Call for Papers

 

 

First International Workshop on

Teaching and Learning of Information Retrieval

 

- TLIR'07 -

 
Motivation

            Information Retrieval (IR) is a research area that has
            generated a great deal of interest recently, largely due
            to the growth in Internet use. Many different problems
            that have arisen during this time have been solved by
            means of the devotion and efforts of thousand of
            researchers around the world. These new advances are
            spread following the usual scientific channels:
            journals,conferences, forums and workshops. Therefore,
            researchers are kept abreast of new developments in the
            field.

 

            However, it is also very important that both undergraduate
            and postgraduate students understand the basis of this
            discipline, not just with the aim of conducting research
            in the future, but also as a way of learning how search
            engines work, which are essential tools to use for their
            own benefit on a daily basis. IR is a very interesting
            subject to reinforce the knowledge acquired in other
            subjects, such as programming, algorithms and data
            structures, user interface design etc.  Postgraduate
            students who need to research in this area also require
            knowing the fundamental aspects of the subject, simply
            because they may be building new solutions on top of them.

 

            Therefore as important as research is to IR, one way to
            improve the profile of the subject is to create a common
            space where IR lecturers and researchers can share their
            experiences and opinions in the field of IR teaching at
            any of the educational levels (primary, secondary and
            tertiary). The aim of the workshop is to provide this
            common space.

 
Topics

            The scope of this workshop will be all the experiences of
            teaching IR. Possible topics include, but are not limited
            to, the following:

 

·          IR systems and resources to teach IR.

·          Innovative teaching methodologies applied to IR teaching.

·          Theory and practice.

·          Syllabus (discussions, proposals, etc.).

·          Evaluation of teaching/learning.

·          Teaching IR in different disciplines and at different levels.

·          e-learning platforms for IR & distance learning

·          Students learning outcomes.

·          Assessment methods.

·          Small groups teaching in IR

·          Integrating state-of-the-art IR research in teaching

 

            We are seeking papers describing solutions and experiences
            on IR teaching, in relation to any of the above mentioned
            topics. We welcome all types of papers and contributions:
            theoretical, or position paper, but also demonstrations
            and discussion topics are sought.

Workshop Organisers

            Andrew MacFarlane (andym@soi.city.ac.uk)1

Juan F. Huete (jhg@decsai.ugr.es)2

Juan M. Fernández-Luna (jmfluna@decsai.ugr.es)2

            Iadh Ounis (ounis@dcs.gla.ac.uk)3

 

1Department of Information Science. City University. London %G–%@ United Kingdom.

2Departamento de Ciencias de la Computación e Inteligencia Artificial. Universidad de Granada %G–%@ Spain.

3Department of Computing Science. University of Glasgow %G–%@ United Kingdom.
Local organisers

            Alex Bailey (alex_bailey73@hotmail.com)

            Andrew MacFarlane (andym@soi.city.ac.uk)

Important Dates

 

·          Deadline for abstract submission: June 1st 2006.

·          Deadline for paper submission: July 1st 2006.

·          Acceptance /rejection notification: October 1st 2006.

·          Deadline for camera ready submission: November 1st 2006.

·          Workshop: January 10th 2007.

 

 

 

Submission procedure

 

            Papers will have six pages long at most, and will be
            written in Latex following the style that will be
            published in the web page of the workshop
            (http://tlir07.soi.city.ac.uk).

 

            Authors submitting a paper to the workshop must send the
            abstract and later the pdf file to the four organisers of
            the conference.