Call for Nominations: The Bloomberg/BCS IRSG Karen Spärck Jones (KSJ) Award 2025
Haiming Liu <000094f9440d8082-dmarc-request-fDUS8cNZx2jrfANEuwkQdg@public.gmane.org> Wed, 28 May 2025 14:45:21 +0000
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--_000_LO4P265MB6965E62B6C49DE2B57B3E7D3B967ALO4P265MB6965GBRP_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ~ An award to commemorate Karen Sp=E4rck Jones ~ A pioneer of information retrieval, the computer science sub-discipline tha= t also underpins the technology of modern Web search engines, Karen Sp=E4rc= k Jones was a British professor of Computers and Information at the Univers= ity of Cambridge in Cambridge. Her contributions to the fields of Natural L= anguage Processing (NLP) and Information Retrieval (IR), especially with re= gard to experimentation, have been outstanding, highly influential and last= ing, and include the introduction of Inverse Document Frequency for relevan= ce ranking. Her achievements resulted in her receiving a number of prestigi= ous accolades such as the BCS Lovelace medal for her advancement in Informa= tion Systems, and the ACM Salton Award for her significant, sustained and c= ontinuing contributions to research in information retrieval. Karen was als= o an outspoken advocate for women in computing, and we encourage former adv= isors of talented scientists to provide the judges with a rich and diverse = candidate pool to select from. In order to honour Karen's achievements, the= BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group (BCS IRSG) in conjunction with = the BCS has established an annual award to encourage and promote talented r= esearchers who have endeavoured to advance our understanding of Natural Lan= guage Processing (NLP) or Information Retrieval (IR) with significant exper= imental contributions. To celebrate the commemorative event, the recipient of the award will be in= vited to present a keynote lecture at BCS IRSG's annual conference - the Eu= ropean Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) or at BCS IRSG's partner = conference - the Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for = Computational Linguistics (EACL). The recipient of the 2025 award will be g= iving a keynote lecture at EACL 2026 in April/May 2026. These forums provid= e excellent venues to present and announce the award because the conference= s attract many new and young IR and NLP researchers. To learn more about the award and the nomination, visit: https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/informa= tion-retrieval-specialist-group/awards/karen-spaerck-jones-award/ https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/informa= tion-retrieval-specialist-group/awards/karen-spaerck-jones-award/nomination= s/ Timeline for the 2023 Award: * 05 September 2025 - Closing date for nominations * 12 September 2025 - Deadline for support letters * 12 December 2025 - Notification of the prize recipient * April/May 2026 - Winner presents keynote at EACL 2026. The Karen Sp=E4rck Jones Award is sponsored by Bloomberg<https://www.bloomb= erg.com/company/values/tech-at-bloomberg/artificial-intelligence-ai/> and B= CS<https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/info= rmation-retrieval-specialist-group/awards/>; we would like to thank our gen= erous sponsors. For a list of previous recipients of the award, visit: https://www.bcs.org/= membership-and-registrations/member-communities/information-retrieval-speci= alist-group/awards/karen-spaerck-jones-award/past-winners/. 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Her contributions to the fields of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Infor= mation Retrieval (IR), especially with regard to experimentation, have been= outstanding, highly influential and lasting, and include the introduction = of Inverse Document Frequency for relevance ranking. Her achievements resulted in her receiving a number of = prestigious accolades such as the BCS Lovelace medal for her advancement in= Information Systems, and the ACM Salton Award for her significant, sustain= ed and continuing contributions to research in information retrieval. Karen was also an outspoken advocate= for women in computing, and we encourage former advisors of talented scien= tists to provide the judges with a rich and diverse candidate pool to selec= t from. In order to honour Karen's achievements, the BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group (BCS IRSG) in= conjunction with the BCS has established an annual award to encourage and = promote talented researchers who have endeavoured to advance our understand= ing of Natural Language Processing (NLP) or Information Retrieval (IR) with significant experimental contribu= tions.<br> <br> To celebrate the commemorative event, the recipient of the award will be in= vited to present a keynote lecture at BCS IRSG’s annual conference &#= 8212; the European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) or at BCS IRS= G’s partner conference — the Conference of the European Chapter of the Association for Computational Linguistics (EACL). = The recipient of the 2025 award will be giving a keynote lecture at EACL 20= 26 in April/May 2026. These forums provide excellent venues to present and = announce the award because the conferences attract many new and young IR and NLP researchers.<br> <br> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif">To learn more about the award and the nomination, v= isit:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif"><a href=3D"https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-regis= trations/member-communities/information-retrieval-specialist-group/awards/k= aren-spaerck-jones-award/">https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations= /member-communities/information-retrieval-specialist-group/awards/karen-spa= erck-jones-award/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif"><a href=3D"https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-regis= trations/member-communities/information-retrieval-specialist-group/awards/k= aren-spaerck-jones-award/nominations/">https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-r= egistrations/member-communities/information-retrieval-specialist-group/awar= ds/karen-spaerck-jones-award/nominations/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif"><br> Timeline for the 2023 Award:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <ul style=3D"margin-top:0cm" type=3D"disc"> <li class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 = lfo3"><a name=3D"x__Hlk147352337"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-fami= ly:"Calibri",sans-serif">05 September 2025 - Closing date for nom= inations<o:p></o:p></span></a></li><li class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"= margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:x__Hlk= 147352337"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",= sans-serif">12 September 2025 - Deadline for support letters<o:p></o:p></sp= an></span></li><li class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left:0cm;mso-= list:l1 level1 lfo3"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:x__Hlk147352337"><span sty= le=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">12 Decem= ber 2025 - Notification of the prize recipient<o:p></o:p></span></span></li= ><li class=3D"MsoListParagraph" style=3D"margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l1 level1= lfo3"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:x__Hlk147352337"><span style=3D"font-siz= e:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">April/May 2026 - Winne= r presents keynote at EACL 2026.</span></span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0= pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif">The Karen Sp=E4rck Jones Award is sponsored by <a href=3D"https://www.bloomberg.com/company/values/tech-at-bloomberg/artif= icial-intelligence-ai/"> Bloomberg</a> and <a href=3D"https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registratio= ns/member-communities/information-retrieval-specialist-group/awards/"> BCS</a>; we would like to thank our generous sponsors.<br> <br> For a list of previous recipients of the award, visit: <a href=3D"https://w= ww.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/information-retr= ieval-specialist-group/awards/karen-spaerck-jones-award/past-winners/"> https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/informa= tion-retrieval-specialist-group/awards/karen-spaerck-jones-award/past-winne= rs/</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif">If you have any questions, please contact Dr Haimin= g Liu <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"><span style=3D"color:#0563C= 1">[email protected]</span></a> <br> <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif">Haiming Liu<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif">KSJ Award Panel Chair of the BCS IRSG Committee<o:p= ></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> </div> </body> </html> <br> <hr> <p align=3D"center">To unsubscribe from the IR list, click the following link:<br> <a href=3D"https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=3DIR&A=3D1" target=3D"_blank">https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=3DIR&A=3D1</a> </p> --_000_LO4P265MB6965E62B6C49DE2B57B3E7D3B967ALO4P265MB6965GBRP_--