ESAIR 2009 Workshop
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Exploiting Semantic Annotations in Information Retrieval
After the success of the first ESAIR (ESAIR'08), we've decided to
organize this workshop one more year, this time collocated with WSDM
2009, in Barcelona.
The goal of this workshop is to create a forum for researchers
interested in the use of semantic annotations for information
retrieval. By semantic annotations we refer to linguistic annotations
(such as named entities, semantic classes, etc.) as well as user
annotations such as microformats, RDF, tags, etc. The aim of this
workshop is not semantic annotation itself, but rather the
applications of semantic annotation to information retrieval tasks
such as ad-hoc retrieval, classification, browsing, textual mining,
summarization, question answering, etc.
In the recent years there has been a lot of discussion about semantic
annotation of documents. There are many forms of annotations and many
techniques that identify or extract them. As NLP tagging techniques
mature, more and more annotations can be automatically extracted from
free text. In particular, techniques have been developed to ground
named entities in terms of geo-codes, ISO time codes, Gene Ontology
ids, etc. Furthermore, the number of collections which explicitly
identify entities is growing fast with Web 2.0 and Semantic Web
initiatives.
Despite the growing number and complexity of annotations, and despite
the potential impact that these may have in information retrieval
tasks, annotations have not yet made a significant impact in
Information Retrieval research or applications. Further research is
needed before we can unleash the potential of annotations!
Workshop Information
ESAIR09 will be a one-day workshop which will alternate short paper
presentations, open discussions and demos. Paper and demos presented
will be peer-reviewed. ESAIR09 will be held on February 9, in
conjunction with the Second ACM International Conference on Web Search
and Data Mining (WSDM 2009).
Submissions
Submissions should be in the PDF format be sent by email to
oralonso_at_gmail.com and hugoz_at_yahoo-inc.com with the title
"ESAIR09 paper/demo submission". Other than this there are no rules
with respect to style or length limit. Submissions do not need to be
anonymous. All submissions will be peer-reviewed.
Paper submissions: we encourage short paper submissions describing
novel work which may not be yet fully evaluated (i.e. somewhere
between a poster and a conference paper).
Demo submissions: please send a (PDF) description of the demo with
many snapshots (or a url if the demo is public).
Important Dates
* Submission date: December 5, 2008
* Notifications: January 2, 2009
* Final copy: January 12, 2009
* Workshop: February 9, 2009
Organizers
* Omar Alonso, A9.com (USA)
* Hugo Zaragoza, Yahoo! Research Barcelona (Spain)
Program Committee
* TBA
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<p>Exploiting Semantic Annotations in Information Retrieval<br>
<br>
After the success of the first ESAIR (ESAIR'08), we've decided to<br>
organize this workshop one more year, this time collocated with WSDM<br>
2009, in Barcelona.<br>
<br>
The goal of this workshop is to create a forum for researchers<br>
interested in the use of semantic annotations for information<br>
retrieval. By semantic annotations we refer to linguistic annotations<br>
(such as named entities, semantic classes, etc.) as well as user<br>
annotations such as microformats, RDF, tags, etc. The aim of this<br>
workshop is not semantic annotation itself, but rather the<br>
applications of semantic annotation to information retrieval tasks<br>
such as ad-hoc retrieval, classification, browsing, textual mining,<br>
summarization, question answering, etc.<br>
<br>
In the recent years there has been a lot of discussion about semantic<br>
annotation of documents. There are many forms of annotations and many<br>
techniques that identify or extract them. As NLP tagging techniques<br>
mature, more and more annotations can be automatically extracted from<br>
free text. In particular, techniques have been developed to ground<br>
named entities in terms of geo-codes, ISO time codes, Gene Ontology<br>
ids, etc. Furthermore, the number of collections which explicitly<br>
identify entities is growing fast with Web 2.0 and Semantic Web<br>
initiatives.<br>
<br>
Despite the growing number and complexity of annotations, and despite<br>
the potential impact that these may have in information retrieval<br>
tasks, annotations have not yet made a significant impact in<br>
Information Retrieval research or applications. Further research is<br>
needed before we can unleash the potential of annotations!<br>
<br>
Workshop Information<br>
<br>
ESAIR09 will be a one-day workshop which will alternate short paper<br>
presentations, open discussions and demos. Paper and demos presented<br>
will be peer-reviewed. ESAIR09 will be held on February 9, in<br>
conjunction with the Second ACM International Conference on Web Search<br>
and Data Mining (WSDM 2009).<br>
<br>
Submissions<br>
<br>
Submissions should be in the PDF format be sent by email to<br>
oralonso_at_<wbr>gmail.com and hugoz_at_yahoo-<wbr>inc.com with the title<br>
"ESAIR09 paper/demo submission". Other than this there are no rules<br>
with respect to style or length limit. Submissions do not need to be<br>
anonymous. All submissions will be peer-reviewed.<br>
<br>
Paper submissions: we encourage short paper submissions describing<br>
novel work which may not be yet fully evaluated (i.e. somewhere<br>
between a poster and a conference paper).<br>
<br>
Demo submissions: please send a (PDF) description of the demo with<br>
many snapshots (or a url if the demo is public).<br>
<br>
Important Dates<br>
<br>
* Submission date: December 5, 2008<br>
* Notifications: January 2, 2009<br>
* Final copy: January 12, 2009<br>
* Workshop: February 9, 2009<br>
<br>
Organizers<br>
<br>
* Omar Alonso, A9.com (USA)<br>
* Hugo Zaragoza, Yahoo! Research Barcelona (Spain)<br>
<br>
Program Committee<br>
<br>
* TBA<br>
<br>
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