Winter School

ISI / IRSI / DAIICT Winter School
on
Information Retrieval Systems and Experimentation

http://irsi.res.in/
winter-school@irsi.res.in

21-23 December 2010
ISI Bangalore

OVERVIEW

Over the last several years, interest in the area of Information Retrieval (IR), particularly Indian language IR, has grown in India. Researchers working in this area are, however, sometimes handicapped by a lack of awareness about available tools, benchmark datasets, and standard experimental procedures that are acceptable to the international community. This winter school aims to familiarize participants with existing IR systems / tools, benchmarks, and evaluation paradigms. We hope that the school will enable attendees to conduct their research and report their findings in a more fruitful way. The school should also improve communication and build a sense of community among researchers working in this area.

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

• Introduction
• IR Models
• Evaluation
  • Evaluation paradigms and metric
  • Evaluation forums (TREC, CLEF, NTCIR, FIRE, INEX, etc.)
• IR systems and tools
• Indian language IR - preliminaries

There will be lectures as well as hands-on sessions. Some computers will be available for these sessions, but participants are encouraged to bring their own laptops to get the maximum benefit.

TARGET AUDIENCE

Faculty, research scholars, and senior students engaged / interested in IR research / projects.

KEY DATES

Last date for submitting applications: 29th October, 2010
Notification of acceptance: 3rd November, 2010

REGISTRATION

To register click here. Registration is closed.

Registration fees :

• For students / research scholars / CLIA staff - Rs. 500
• For others - Rs. 1000

Draft / Cheque payable at Kolkata to Information Retrieval Society of India for the appropriate amount should be sent to :

Mandar Mitra
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Unit
Indian Statistical Institute
203 Barrackpore Trunk Road
Kolkata : 700108
West Bengal
India

Please note that you will need the draft / cheque number for filling up the registration form.

Please start registering soon. Seats are limited. Registration is closed.

SPEAKERS

Ayan Bandyopadhyay, ISI, Kolkata
Pushpak Bhattacharyya, IIT, Bombay
Debasis Ganguly, DCU, Dublin
Kripabandhu Ghosh, ISI, Kolkata
Prasenjit Majumder, DAIICT, Gandhinagar
Mandar Mitra, ISI, Kolkata
Suman Kumar Mitra, DAIICT, Gandhinagar
Jiaul Paik, ISI, Kolkata
Dipasree Pal, ISI, Kolkata
Sukomal Pal, IIIT, Allahabad
Swapan Kr. Parui, ISI, Kolkata
Paraic Sheridan, DCU, Dublin
LV Subramaniam, IBM India Research Lab, Bangalore

ADVISORS

Pushpak Bhattacharyya, IIT, Bombay
Swapan Kr. Parui, ISI, Kolkata

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Kripabandhu Ghosh, ISI, Kolkata - Coordinator
Ayan Bandyopadhyay, ISI, Kolkata
Rajat K. Chatterjee, ISI, Kolkata
Sasthi C. Ghosh, ISI, Bangalore
Prasenjit Majumder, DAIICT, Gandhinagar
Mandar Mitra, ISI, Kolkata
Pabitra Mitra, IIT, Kharagpur
Jiaul Hoque Paik, ISI, Kolkata
Dipasree Pal, ISI, Kolkata
Sukomal Pal, IIIT, Allahabad
Sauparna Palchowdhury, ISI, Kolkata
Somnath Ray, ISI, Bangalore

For further details please contact us at (033) 2575 2858