Dear Colleagues,

Following the tradition of the Information Foraging Summer School and
the German Information Retrieval Autumn School, a new Autumn School for
Information Retrieval and Information Foraging will be held

   21. – 26. September 2014 at Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany.

The school will provide overview lectures on advanced topics in
Information Retrieval (IR) and Information Foraging. It will be a great
opportunity to meet other participants working in the area.

Limited student sponsorship provided by Friends of SIGIR will be
available. Please check the website for details:
http://tinyurl.com/asirf2014.

The Autumn School 2014 for Information Foraging and Retrieval addresses
students, early career researchers and practitioners in (interactive)
information  access and retrieval. The aim is to introduce students to
models and technologies related to all facets of (professional)
interaction with information in an information seeking context, as well
as to discuss current research in this area. It will also provide PhD
students an opportunity to exchange their ideas with leading experts in
the field.

The school will be designed for master or PhD students in computer
science, information science, artificial intelligence or related areas.
Lectures will be delivered by world-renowned information foraging and
retrieval experts.

The event will take place at Schloss Dagstuhl in Germany, one of the
leading venues for computer science, from September 21 to September 26,
2014. Schloss Dagstuhl (http://www.dagstuhl.de/) provides a unique
environment for scientific discussion. Enjoy the historical surroundings
and meet the lecturers and other participants in a relaxed atmosphere.

The school follows the tradition of the German IR Autumn School
("Herbstschule") and the Summer School Information Foraging organized by
Radboud University Nijmegen.


Program:
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- IR Models: Ingo Frommholz & Thomas Roelleke
- Evaluation: Thomas Mandl
- Task Based Evaluation: Pia Borlund
- Modelling Interactive IR: Norbert Fuhr
- Information Behavior: Katriina Byström
- Log File Analysis: Wessel Kraaij
- Multimedia Retrieval: Stefan Rueger
- Efficiency Issues: Ralf Schenkel

Monday and Tuesday evening: PhD candidates can present and discuss their
work, topics and ideas with experts.


Further Information
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Further and updated information is available at
https://www.uni-hildesheim.de/fb3/institute/iwist/veranstaltungen/asirf/.


Organisation:
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Thomas Mandl - Universität Hildesheim - [log in to unmask]
Ingo Frommholz - University of Bedfordshire - [log in to unmask]
German IR Special Interest Group (Fachgruppe IR)

Looking forward to sharing the 'Dagstuhl spirit' with you!

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Dr Ingo Frommholz            | Dept. of Computer Science and Technology
Senior Lecturer              |               University of Bedfordshire
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