the PatOlympics have proven an exciting interaction driver between users and creators
of patent search systems. This year, the competitive demo opens to general purpose IR tools and
interested participants are invited to submit a 2 page description of their system. 
Similarly to the Session Track, participants are required to index the same collection as the Session
Track 2013 (ClueWeb12). An API will be provided for participants to send in their results during the
event, and scores will be calculated on the fly. 

K E Y N O T E

We are very happy to be able to welcome Ralf Steinberger of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European
Commission as a keynote speaker of IRFC2013. Dr. Steinberger will talk about Multilingual and
cross-lingual news analysis in the Europe Media Monitor (EMM). 

O R G A N I S A T I O N

General Chair:
    John Tait (JohnTait.net Ltd)

Programme Chairs:
    Evangelos Kanoulas (Google)
    Mihai Lupu (Vienna University of Technology)

Programme Committee:
    Bruce Croft, University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Ivan Koichev, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski"
    Pablo Castells, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
    Hidetsugu Nanba, Hiroshima City University
    Walid Magdy, Qatar Computing Research Institute
    David Lamas, Tallinn University
    Michail Salampasis, Vienna University of Technology
    Yannis Tzitzikas, University of Crete and FORTH-ICS
    Gregory Grefenstette, Exalead
    Henning Müller, HES-SO
    David Vallet, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
    Allan Hanbury, Vienna University of Technology
    Ivan Chorbev, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering
    Andreas Rauber, Vienna University of Technology
    Dolf Trieschnigg, University of Twente
    Oren Somekh, Yahoo! Labs
    Wilfried Gansterer, University of Vienna
    Suzan Verberne, Institute for Computing and Information Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen
    Danco Davcev, UKIM Skopje
    Pavel Braslavski, Ural Federal University / Kontur Labs
    Andreas Nuernberger, University of Magdeburg
    Igor Mozetic, Jozef Stefan Institute
    Paul Buitelaar, DERI - National University of Ireland, Galway
    Galia Angelova, Institute for Parallel Processing, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
    Tony Russell-Rose, UXLabs
    Christina Lioma, University of Copenhagen
    Udo Kruschwitz, University of Essex
    Arjen de Vries, CWI
    Edgar Meij, University of Amsterdam
    Katja Hofmann, ISLA, University of Amsterdam
    Manos Tsagkias, ISLA, University of Amsterdam
    Ronan Cummins, University of Greenwich
    Robert Villa, University of Sheffield
    Avi Arampatzis, Democritus University of Thrace
    Sebastien Ferre, Universite de Rennes 1

T O P I C S   T O   B E   A D D R E S S E D

We seek papers on novel, unpublished research in one or more topics
mentioned below:

    * IR Models
    * IR Evaluation
    * User Modeling, Personalization and Interactive IR
    * Machine Learning, Categorization, and Clustering for IR
    * Cross-Language IR
    * Visualization of Search Results
    * Ontologies
    * Reasoning
    * Semantic Annotation
    * Information Extraction and Summarization
    * Named Entity Recognition
    * Machine Translation 
    * Question Answering
    * Patent Analytics
    * Scientific Paper Search
    * Biomedical Information Search
    * Enterprise Search
    * Web Search
    * Human Factors in IR

Multi-disciplinary papers combining topics from multiple areas are particularly welcome. 

I M P O R T A N T   D A T E S

Deadline for paper submission: May 31, 2013
Acceptance decision and reviews to authors: July 7, 2013
Deadline for submission of final paper: July 22, 2013
Speaker registration: July 22, 2013
Early registration deadline: July 22, 2013
IRF Conference: Oct 7-9, 2013

For more information, please consult our website http://cyprusconferences.org/irfc2013/ or, 
contact the organising chairs via email: irfc@...

IRFC 2013 is organised by the Cyprus University of Technology and the MUMIA Cost Action.

AIRS2013 Second CFP

Last Call for Tutorials =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=93_?=Search Solutions 2013

** Deadline is 31st May 2013  <at>  12noon **

Search Solutions is the BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group’s annual event focused on
practitioner issues in the arena of search and information retrieval. We invite proposals which focus on
any area of the practical application of search technologies to real world problems - for the tutorial day
due to take place the day before Search Solutions 2013.
Tutorials

Proposals for both full day (7 hours) and half day (3.5 hours) proposals are invited. These will take place
on Tuesday 26th November 2013. 

Proposal submission
Tutorial proposals should be submitted to the panel chair (andym@...uk) by
Friday 31st May 2013  <at>  12noon, using the following template:

•	Name of presenter(s): please list the names and affiliations of presenter(s).
•	Contact details: email and snail mail address, phone numbers etc. 
•	Type of tutorial: half day or full day.
•	Tutorial Abstract: for publicity.
•	Target audience: please outline the practitioner audience to be addressed.
•	Learning outcomes: what would the practitioners gain from attending this tutorial?
•	Outline of tutorial: provide the overall structure and subjects to be presented.
•	Tutorial description: provide a detailed description of the tutorial and its content.
•	Tutorial logistics/materials: media and formats for tutorial. What will be provided to attendees
(e.g. slides).
•	Bio of presenter(s): including track record of presenting tutorials, lecturing experience etc.
(200/300 words)

Selection Procedure
All tutorial proposals will be peer reviewed by the panel and approved by the organising committee. The
selection criteria will focus on the quality of the tutorial content and the appropriateness of it to the
main theme of search solutions – namely practitioner issues.

Honorarium and other issues
Depending on the number of attendees, presenters will receive an Honorarium. All travel and
accommodation expenses must be met by the presenters themselves. The organising committee of Search
Solutions reserve the right to cancel tutorials unless a minimum of four participants have registered. 

Panel:
Dr A. MacFarlane, City University London (Chair) 
Prof. J. Tait, johntait.net Ltd 
Dr M. Oakes, University of Sunderland

SICSA Information Retrieval Workshop - Call for Participation

BCS / BCS IRSG Karen Sp=?Windows-1252?Q?=E4rck_?=Jones Award - Nominations Deadline 15 Sept

BCS / BCS IRSG Karen Spärck Jones Award
An Award to Commemorate Karen Spärck Jones

The British Computer Society Information Retrieval Specialist Group (BCS IRSG) in conjunction with the
BCS has created an award to commemorate the achievements of Karen Spärck Jones.

Karen was a Professor Emeritus of Computers and Information at the University of Cambridge and one of the
most remarkable women in computer science. Her contributions to the fields of Information Retrieval
(IR) and Natural Language Processing (NLP), especially with regard to experimentation, have been
outstanding and highly influential. Karen’s achievements resulted in her receiving a number of
prestigious accolades such as the BCS Lovelace medal, for her advancement in Information Systems, and
the ACM Salton Award for her significant, sustained and continuing contributions to research in
information retrieval.

In order to honour Karen’s achievements, the BCS/BCS-IRSG has established an annual award to encourage
and promote talented researchers who have endeavoured to advance our understanding of Information
Retrieval and Natural Language Processing with significant experimental contributions.

To celebrate the commemorative event, the recipient of the award will be invited to present a keynote
lecture at the BCS-IRSG’s annual conference – the European Conference in Information Retrieval
(ECIR). This forum provides an excellent venue to present and announce the award as the conference
attracts many new and younger researchers.

The recipient will also be presented with a prize consisting of a certificate, a trophy and a cash prize of
£1000 plus expenses to travel to ECIR.

BCS/BCS-IRSG Karen Spärck Jones Award:

Eligibility: Open to all IR/NLP researchers, who have no more than 10 years’ post doctoral or equivalent experience.

Criteria: To have endeavoured to advance our understanding of IR and/or NLP through experimentation.

Nominations: The following should be provided:
- name of nominee, position, affiliation, years since completing PhD;
- name of person proposing the nominee, position, and affiliation;
- a short case for the award (composed of a short description of why the individual should receive the award);
- a short description of what contributions the individual has made;
- a list of the individual’s top five publications reflecting the relevant contributions, and role
within these;
Please note that the nomination text should not exceed 2500 words.

- Additionally, two supporting letters (i.e. reference letters) from people who would like to
encourage/support the nomination must be sought, along with their contact details.

Nominations should be emailed to the contact below, for forwarding to the Nominations Panel, and seek
confirmation of receipt. It is advisable that you notify us as soon as possible of an intention to nominate
an individual as this will help with planning. It is possible for individuals to nominate themselves,
though this is less encouraged – as in the least, this will mean there is one less person supporting the
nomination case. Nominations will be forwarded to the Nominations Panel that will receive the
applications. Additionally, the Nominations Panel can also seek applications but will not be part of the
Award Panel.

Award Panel: The Award Panel Chair, appointed by the BCS IRSG Committee, will invite panel members from
amongst representatives of the BCS main council, the BCS-IRSG Committee, sponsoring organisation(s),
as well as at least two experts appointed by the BCS-IRSG committee and the Awards Coordinator of the BCS-IRSG.

Prize: The recipient of the award will receive a certificate, a trophy, a cash prize of £1000 plus expenses
to travel to ECIR to present the keynote lecture.

Presentation: The recipient of the award is expected to give a keynote lecture at ECIR when he/she will also
be presented with their trophy, and cash prize.

Timeline  (for the 2013 Award to be presented in 2014):

        15      September, 2013         Deadline for nominations.
        1       October, 2013 -         Deadline for support letters.
        15      December, 2013 -        Notification of the prize winner.
        24-27   March, 2014-    Winner presents keynote at ECIR.

Sponsors: Currently, the award is being sponsored by the BCS IRSG and Microsoft Research Cambridge.

Contact: Ayse Göker, a.s.goker@...
Further details and previous winners available on: irsg.bcs.org/ksjaward.php

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Reader/Senior Lecturer in Computing, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland

Reader/Senior Lecturer in Computing
Robert Gordon University -School of Computing
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AGK158/reader-senior-lecturer-in-computing/

(Ref C38774)

The School of Computing Science and Digital Media and IDEAS Research Institute invite applications for a
Reader (Associate Professor) in Computing Science to support the future growth of the School.

The IDEAS Digital Technologies theme is the centre of research in the School of Computing Science and
Digital Media. The group has a strong research profile and good research links through the Computer
Science Alliance (SICSA), NRP’s Computational Systems group and international collaborations.

The post is designed to expand and strengthen our research in Intelligent Information Systems, in areas
related, or complementary, to ‘big data’, secure and/or cloud-based systems. Big data in oil and gas
is a major theme of our future research strategy. Candidates in other areas of applied computing, in
particular those related to energy or smart cities, are also encouraged to apply.

We are looking for innovative researchers of international standing with a strong track record of
research funding and international quality publications, and the vision and leadership skills to play a
central role in the development of research and partnerships. The successful candidates will have the
ability to attract leading researchers and high quality students, and will contribute to relevant areas
of teaching as appropriate. Relevant experience through industrial/commercial activities would be welcomed.

The School and IDEAS will be a significant part of a new £100 million building, completing RGU’s move to
its Garthdee riverside campus in summer 2013. The IDEAS research hub is home for the Graduate School and
research projects, and is adjacent to the academic hub for the School.

Interviews will be in person during the week commencing 10th June.

Applicants are encouraged to contact the Head of School, Professor Ian Allison,
(i.allison@... , +44 (0)1224 262701) or the Research
Institute Director, Professor Susan Craw (ideas@...,  +44
(0)1224 262711).

Further details about the School and the Research Institute may be found at www.rgu.ac.uk/computing and www.rgu.ac.uk/ideas/digitech.

Closing Date: 19 May 2013

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Ayse Goker
Professor of Computational Systems / Northern Research Partnership Chair
School of Computing / IDEAS Research Institute
Information Retrieval & Re-use Research Group

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SICSA Workshop- Social Media Mining --Call for participation

**Call for Participation:
Registration is free, but places are limited.
Please register your attendance at http://msm13.eventbrite.co.uk

SICSA Workshop- Social Media Mining
24 May 2013, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
Hosted by Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

http://wordpressweb.comp.rgu.ac.uk/2013/04/call-for-papers-social-media-mining/
**Extended deadline for abstracts (17 May 2013):

Social media websites such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube continue to share
user-generated content on a massive scale. User’s attempting to find relevant information within
such vast and dynamic volumes risk being overwhelmed. In response, efforts are being made to develop new
tools and methods that help users make sense of – and make use of – social media sites. In this workshop
we will bring together commercial and academic researchers to discuss these issues, and explore the
challenges for social media mining. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

- new methods or approaches for mining social media data;
- new approaches to model users or other entities in social media;
- analytics in social media;
- evaluation methods for mining and modelling in social media;
- new visualisation approaches for social media (especially multimedia);
- new applications and demonstrations of social media mining in practice.

Invited speakers:
Prof. Barry Smyth (University College Dublin)
Prof. Steve Schifferes (City University London – Dept. of Journalism)
Dr Miles Osborne (School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh)

Prospective authors are invited to submit abstracts of no more than two (2) pages.
Please send your submissions to sicsa_wshop@... by 17th May
2013 (extended deadline).

Registration is free, but places are limited. Please register your attendance at http://msm13.eventbrite.co.uk

The event is hosted by the Information Retrieval & Reuse research group within the Digital Technologies
Theme of the IDEAS Research Institute. IDEAS is a multi-disciplinary research centre that develops
novel technologies highly relevant to industry, and generates creative spaces for new forms of practice.

The Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance (SICSA) is a collaboration of Scottish
Universities whose goal is to develop and extend Scotland's position as a world leader in Informatics and
Computer Science research and education.

Organizers:

Prof. Ayse Goker - a.s.goker@...
Dr. Nirmalie Wiratunga - n.wiratunga@...
Dr. Stewart Massie - s.massie@...
Ben Horsburgh - b.horsburgh@...
Dr. Carlos Martin - c.j.martin-dancausa@...

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