ESSIR 2011 - European Summer School in Information Retrieval

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ESSIR 2011 - European Summer School in IR

29 Aug - 02 Sep 2011, Koblenz, Germany

http://essir.uni-koblenz.de/

Pre-Announcement - take out your calendars (apologies for cross-postings).

The 8th International Summer School on Information Retrieval offers
high quality teaching on Information Retrieval and related research topics.
ESSIR is *THE* only world-wide school in Information Retrieval,
with temporal regularity founded in 1990.

Confirmed SPEAKERS:

* Ricardo Baeza-Yates, Yahoo! Research Barcelona and Universidad de Chile

* Hinrich Schütze, University of Stuttgart, Germany

* Peter Ingwersen, Royal School of Information and Library Science, IVA
Denmark

* Stefan Rüger, Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, UK

* Nigel Shadbolt, University of Southampton, UK

* Andreas Hotho, University of Würzburg, Germany

* Duc Thanh Tran, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany

Our VENUE:

Koblenz is situated in the picturesque landscape of the
Rhine and Moselle (UNESCO world heritage), known for excellent wines,
romantic medieval castles, Loreley and Goethe. Wine tasting and a
river cruise to the medieval castles of Rhine valley (Loreley rock)
are part of our social program!

Koblenz has a very central position in central Europe and in Germany,
with excellent travel connections to several international airports.

ESSIR 2011 will offer a limited number of sponsored student grants for
travel and school part. The grants will cover participation in the summer
school and/or low-cost accommodation in Koblenz.

STAY IN TOUCH

* Web: http://essir.uni-koblenz.de/

* Twitter: essir2001

* Facebook, Flickr, YouTube channels available!

Yours
ESSIR'11 team

[StormRider]

Είχε τύχει να πάω σε summer school του ίδιου πανεπιστημίου πριν λίγα χρόνια. Η οργάνωση και το κλίμα ήταν πολύ καλό και είχε φοιτητές από όλη την Ευρώπη. Οπότε πέραν του προγράμματος στο IR δείτε και αυτό.