ECIR call for participation

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29th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2007)
2-5 April, 2007
CNR - Piazzale Aldo Moro 7, Rome, Italy
http://ecir2007.fub.it
Organized by: Fondazione Ugo Bordoni
In cooperation with: BCS-IRSG, ACM SIGIR
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* Conference Programme
The technical program will include 42 papers, 19 short papers, and 21
posters selected from a record number of 292 submissions.
http://ecir2007.fub.it/ConferenceProgramme.html

* Keynote talks
The Next Generation Web Search and the Demise of the Classic IR model
Andrei Broder (Yahoo!Research)

The last half-century: a perspective on experimentation in information
retrieval
Stephen Robertson (Microsoft Research)

Learning in hyperlinked environments
Marco Gori (University of Siena)

* Paper awards
   Best paper award and best sudent paper award sponsored by Yahoo!

* Google Reception
   A reception, fully sponsored by Google, will be held at Grand Hotel
Plaza (http://www.grandhotelplaza.com) on 2 April at 19.30

* Banquet
   The banquet will be held at Casina Valadier (
http://www.casinavaladier.it) on 3 April at 19.30

* Registration
   For registration and other information, please visit the ECIR 2007 home
page at http://ecir2007.fub.it

We are looking forward to welcoming you in Rome,

The ECIR 2007 Chairs
(Giambattista Amati, Claudio Carpineto, Giovanni Romano)

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* Under the patronage of
Ministero delle Comunicazioni http://www.comunicazioni.it
Comune di Roma http://www.comune.roma.it

* Main Sponsors:
AICA http://www.aicanet.it
Almaviva http://www.almavivaitalia.it
CNR http://www.cnr.it
Google http://www.google.it
Microsoft Research http://research.microsoft.com
Yahoo! Research http://research.yahoo.com
Wind http://www.wind.it/eng

* Supporting Sponsors:
Exhicon http://www.exhicon.it
Sharp http://www.sle.sharp.co.uk
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