Call for Tutorials: BCS IRSG Search Solutions 2025
Haiming Liu <000094f9440d8082-dmarc-request-fDUS8cNZx2jrfANEuwkQdg@public.gmane.org> Wed, 28 May 2025 14:40:35 +0000
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--_000_LO4P265MB6965991635D22A6F9EEB667EB967ALO4P265MB6965GBRP_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Search Solutions (SS) is the BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group's a= nnual event focused on practitioner issues in the arena of search and infor= mation retrieval. Search Solutions consists of two parts: a tutorial day an= d a conference day. We invite tutorial proposals which focus on any area of= the practical application of search technologies to real world problems, f= or the tutorial day due to take place on Tuesday 25th Nov 2025 before the c= onference day on Wednesday 26th Nov 2025. Tutorials in previous years have = included: designing usability for search, multimedia information retrieval,= evaluation, pattern search, city search in SmartCities, text analysis, int= roduction to natural language processing and introduction to reinforcement = learning, Apache Solr and open-source technologies, Legal IR, RAG and LLM e= tc. The details of the previous SS and SS tutorials can be found here: http= s://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/information= -retrieval-specialist-group/conferences-and-events/search-solutions/ Tutorials Proposals for both full day (5-6 hours including breaks and lunch) and half= day (2-3 hours including breaks) tutorials are invited. The tutorials wil= l take place on Tuesday 25th November 2025 at the BCS offices in London in = person. Proposal submission Tutorial proposals should be submitted to the tutorial chair Haiming Liu at= [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> by midnight Monday 1st Sep 202= 5, using the following template: * Name of presenter(s): please list the names and affiliations of prese= nter(s). * Contact details: email address, phone numbers etc. * Title: title of the tutorial. * Type of tutorial: half day or full day. * Tutorial Abstract: for publicity. * Delivery format: In person only or Hybrid * Target audience: please outline the practitioner audience to be addre= ssed. * Learning outcomes: what would the practitioners gain from attending t= his tutorial? * Tutorial schedule and description: provide a draft schedule and detai= led description of each of the items. * Tutorial logistics/materials: required media and formats for tutorial= . What will be provided to attendees (e.g. slides). * Bio of presenter(s): including track record of presenting tutorials, = lecturing experience etc. (Max 200 words) Selection Procedure All tutorial proposals will be reviewed by the Tutorial Chair and approved = by the Organising Committee. Selection will be based on the quality of the = content and its relevance to the main theme of Search Solutions. Notificati= ons will be sent as soon as possible in September 2025. An honorarium will = be provided for each accepted tutorial. Contact Tutorial Chair: Dr Haiming Liu, [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Dr Haiming Liu, PhD, PgCAP, SFHEA Director of Centre for Machine Intelligence (CMI) Associate Professor in Web and Internet Science Group School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) Faculty of Engineering and Physical Science University of Southampton Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the IR list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=3DIR&A=3D1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/IR, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ --_000_LO4P265MB6965991635D22A6F9EEB667EB967ALO4P265MB6965GBRP_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; 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Search Solutions consists of two parts: a tutorial day and a conference day. We invite tuto= rial proposals which focus on any area of the practical application of sear= ch technologies to real world problems, for the tutorial day due to take pl= ace on <b>Tuesday 25<sup>th</sup> Nov 2025</b> before the conference day on <b>Wed= nesday 26<sup>th</sup> Nov 2025</b>. Tutorials in previous years have inclu= ded: designing usability for search, multimedia information retrieval, eval= uation, pattern search, city search in SmartCities, text analysis, introduction to natural language processing= and introduction to reinforcement learning, Apache Solr and open-source te= chnologies, Legal IR, RAG and LLM etc. The details of the previous SS and S= S tutorials can be found here: </span></a><a href=3D"https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/memb= er-communities/information-retrieval-specialist-group/conferences-and-event= s/search-solutions/"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span style= =3D"font-size:11.0pt">https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/memb= er-communities/information-retrieval-specialist-group/conferences-and-event= s/search-solutions/</span></span><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"= ></span></a><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span style=3D"font-= size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span sty= le=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><b><span = style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Tutorials<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span sty= le=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Proposals for both full day (5-6 hours including br= eaks and lunch) and half day (2-3 hours including breaks) tutorials are inv= ited. The tutorials will take place on <b>Tuesday 25<sup>th</sup> November 2025</b> at the BCS offices in London i= n person. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span sty= le=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><b><span = style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Proposal submission<o:p></o:p></span></b></span>= </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span sty= le=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Tutorial proposals should be submitted to the tutor= ial chair Haiming Liu at </span></span><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"><span style=3D"mso-bookm= ark:_Hlk168181207"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">[email protected]</span= ></span><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"></span></a><span style= =3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"> by midnight <b>Monday 1<sup>st</sup> Sep 2025</b>, using the following tem= plate:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span sty= le=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <ul style=3D"margin-top:0cm" type=3D"disc"> <li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style=3D"ms= o-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Name of presente= r(s): please list the names and affiliations of presenter(s).<o:p></o:p></s= pan></span></li><li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><= span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">= Contact details: email address, phone numbers etc. <o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 = level1 lfo1"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span style=3D"font= -size:11.0pt">Title: title of the tutorial. <o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 = level1 lfo1"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span style=3D"font= -size:11.0pt">Type of tutorial: half day or full day.<o:p></o:p></span></sp= an></li><li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span sty= le=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Tutorial= Abstract: for publicity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=3D"MsoNorm= al" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk16818= 1207"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Delivery format: In person only or H= ybrid <o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 = level1 lfo1"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span style=3D"font= -size:11.0pt">Target audience: please outline the practitioner audience to = be addressed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D= "mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span = style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Learning outcomes: what would the practitioners = gain from attending this tutorial?<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class= =3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style=3D"mso-bookmar= k:_Hlk168181207"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Tutorial schedule and des= cription: provide a draft schedule and detailed description of each of the = items.<o:p></o:p></span></span></li><li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-li= st:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span style= =3D"font-size:11.0pt">Tutorial logistics/materials: required media and form= ats for tutorial. What will be provided to attendees (e.g. slides).<o:p></o= :p></span></span></li><li class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"mso-list:l0 level1 l= fo1"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span style=3D"font-size:11= .0pt">Bio of presenter(s): including track record of presenting tutorials, = lecturing experience etc. (Max 200 words)<o:p></o:p></span></span></li></ul= > <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span sty= le=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><b><span = style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Selection Procedure<o:p></o:p></span></b></span>= </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span sty= le=3D"font-size:11.0pt">All tutorial proposals will be reviewed by the Tuto= rial Chair and approved by the Organising Committee. Selection will be base= d on the quality of the content and its relevance to the main theme of Search Solutions. Notifications will be sen= t as soon as possible in September 2025. An honorarium will be provided for= each accepted tutorial. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span sty= le=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><b><span = style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Contact Tutorial Chair:<o:p></o:p></span></b></s= pan></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"><span sty= le=3D"font-size:11.0pt">Dr Haiming Liu, </span></span><a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"><span style=3D"mso-bookm= ark:_Hlk168181207"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt">[email protected]</span= ></span><span style=3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"></span></a><span style= =3D"mso-bookmark:_Hlk168181207"></span><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:= p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></= span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"= ;Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dr Haiming Liu</span></b><span sty= le=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F= 497D">, PhD, PgCAP, SFHEA</span><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family= :"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></= p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Director of Centre for Machine Intell= igence (CMI)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Associate Professor in Web and Intern= et Science Group<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">School of Electronics and Computer Sc= ience (ECS)<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Faculty of Engineering and Physical S= cience<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">University of Southampton</span><span= style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><= o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Highfield, Southampton, SO17 1BJ</spa= n><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",s= erif"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Email: <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]"><span style=3D"color:blue">h.liu@soton= .ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></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_LO4P265MB6965991635D22A6F9EEB667EB967ALO4P265MB6965GBRP_--