23.4478, Confs: Computational Ling/UK

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Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2012 16:20:40
From: Udo Kruschwitz [udo at essex.ac.uk]
Subject: Search Solutions 2012

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Search Solutions 2012 

Date: 29-Nov-2012 - 29-Nov-2012 
Location: London, United Kingdom 
Contact: Udo Kruschwitz 
Contact Email: udo at essex.ac.uk 
Meeting URL: http://irsg.bcs.org/SearchSolutions/2012/sse2012.php 

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics 

Meeting Description: 

Search Solutions 2012

Thursday 29 November, Covent Garden, London

Innovations in Web & Enterprise Search

Search Solutions is a special one-day event dedicated to the latest innovations in web & enterprise search. In contrast to other major industry events, Search Solutions aims to be highly interactive, with attendance strictly limited.

The programme includes presentations, panels and keynote talks by influential industry leaders on novel and emerging applications in search and information retrieval.

Note:

Search Solutions now offers a Tutorial Programme on Weds 28 November.

Confirmed Tutorials:

     Dr. Dell Zhang, Birkbeck, University of London
     MapReduce Algorithms in Information Retrieval

     Dr. John Tait, johntait.net ltd
     Patent Searching and Landscaping

     Dr. Michael Oakes, University of Sunderland
     Applications of Text Processing

     Dr. Tony Russell-Rose, UXLabs
     Designing Search Usability

Location:

Search Solutions is organised by the Information Retrieval Specialist Group of the BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT), and is held at the BCS Central London Office:

BCS, 1st Floor
The Davidson Building
5 Southampton Street
London, WC2E 7HA
http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.8404

Registration:

Registration fees (including VAT at 20%) are as follows:

Early Bird Rates (until 23:59 on 31-Oct-2012)
BCS member rate: £99
Non-member rate: £129
Student rate: £99

Normal Rates (from 01-Nov-2012)
BCS member rate: £119
Non-member rate: £149
Student rate: £99

Registration fees include lunch and a copy of the proceedings. Tea and coffee will also be available throughout the day followed by a drinks reception in the evening.

For further details see:

http://irsg.bcs.org/SearchSolutions/2012/sse2012.php 

*** Early Bird rates end 23:59 on 31-Oct-2012 ***

09:30-10:00
Registration and Coffee

10:00-10:10
Introduction

Session 1: Web Search Challenges

10:10-11:10

Milad Shokouhi, Applied Researcher, Microsoft Research 
Time-Sensitive Query Trends in Bing Logs

Alex Jaimes, Senior Research Scientist, Yahoo!Barcelona
What Can Search Tell Us? A Human-Centered View

11:10 -11:30
Coffee Break

Session 2: Putting the User First

11:30-13:00

Martin White, Managing Director, Intranet Focus Limited
It's not about technology, it's about people!

Emma Bayne, Head of Systems Development, National Archives 
Enhancing the Search Experience through Interface Design

Kristian Norling, CTO, Findwise
What practitioners think about Enterprise Search

13:00-14:00
Lunch

Session 3: Beyond Keyword Matching: Searching with Taxonomies, Thesauri & Ontologies

14:00-15:30

Stella Dextre Clarke, ISKO chair 
Thesauri and interoperability with other vocabularies

Leo Sauermann, CEO and Founder, Gnowsis EU 
Making Search Personal with NEPOMUK and Refinder

Charlie Hull, CEO, Flax 
Search, plus - building taxonomy, autoclassification and media monitoring tools with open source search software

15:30-16:00
Coffee Break

Session 4: The Future of Search

16:00-17:30

Nicholas Kemp, Principal Scientist, DSTL 
Technology Landscaping in DSTL

Nick Patience, Director of Product Marketing & Strategy, Recommind
TBD

Fishbowl session: Hot topics in search

17:30 - 20:00
Drinks Reception

The event will also be followed by the IRSG AGM (from 18:00).

For further details of Search Solutions see:
http://irsg.bcs.org/SearchSolutions/2012/sse2012.php

For further details of the tutorial programme, see:
http://irsg.bcs.org/SearchSolutions/2012/ss2012tutorials.php

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