Tutorials & Workshops

Tutorials & Workshops

Info: The deadline for submissions of workshop and tutorial proposals has been extended due to a high number of requests. Researchers in IR and related fields are still invited to submit their proposals by September 16th, 2018, 11:59 pm (AoE).

Tutorials
ECIR 2019 tutorials should focus on specific problems or specific domains in which information retrieval research is applied. Tutorials can be of either a half-day (3 hours plus breaks) or a full day (6 hours plus breaks). Similar to workshops tutorials are encouraged to be as interactive as possible.

Tutorial proposals should contain the following information:

  • Title of the tutorial;
  • Instructor(s) and their credentials (brief CVs);
  • Aims and learning objectives;
  • Scope of the tutorial and its relevance to the information retrieval community;
  • Tutorial history (previous offerings of tutorial, if any);
  • Format of the tutorial (1/2 day or 1 day);
  • Full description (up to two pages to be used in the reviewing process);
  • Target audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced) and expected prerequisite knowledge of the audience;
  • Citations to publications covered by the tutorial.

Tutorial proposals will be reviewed by the tutorial committee. A summary of the tutorial will be published in the conference proceedings.

Workshops
ECIR 2019 workshops shall provide a platform for presenting novel ideas and research results in a focused and interactive way. Workshops can be of either a half-day (3 hours plus breaks) or a full day (6 hours plus breaks). Workshops are encouraged to be as dynamic and interactive as possible and should lead to a concrete outcome, such as the publication of a summary paper and/or workshop proceedings.

Workshop proposals should contain the following information:

  • Title, and abstract of the workshop;
  • Motivation, and relevance to ECIR;
  • Workshop goals/objectives coupled with desired outcomes;
  • Format/structure of the workshop: planned activities, tentative schedule of events etc.;
  • Intended audience, including how participants will be selected/invited;
  • Duration: a full day or half day workshop;
  • Resources: what resources will be needed to deliver the workshop;
  • Indicate if the workshop is related to or follows on from another workshop; if so, please, identify which conference it was previously held at, the past attendance and outcomes, and why another workshop is needed;
  • Organisers with brief bio (2-3 sentences) of each with respect to the content of the workshop;
  • Any other relevant information to support your proposal (e.g. programme committee, list of invited speakers, overall vision/approach etc.)

Workshop proposals will be reviewed by the workshop committee. A summary of the workshop will be published in the conference proceedings.

All Proposals should be submitted electronically through the conference submission system and must be in in English.
Submission Deadline: September 16th, 2018, 11:59 pm (AoE)