New submission date: ACM CIKM iNEWS08 Workshop

Due to many requests the submission deadline to the following workshop exte=
nded to July 27, 2008

2nd ACM International Workshop: =A1Improving Non English Web Searching=A2 i=
NEWS=A208
held in conjunction with ACM CIKM 2008

http://rea.teimes.gr/lazarinf/iNEWS08/

Fotis Lazarinis, Efthimis Efthimiadis, Jesus Vilares, John Tait

October 30, 2008, Napa Valley, California

*Key dates:
July 27, 2008 (extended)=A0=A0=A0 Paper submissions due
August 10, 2008=A0=A0=A0 Notifications of acceptance
August 15, 2008=A0=A0=A0 Camera-ready copy due
October 30, 2008=A0 Workshop

*Workshop Theme
The main aims of this workshop are to identify the problems in web searchin=
g when working with non-English languages and to propose solutions and tool=
s so as to improve web retrieval systems.

*Aims and Topics
The specific aims of the workshop are to promote better understanding of:=20
-=A0 the problems of search engines in non-English queries.
-=A0 methodologies for evaluating the effectiveness of search engines in no=
n-English queries.
-=A0 the user query patterns in non-English Web retrieval.
-=A0 the factors that influence utilization of search engines in a multicul=
tural world.
-=A0 the needed improvements to the search engines with respect to non-Engl=
ish Web retrieval.
-=A0 teaching strategies to help users improve their searching behaviour.
-=A0 how standard IR techniques (Indexing, Query representation, Query refo=
rmulation, etc) can be adapted in Web retrieval for non-English languages.
-=A0 the application of natural language processing techniques for non-Engl=
ish Web IR.

Workshop areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
-=A0 Localization of search engine interfaces
-=A0 Creation of multi-lingual web collections
-=A0 Cross language and multilingual retrieval
-=A0 Digital libraries
-=A0 Evaluation methodologies
-=A0 Image and video retrieval services
-=A0 Indexing
-=A0 Concept based image retrieval
-=A0 Information extraction
-=A0 Intranet/enterprise search
-=A0 Natural language processing=20
-=A0 Performance issues of local search engines
-=A0 Query log analysis
-=A0 Question answering=20
-=A0 Retrieval models=20
-=A0 Summarization=20
-=A0 Teaching
-=A0 Text categorization and clustering
-=A0 User behaviour
-=A0 User studies
-=A0 Web information access

*Workshop Format / Papers
The 1-day workshop will begin with a morning keynote speaker; and follow wi=
th paper presentations; poster presentations; group break-outs, and groups =
reporting back to the workshop. This structure is chosen in order to increa=
se the interactivity and to promote the discussion among the participants.
Keynote Speaker(s): Our aim is to provide a panel of 2-3 representatives fr=
om the major Search Engines to discuss issues relating to non-English langu=
age search.
Group-breakouts: Participants will join teams to discuss research challenge=
s and directions on a topic.
Papers: We solicit three types of paper submissions:=20
(a) Full Papers for presentation (6-8 pages, refereed, published in CIKM pr=
oceedings)
(b) short papers or posters (2-4 pages, refereed, published in CIKM proceed=
ings)
(c) one-page position papers (Not refereed, published in print workshop pro=
ceedings and online)
We also intend to write a journal paper synthesizing the ideas and the conc=
lusions of the workshop, referencing the papers of the workshop.

Please visit the workshop site for more details on formatting and submissio=
n of papers:
http://rea.teimes.gr/lazarinf/iNEWS08/

*Contact details of the workshop organizers=20
Fotis Lazarinis, lazarinf [at] teimes [dot] gr
Efthimis N. Efthimiadis, efthimis [at] u [dot] washington [dot] edu
Jesus Vilares, jvilares [at] udc [dot] es
John Tait, john.tait [at] ir-facility [dot] org



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