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MUMIA Training School on Information Retrieval and Interactive
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the TRAINING SCHOOL</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">The
EU-funded COST Network IC1002 (</span></font></font></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a class="" href="http://www.mumia-network.eu/"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">http://www.mumia-network.eu/</span></font></font></font></a></u></span></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">)
is a networking programme which aims to promote collaboration between
researchers and professionals working on Multilingual and
Multifaceted Information Access (MUMIA). The aim of the 3rd MUMIA
Training School on Information Retrieval and Interactive Information
Access is to give participants grounding in the core topics that
constitute the interdisciplinary area of Multilingual and
Multifaceted Interactive Information Access. The school is a
week-long event consisting of lecturers from scientists participating
in the MUMIA network and invited speakers who are recognized experts
in the field. The School is intended for PhD students, Master
students or early stage researchers such as post-doctoral researchers
interested in the fields of information retrieval, information
management, interactive information access and related fields. </span></font></font></font>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">CONFIRMED
LECTURES</span></font></font></font><br><font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">·
Keith van Rijsbergen, Introduction to IR: Foundation and Models</span></font></font></font></p>
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Kalervo Jarvelin, Task-based information interaction evaluation</span></font></font></font></p>
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Braschler Martin, Cross-language and Multilingual IR</span></font></font></font></p>
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Mihai Lupu, IR Evaluation++</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">·
Stefanos Vrochidis, Interactive Content-based Multimedia Retrieval </span></font></font></font>
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Preben Hansen, Collaborative Information Seeking and Search
Interfaces</span></font></font></font></p>
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Gabriella Pasi, Contextual Search and Contextual Factors Aggregation</span></font></font></font></p>
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George Paltoglou, Opinion Retrieval in Social Media</span></font></font></font></p>
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Kostas Stefanidis, Recommender Systems</span></font></font></font></p>
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</span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">Sébastien
Ferré, Faceted Search </span></font></font></font>
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Yannis Tzitzikas, Bridging the Web of Documents with the Web of Data </span></font></font></font>
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the school will include 1 or 2 more lectures (confirmation pending)</span></font></font></font><br><font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">
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SESSION</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">The
training school will organize a Poster session aiming to provide a
forum for participants of the training school to discuss their
research and interact with senior researchers or other young
researchers in an informal and relaxed atmosphere. </span></font></font></font>
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registration (until June 16, 2014) : 200 Euro</span></font></font></font></p>
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or onsite Registration : 250 Euro</span></font></font></font></p>
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Fees include admission to all lectures, course material, lunches,
coffee breaks, and participation in the social events organised
during the week of the training school.</span></font></font></font></p>
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for MSc/MPhil/PhD students and Early Stage Researchers</span></font></font></font></p>
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<p style="line-height:115%" align="LEFT"><font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">MUMIA
will provide a grant of 600 EUR to a large number of MSc/MPhil/PhD
students and Early Stage Researchers (up to 8 years after receiving
your PhD) working in one of the </span></font></font></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a class="" href="http://www.cost.eu/about_cost/cost_countries"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">35
COST countries</span></font></font></font></a></u></span></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">.
If you want to apply for a scholarship to attend the 3</span></font></font></font><font color="#000000"><sup><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">rd</span></font></font></sup></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">
MUMIA Training School you must send until May 15, 2014:</span></font></font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">an
updated short CV (max 2 pages), </span></font></font></font>
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<font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">to
the MUMIA administration (</span></font></font></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a class="" href="ic1002.grantholder@gmail.com"><font color="#0000ff"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">ic1002.grantholder@gmail.com</span></font></font></font></a></u></span></font><font color="#000000"><font face="Courier New, serif"><font><span lang="en-US">),
expressing your work's relevance to the courses of the school and
your motivation to attend the training school. </span></font></font></font>
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more information about available grants to attend the training school
visit the website:</span></font></font></font></p>
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