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BCS Search Industry Awards 2018
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We are delighted to announce this year's Search Industry Awards, celebrating the best search innovations of 2018. Presented by the Information Retrieval Specialist Group of the BCS, these awards recognize people, projects, and organizations that have excelled in the design of search and information retrieval products and services.
If you know of any people, projects, or products that deserve recognition, let us know by submitting a nomination. Alternatively, if you're involved with something special yourself, you can submit an application today.
CATEGORIES
This year we are offering five awards:
* Best search user experience (of a web site, information resource, etc.)
* Most promising start up (or new enterprise)
* Best open source project (of all shapes & sizes)
* Search professional of the year (who is your unsung hero?)
* Best paper / presentation (at Search Solutions 2018)
The last award is open only to presenters at Search Solutions, and will be judged on the day of the event. For all others, apply today!
JUDGING PANEL
Winners will be selected by our panel of judges. We are grateful to these individuals for lending their expertise to the BCS Search Industry Awards:
* Charlie Hull (Managing Director, Flax)
* Edgar Meij (AI Team Lead, Bloomberg)
* Ilona Roth (Global Head of Onsite Search, RS Components)
AWARDS CEREMONY
The awards ceremony will take place during Search Solutions at BCS London on 27 November 2018. Winners will receive a framed certificate, bottle of wine, and a public listing on the IRSG Awards site.
APPLICATIONS
WeĆve designed the application process to be simple to complete:
https://goo.gl/forms/TcJ4NEFQMv1Gy2rJ3
If you are unsure which category to apply for, or have questions about the application process, contact us via the address below. Nominations will remain open until 1st November.
For further details, see http://irsg.bcs.org/siawards.php
CONTACT
If you have any questions on the above, please contact irsg AT bcs.org.
::: About IRSG :::
The IRSG is a Specialist Group of BCS. Its mission is to provide a focus for the European IR community, facilitate communication between researchers and practitioners and promote the adoption of IR research within industry. We host a major European conference (ECIR) and provide an associated programme of workshops, seminars and events. To join the IRSG, visit the BCS website, which provides access to further IR articles, events and resources.
BCS is the industry body for IT professionals. With members in over 100 countries around the world, BCS is the leading professional and learned society in the field of computers and information systems.
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