***************************************************** DIR - 2002 3rd Dutch-Belgian Information Retrieval Workshop December 6, 2002, K.U.Leuven, Belgium http://www.law.kuleuven.ac.be/icri/dir2002/ 1st Call for abstracts ***************************************************** The third Dutch-Belgian Workshop on Information Retrieval will take place on Friday 6/12/2002 in Leuven. The keynote speaker will be Prof. Dr. Karen Sparck-Jones (Computer Laboratory, Cambridge University). Authors that are interested in presenting original research at the workshop are invited to submit an extended abstract of maximum 2 pages. For further information, please visit our website at http://www.law.kuleuven.ac.be/icri/dir2002/ or contact rik.debusser_nospam_@law.kuleuven.ac.be. (remove _nospam_) Important Dates: Deadline for abstracts: 16 September, 2002 Notification of acceptance: 7 October, 2002 Deadline for camera-ready copies: 7 November, 2002 Workshop: 6 December, 2002 Program Committee: Marie-Francine Moens (ICRI / K.U.Leuven) Djoerd Hiemstra (University of Twente) Wessel Kraaij (TNO Delft) Local Organisation: Interdisciplinary Centre for Law & IT Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Tiensestraat 41 B-3000 Leuven Belgium