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EVIA 2011 The Fourth International Workshop on Evaluating Information  ***** EVIA 2011: Final CALL FOR PAPERS ******* NOTE: submssion deadline extended to 1st October 2011!The Fourth International Workshop on Evaluating Information Access (EVIA 2011), a Satellite Workshop of NTCIR-9 http://research.nii.ac.jp/ntcir/evia2011/ December 6, 2011 at NII, Tokyo, Japan ****************************************Information Access technologies provide the interface between human information
needs and digital information resources. The reliable evaluation of these
technologies has been recognized for decades as central to the advancement
of the field. As information retrieval becomes more pervasive, the forms
of retrieval more diverse, and retrieval tools richer, the importance of
effective, efficient, and innovative evaluation grows as well.
In recognition of the need for a forum dedicated to the intensive discussion of evaluation issues, we have held three successful sesquiannual International Workshops on Evaluating Information Access (EVIA 2007, 2008, and 2010). Proceedings and reports can be found below: EVIA 2007 online proceedings:Following these successes, we are happy to announce the Fourth International Workshop on Evaluating Information Access (EVIA 2011) on December 6, 2011 (coinciding with Day 1 of the NTCIR-9 Workshop Meeting) at the National Institute of Informatics (NII), Tokyo, Japan. We invite papers addressing one or more of the following topics: - Test collection formation, evaluation metrics, and evaluation environments *** SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS ***Submissions will be subject to double-blind reviewing. Accepted papers will be included in the EVIA 2011 online proceedings, and summarized in a report to SIGIR Forum.We invite submissions of regular papers (up to 8 pages) and short papers (up to 4 pages). Submissions must be in the ACM Conference style and must be submitted as pdf files. Templates are available at: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates For Latex users, please use the "Option 2" style. Submissions must be made through the EVIA 2011 submission management system at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=evia2011 *** IMPORTANT DATES ***
*** EVIA 2011 PROGRAM COMMITTEE ***
*** EVIA 2011 CO-CHAIRS ***Kazuaki Kishida (Keio University, Japan)kishida  Mark Sanderson (RMIT University, Australia) mark.sanderson  William Webber (University of Melbourne, Australia) wew  |
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